The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-11-18

4 OF tnat paper 10 tHt NHiiNh VIZ
which had been conducted by the TN
cinnati Post, and as the Recorder way
in the field with an offer of $1,000
prize for the demonstration OF sue
cessfulmethod of curing tuberculosis,
an arrangement was made with lIr
Amick for a public test in New York.
The Recorder selected ten patients,
whom DIR. Amick took under his care,
with the ultimate result that all but
one were pronounced cured. and the
Recorder. having satisfied itself of the
fact of their recovery, paid Amick the
! thousand-dollar prize.
This triumph of the Cincinnati dis
coverer was not unalloyed with bitter
ness. however Envious persons. and
Others who practicrd medicine under
the old time rules and regulations. see
! ing the rise of .\micks new treatment,
opened fire upon him through the
columns of certain journals, and en-
dcavored Ia convince the public that
somehow or other the doctors dis
covcry was not all ii seemed 10 be- lie
had long practiced medicine in Cincin-
natl. however and had been of excel
lent reputation in the craft 80 inu-
endos fell fiat. more especially when
his brother. the well-known Prof. VI.
l.. Amick. also of the Cincinnati Col
lege of Medicine and surgery. came
out and associated himself in the new
treatment. bringing with him the ripe
results of TWENTY-FIVE years medical
Ia borS.
DR. W. r. tmicli did not at the time
declare. nor does he do 80 now. that
his treatment is an infalliblc one. lie
IN iStS hnf fray M lni ms
shall he made, for il. and asserts that
not more than 20 per cent of third stage
eases can receive any lasting benefit
from his medicines. He does however.
declare that the treatment Is almost "A
specific in the earlier stages of con-
sumption where the directions given by
him are carefully observed and no COM
plication of other diseases i present.
Since the close of the tests made by
the Post and the Recorder. many other
newspapers throughout the United
States have conducted similar tests,
and 50 have numerous hospitals and
sanitarium>.
The Minneapolis Times. speaking
of the spread of the Amicll
cure. says:
Thirty or more physicians in the
city have taken the medicines com
pounded 10y DR.. Amiell and are testing
them in their practice. pnc of the
doctors gives il rs his opinion that the
in the test eases accom-
pli>hed more than the discovtrcr
claimed for them 1t may be that IA
reliable cure has been found. but il
not Il help has been introduced which
Will greatly assist in the unequal battle
that must be fought against this
enemy of human life"
Another editorial article published !
by the Minneapolis journal says;
DIR. .\mick. who has acquired
great deal of celebrity of late by his |
treatment of phthisi>. has
recently had his cure investigated by
and at the inStigation Of the press Of
1evcland. or ten almost hopeless
asses which were selected only one |
died. two We're pronounced cured. four |
showed marked improvcmcnt,and three !
were much improved. In all cases |
there was an increase in weight, !
and the subjects had only been under |
I.ratmcnt two months.
The physicians who watched the |
curse of treatment expressed them. !
selves rs satisfied with the cure and |
testified aS to the great value of the |
discovery. But a number of doctors |
who were interviewed accused DR.. |
hInicli of violating the code. lie has |
made one of the most wonderful and /
discoveries ever hoped for in |
medicine. but he refuses to give the |
to ev ny Ton Dick and Harry |
% monkey with, and he therefore 'Ni0- |
atcS the code.
The success Of Amich's treatment has /
brought into the greatest prominence |
his theory that the disease produced |
he microbc. a. against the theory of |
Koch and many physicians that the |
bacillus microhc was the cause Of con |
Koch had directed his eff !
forts toward the destruction of this !
while avoiding killing the
patient. In this he admits that lie |
failed. As Il result his medicine "tubcr- |
.ulim Is not now used.
1t il believed that something like |
Dnc-half Of the medical profession now |
adopt Anick'S theory. although he has |
by no means Il unanimous support in |
beliefs
1t will he seen that DR. \nicll's the !
Dry is in direct conflict with the ideas |
pf those who. through lack of Il better |
term. may be called the bacteriolo- |
glStS OF the profession. and who nscribc |
all lung troubles To- bacteria or bacilli. |
These bacteriulogists demand. as will |
H., noted in some of the interviews !
given above. that all consumptives lie |
'sola."d and treated as though they !
nav" smallpox or yellow fever. They |
nsis. that Il wife shall be- separated !
from her sick husband and husband |
from his dying wife. in order To avoid |
:, ntagion.
The opportunity to freely test the
Amick cure lis still given To regular
physicians in all >t1te> Of the Cni.n,
md every day. in response to calls.
over 200 free outfits are sent OUT To- APP
plicants.
The criticism continues to be ma6c |
hy physicians Of the unchanging and |
sivc school that DR.. \miclt, |
IN allowing the newspapers to exploit |
his ,iItn has .l1tr.,,raI hiS ,,rn