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dsayorrd 70 convince The public tns. some.
how OF other the Doctors discovery wns nos
all II aeemed 70 BE- he nAd long pls1'S
medicine In Cincinnati, however, and hsd
boeu of excellent reputation In tho GRAFT
So iuuueudoa fell fat, more especially wnsn
his brother, the well known froi. ~. L:
Amick, also Of the Cincinnati College Oh
Medicine and Surgery, came out and asso
cjated himself In the new treatment, bring
lug with him the rlpc results oil twenty-five
years' medical laborp
Dr. W. II. Am!ck did not at the time declare,
nor does he do 20 now, that MS treatment
Is mn infalllblc one. He insists that no ex.
travagAnt claims shall be made Tor IL, anu
asseris that not more than twenty per cent.
of thlrtl-siuge cases can receive any lasting
benefit from his medicines. lie does, now.
ever, declare that the treatment is almost
a specific in the earlier stages OF consump-
tlon where the directions given by him are
carefully observed and no computation Oh
other diseases Is present.
Since the close Of the tests made by the
Post and the Recorder, many other ncwspn-
pcrs throughout the United states nave con-
ducted similar tests, and so have numerous
hospitals and sanltarlums.
The Minneapolis Times, speaking edttori-
ally of the spread OF the Amlck cure, says;
Thirty or more physicians In the city
have taken the medicines compounded Dy
DIR. Amlck and are testing them in their
practice. One OF the doctors gives II as his
opinion that the medicines, In the test cases
accomplished more than the discoyerer claim
ed for them. 1t may be that n reliable cure
has been found, but II not that, help has
been introduced which will greatly assist IN
the unequal battle that must be fought
agains this enemy Of human life"
Another editorial article published by the
Minneapolis Journal, says:
"Dr. Amck, who has acquired grca,
deal OF celebrity OF late by his successful
treatment OF phihisls, has recently had his
cure Investigated by aud at the instigation
OF the press OF Cleveland. or ten almost
hopeless eases which were selected, only one
died, two were pronounced cured, four
showed marked Improvement and three
were much improved. In all cases there was
an increase in weight, aud the subjects had
only been under treatment two months.
The physicians who watched the course OF
treatment expressed themselves us satisfied
with the cure, and testified as TO the great
value OF the discovery. Bu, number of doc
tors who were interviewed accused DIR Amck
of violating the code He has made one OF
the must wonderful and valuable discoveries
ever hoped for In medicine, but he refuses TO
give the formula 10 every Tom, Dick and
Harry to monkey with, and he therefore 'ylo-
laie> the couf.'h
The success OF AmIck's treatment has
brought iHtu the greatest prominence his the
Ory tilnl tHc ulseasc prOuuceu tne nlcfouef Us
against the theory OF Koch and many physl-
c ans that the bacillus mlcrobc was the cause
Of consumption. Koch had directed his ef-
forts towards the destruction OF this microbe
while avoiding killing the patient. In this
he admits that he failed. As a result Ills
medicine, .'tuberculim,n is not now used.
1t is believed that something like one half
of the mc'llcal profession now adopt Alnick's
theory. although he has by no means n unan-
| .nous support In his beliefs.
II Will be seen that Dr. Amlck's theory IS
| in direct conflict with the ideas of those who,
through lack OF Il better term. may be called
the baetcr,olosisis of the profession. and who
nscribc all lung troubles to bacteria or bn-
cill.
These bacicro,ogis,s demand, as will be
| noted in some of the interviews given above,
| that all consunptive, be lsoia. o 1 and treated
Us though they had smallpox or yellow fever.
They insist that wife shall he separated
from hcr sick husband and husband from
his dying wife, in order to avoid con,aglon.
| rhe opportunity TO freely test the Amick
cure Is still given 10 regular physicians In oil
states of the Union and every day. In response
To calla, over 200 free outfits are sent out to
applicants.
the criticism continues TO he made by
physicians of the unchanging and nonpro-
.,res-ive school that DIR. Amicl;, In allowing
the newspapers TO exploit his cure, has out
ragged his profession and should be severely
| rcprimanded.
The reply is made to this charge that DT
Amicii had no control OF the secular press,
and he very frankly rays that II he had he
would not have discouraged my honorable
eiIprt to bring his treatment at once thor
oughly before the public. Had the usual
slow channels OF the medical Journals been
the oaly means Of publicity, thousands Of
consumptiyes would have died In the interval.
DIR. Amck does not go, in his opinion, n
step further in allowing public attention TO
lie called to his treatment than did DIR. Koch,
the German scientist, in spreading the news
Of hs.