The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-18

BergmaDn's and Hahn's Cancer
Experiment.
THEY ARE ORDERED TO EXPLAIN
The Crown Attorney In Berlin Investigating
The Profession Divided as to Their
Action-Opinions of Authorities.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
New YORK, July 7--Cable dispatches
received here to-day state the crown attor-
ney in Berlin has ordered Prof. Won Berg
mann and Prof. Hahn to explain why they
made certain experiments upon patients
suffering with cancer. The physicians are
accused of injecting Generous fluids and
migrating cancerous tissues upon the
healthy muscles Of patients in the Berlin
hospitals. Physicians Of this city are very
much interested in the matter. The Nd-
tional Zeitung of Berlin, printed the follow
ing communication on July last:
I'm the course of my conversation with
several physicians in this city (BerlIn)
some comment was made upon the action Of
the Partisan doctor who had injected can
cerous fluid into the muscles of his pa
tents for the purpose of seeing whether
the fatal disease could be propagated in
this manner. The physician to whom L was
speaking remarked that similar expert
ments had been made in Germany. To this
replied would look further into the mat
ter and place the result of my investiga-
tons before the public. j wish to remark
that l have never opposed vivisection in
any way. However, | am Of the opinion
sAoe ~ puf - CAUSE MS
patient unnecessary pain or to infilct
upon him a fatal and loathsome dis
ease for the only reason that he desires
TO make valuable scientific experiments. L
charge Prof. Eugene Hahn, chief surgeon
OF the surgical division of the public hospi
tai at Friedrichsain, and Prof. ven Berg
mann, chief surgeon Of Berlin university,
with having oversteped all bounds OF their
high professional calling and duty by in
grating or injecting into the patients under
their care, and without the knowledge of
the said patients. cancerous substances and
IN this way artificially produ ced cancerous
disease where it did not before exist. DIR.
Hahn recalls case where, under the skin
OF patients suffering from disseminating
OF cancer, he relieved several OF the dis
eased knots and placed them in other parts
Of the body, carefully covering them with
healthy skin. The particles propagated
and few weeks later the disease in its
characteristic form appeared in an un-
grated root. DIR. Hahn reports a similar
case, which experiment has made upon a
patient suffering with incurable cancer.
Herr Bergman also records case or two
IN which he made similar experimental
No such experiments have been made in
New York; none are likely to be, say the
hospital authorities. DIR. Barham, at the
New York cancer hospital, said that he
could see no reason for such ex-
periments. DR.. George Henry, an
eminent specialist, thought the Ger
man experimenters were justified
in their course. How can we progress
without experiment." he asked" Those
gentlemen knew what they were doing and
feel sure they did not intensity the pain
in any case"
DR.. Paul Libier, of the Pasteur institute,
has made a study Of cancer and was free to
express himself upon the cancer expert
ments. my own opinion is that the con-
duct Of the German professors is culpaole
in the extreme. Besides, they could show
nothing. 1t has been a well authenticated
fact fer years that cancer can be trans
planted"
DR.. William Nj. II. McEnroe was of the
opinion that cancer is a constitutional dis
ease and that the German experiments. if
conducted thoroughly. would De productive
of much benefit to medical science.