The state herald., 1893-11-17
AMIcK's THEORY.
How II Conflicts with SOM, Itcceiecd
Oplniua.,

Op!aiuat.
When the Cincinnati Pos, undertook, over
a year ago, to examine into the causes OF
tuberculosis and the method, which lad been
advanced for its cure, the idea was TO SO
thoroughly silt aud test alleged cures" that
theft merit should finally lie settled to the
satisfaction Of the public
DIR. w. II. Amlck hAl lust announced that
consumption could he cured by the use OF n
new method, which he proposed TO Introduce.
Oshcr doctors In COAST .crab.e numbers, de-
ridcd the ldei that anything mora efficient
than old school Treatment with cod liver oil,
crco .otcand the various Encyclopedias could
he DEVISED and come of them entered the
newspaper. and medical journals 10 say 30 In
brusque English. Others, again, who were
not 80 conid, nj that the acme Of medical
science had becn reached, were disposed To
! await test Of Amlck's method, before Civ
Ing their opinions.
II was at this stage of the proceedings tina.
The I'oa conceived The idea OF sclcct,n. test
cases OF consumption, and also one or two OF
asthma for Amck to treat, the Doctor having
declared that his formula was equally effect
I've In aAihmailc troubles. The plan for the
test, us laid down by The Post, aud accepted
finally by Amitk.. was TO select from porous
who were affected with tuberculosis and had
passed beyond the Initial stage. and would
therefore lie past the assistance OF such treat.
mcnt Us could be given By the standard meth
DDS OF the day.
II was agreed that II Amicl, succeeded In
curing the test patents lie shonld be given
fall and free credit for the zane. and that II
he failed the treatment ,holll receive inrrilcd
condemnation. Full r,ports OF the progress
OF the leafs were Ia be published frequently
until the end Of the unlcrtakIn: and the pa
tlcnts either died or got vel.
Acting on this plan M Post advertised for
patients and secured several. including one Of
oh - af nall has nj
others OF consumption which had progressed
into the third stage. The treatment OF all the
cases was pcrsistentiy cair.cl on for over elk
months. The progress OF the test was duly
chronicled, and became familiar to all the
people Of the Ohio Valley ard con,iguou.
states. Marked Interest was tied aud the
outcome vrs ~ unxogsly awaited by the pub
lie rs by the unfortunate patients them.
selves.
After the lapse OF the time mentioned 2hs
Post stalled that all OF the test patients were
alive and well.
At the present time opr OF The test patients
Is living ut North Bend, o.. while another re-
sides on Wet Fourth street, Cincinnati, and
Is continually pralslng iht Ames cure a. n
iinal relief from hing e ,tnasl iruhle, AMI
the third. who gained .. podaIt IA tx weeks,
has become giant In strength, and lives now
on Main street.
Just before the test Of the An,iek euro took
place, ma nnrrn'e'l. DIR. Koch. the celebrated
German physician AMI scientist, had nn.
nognccd a cure for tuher .ulosis. which. when
thoroughly tested, proved 10 be inefficient,
and the collapse of the general expectation
which had followed kurh's announcement,
made II difficult for hmicks treatment TO Had
favor.
Nevertheless considerable number OF ply.
slclnns, noting the apparently favorable pro
grcs. OF the itri-, AMI convinced 10y the Hlncrr.
a llf AIuttt.. ts III. lagI That he fRet.frf
himself willing 10 send ont fires TO MI regular
practitioner. sampc gu hts Of his medicines,
With directions Of iyraiment OF treat cases,
concluded TO experiment for themselves,
and TO thl. end sent for medicines aud dircc
iions
While thrlr test eases wera progressing. IN
various parts of the country, other physi
clans, who ihought 10 get rd OF pntlunt'
whom they could no longer treat With any
show of succes., sent tie sans to Amlrk. dc
tcrninrd to shift all responsibility upon him
and pcrchnneo cause n failure of n system oil
treatment which would make m unfAyorn
BILE oonpsfl.ou With their own.
Some Of tn.m declared that Amlck'- rcfn.a
10 make pub 10 his formula VI medicines VA.
great wrong. ani Of iifrlf ,uggesitd n mon
| cy-mniing splfli. rather than bgUad aud hu
mnnitafihn character.
Ainlck replied TO these or tic. that his tes
son for keeping the formula secret wnr u
I
who. by adding 10 or ,nhlrscIlng from ih'
medicines, wouhi rrhiryc varied results, IL
| the main disastrous. ard the whole system
would, In time, he thrown into dlstcpuic. !
WINS new theory OF practice, which wnr con
fronted by the opposition of Uld,linc idrai
and preiulirr., nni every snfrgunri wa
needed that ,oild hu devised To keep the mni
lcIncs aud method OF applying them free frou
innovations. until turli ilmc Ms the treat
mrnt should become universally approve,
md accepted, wbra the formulas might with
ont further restraint, be freely gwen To th'
world.
Dr. Amiuk. In the early day. Of his expert
mcnis, was brs.t with doubts aud fears n. !,
the finnl outcome. and lie was gtcaiiy trouble,
over some Of the desperate cnfct ~ consump
ilun sunt 10 HIN by other lhy'iclnnt for trrat
mrni, lie scarcely knew hlmaclf the ylrinc
OF The treatment he hnd originated. md ,rsm
hicd lcst many deaths should occur on hi
hands nni dl.cfcjlt The treatment
hut large percentage Of tho third stag
eases sent 10 hin Improved yislbly under h I
care, md ilnaliy ended IN rrcoyrflrs, olhcr
died.
The fame II hmlck's new treatment had b.
this illnr brcoina generally iiiuiui through
out America, nni ynsi numbers " letters o
inquiry came pouring In upon the tlnclnnnnl
physician from the north, south, FAST nn'
west. The doctor ilunlly invoke ~ the fac
that he had become fnmOus.
A Cincinnati correspondent Of the Me-
York hn0fier called tho attention Of tim
journal to tho Amok tcst eases which I'M
been conducted by thu ctpeinnan foai, nn'
ns the Rscorder was Ia the field with an ole
OF . $1,000 prize for the demonstrate, OF
suncc,siui method Of te,niibF iuprrculo.i.
m arrangement WINS made WITH DR., hmlcl
for public trsi IN Sew York,
TIM R,cyr,isr solcrtri 10 patients, WHOM
Dr. AmIck took under hls care. with the ultl
mate result that MI hut one wns proponncc'
cured nni tiin L,eJ,sLr, having Hatlslleh "
self ~ ihr fact " their rrcpye,y. paid Amlcl
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