The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-21
EEXXPPEERR|AA|EENNTED EXT ON THEM. THEM
Physicians Much Interested in the
Proceedings Against Two Ger
man Professors.
Both Accused of Injecting Cancer.
GUS Fluids and migrating
Tissues.
Their Subjects We're Patients In the Ber
lin Observation-Disclosures Disagree as
to the Course.

New York, July 20.--Cabe dispatches re-
ceived here to-day state tho crown attorney
in Berlin has ordered Prof. Won Bergmann
and Prof. Hahn to explain why they made
certain experiments upon patients suffering
with cancer. The physicians are accused
of injecting cancerous fluids and ingraftng
cancerous tissues upon the healthy muscles
of patients in the Berlin hospitals. Physi-
cians of this city are very much interested
in the matter. The National Zeitung, of
Berlin, printed the following communion
tion 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
tlents for the purpose of seeing whether
the fatal disease could be propagated in
this manner. The physician to whom was
speaking remarked that similar expert
ments had been made in Germany. To this
l replied l would look further into the
matter and place the result of my invests
cations before the public. wish to re-
mark that l have never opposed vivisection
i'll any way. However. am of the opinion
that no physician is justified to cause his
patient unnecessary pain or to inflict upon
him fatal and loathsome disease for the
only reason that he desires to make valua-
bic scientific experiments. ! charge Prof.
| Eugene Hahn, chief surgeon of the surgical
division of the public hospital at Fried
richsain, and Prof. Won Bergman, chief
surgeon of Berlin university, with having
overstepped all bounds of their high pro-
fessional calling and duty by migrating or
injecting into the patients under their care,
and without the knowledge of the said pa
tients, cancerous substances and in this
way a,tlflcially producing cancer Gus
disease where it did not before exist. DR..
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 it's
characteristic form appeared in an un-
grated foot. DIR. Hahn reports similar
case, which exneriment was made upon
! patient suffering with incurable cancer
! Herr Bergman also records case or two
in which he made similar experiments.
No such experiments have been made in
New York: none are likely to be. say the
New York Cancer hospital, said that he
could see no reason tor 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. "Ihose
gentlemen knew what they were doing and
feel sure they did not intensity the pain
in any case.''
DIR. Paul Libler, of the Pasteur institute,
has made 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 culpable
i'll the extreme. Besides they could show
nothing. 1t has been u we'll authenticated
fact for years that cancer can be trans
planted.''
DR.. William M. II. McEnroe was of the
opinion that cancer is constitutional dis
ease and that the German experiments if
conducted Thoroughly, would be productive
of much benefit to med dical science.