Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-16

him arr carefully observed and no COM
plication of other discasen is 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, aud
SO have numerous hospitals and santia-
RUINS.
The Minneapolis Times, speaking
editorinlly of the spread of the Amick
cure. says:
Thirty or more physicians in the
city have taken the medic,nes COM
pounded by DR., Amicls and arc testing
them in their practice, one of tho
doctors gives il as his opinion that the
medicines ia the test cases, accom-
plished moro than the discover claimed
for them II may be that u reliable
cure has been found, but II not that II
help has been introduced which will
greatly assist in the unequal baltic
that mist be fought against this enemy
of human life"
Another editorial article published.
by the Minneapolis journal says
"Dr. Amicls who has acquired u great
deal of celebrity of late by his success
ful treatment of phthsis, has recently
had his cure investigated 10y and at tho
| instigation of the press at Cleveland
OF ten almost hopeless eases which
were selected only one died, two We're
pronounced cured, four showed marked
improvement, and three were much
improved In all eases there was an
increase in weight, and the subjects
had only been under treatment two
| months.
"rhc physicians who watched the
course Of treatment, expressed them
| selves satisfied with the cure and ttsti-
! fled Ms to the great value Of the diseoy-
cry, hut u number of doctors who
were interviewed accused DR., Amiel,
of violating the code He has made
one Of the most wonderful and yalu-
able discoveries ever hoped for in mcdi-
| cine, but he refuses to give the formula
! to every Tom, Dick and Harry Ia
monkey with, and he therefore violates
| the code. +"
The success of AmiclS's treatment
! has brought into the greatest promi-
ncnce his theory that the disease pro-
! duccd the microbe, against the theo"y
! of Koch and many physicians that the
| bacillus microbc was the cause OF con
sumption, Koch has dirrcca his efforts
| towards the destruction of this mcrobe,
while avoiding killing the patient. In
| this he admits that he failed, As u re-.
suit his medicine "tubcrculim' Is not
now used.
II IL believed that something like
one-half OF the medical profession now
adop. Amick's theory although lac has
by no means II unanimous support IN
his beliefs.
II will be seen that DR., Amiclt's
theory is IN direct conflict with the
ideas of those who, through lack of u
better term. may be called the bnctcr-
iologists of the profession, and who as
cribe all lung troubles 10 baeterin OF
bacili
These bactcriologists demand rs will
be noted in some of the interviews
given above that all consumptiycs he
! isolated and treated MS though they
have smallpox or yellow fever. They
insist that n wife shall be separated
from her sick husband and ~ husband
from his dying wife, in order to avoid
contagion.
The opportunity 20 freely test the
AmiclS cure is still given to regular
physicians in all states of the union
and every day, in response To calls, oven
200 free outfits are sent out To APP
plicants,
The criticism continues to he made
by physicians Of the unchnnging and
nonprogressivc school that DR. Amickr
in allowing the newspapers To exploit
his cure. has outraged his profession
and should be severely reprimanded.
The reply is made to thischnrgc that
| Dir. hmicls had no control OF the secular
! press, and he very frankly says that il
he had he would not have discouraged
any honorable effort to bring his trent
mcnt ut once thoroughly before tn,
! public Had the usual slow channels
OF the medical journals been the only
means of publicity, thousands Of con
sumptivcs would have died in the in
tcryal.
DR. Amict does rot go, in his opinion
n step further in allowing public ut
tenlion TO be called to his trcatmcB
than did DR.. Koch the German scien
tist, in spreading the news of his.