San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-11-24

seeing the rise OF AmiCk new treat
ment, opened fire upon him through
the columns Of certain journals, and
endeavOred to convince the public
that somehow or other the doctors
discovery was not all it seemed to be.
He had long practiced medicine in
Cincinnati, however, and had been
of excellent reputation in he craft
So innuendos fell fat, more especially
when his brother, the well known
Prof. NJ. L. Amiek, also o. the Cincin-
natl College Of Medicine and Surgery,
came out and associated himself in the
new treatment. bringing with him the
ripe results of twenty-five years med
zeal labors.
DR.. W. X. Amick did not az the
time declare, nor does he do so now,
that his treatment Is an infallible one.
He insists that no extravagant claims
shall be made for it, and asserts that
not more than 20 per cent Of third
stage cases can receive any lasting
benefit from his medicines. He does,
! however, declare that the treatment
is almost a specific in the earlier stages
of consumption where the directions
given by him are carefully observed
and no complication of other diseases
| 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.
and so have numerous hospitals and
sanitariums.
The Minneapolis Times, speaking
editorially of the spread of the Amick
cure, says;
Thirty or more physicians in the
city have taken the medicines com
pounded by DR. Amiek, and are test
ing them in their practice. One
Of the doctors gives it as his
opinion that the medicines, in
the test cases, accomplished more
than the discoverer claimed for them.
1t may be that a reliable cure has
been found. but if not that, help
has been introduced which viii great
ly 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. Amick, who has acquired
great deal of celebrity OF late by his
successful treatment Of phthisis, has
recently had his cure Investigated by
and at the instigation of the press OF
Cleveland. OF ten almost hopeless
cases which We're selected only one
died. two were 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.
The physicians who watched the
course of treatment expressed them
selves as satisfied with the cure and
testified as to the great value Of the dis
covery. But a number of doctors
who were interviewed accused DIR.
Amick of violating the code He
has made one Of the most wonderful
and valuable discoveries ever hoped.
for in medicine, but he refuses to
give the formula to every Tom, Dick
and Harry to monkey with, and he
therefore violates the code.
The success of Amick's treatment
has brought into the greatest promi-
neuce his theory that the disease pro-
duced the microbe as against the
theory of Koch and many physicians
that the bacillus micro5e was the
cause Of consumption. Koch had
directed his efforts towards the de-
struction OF this microbe. while avoid
ing killing the patient. In this he
admits that he failed. As a result his
medicine "tuberculim' is not now
used.
It is believed that something like
one-half of the medical profession
now adopt Amick theory, although
he has by no means a unanimous sup
port in his beliefs.
It will be seen that DR.. Amick's
theo-- IS in direct conflict with the
ideas of those who. through lack Of .
better term, may be called the bacte-.
biologists of the profession and who
ascribe all lung troubles TO bacteria
or bacilli.
These bacteriologists demand as
will be noted in some Of the interviews
given above. that all cOusumptives be
isolated and treated as though they
have smallpox or yellow fever They
insist that a wife shall be separated
from her sick husband and husband
from his dying wife, in order to avoid
contagion.
The opportunity to freely test the.
Amick cure is still given TO regular
physicians in all states Of the Union
and every day. in response to calls.
over 20J free outfits are sent out to
applicants.
The criticism continues to be made
by physicians OF the unchanging and
nonprogressive school that DR..
Amick. in allowing the newspapers to
exploit his cure. has outraged his
profession and should be severely
reprimauded.
The reply is made to this charge
that DR.. Amick has had no control OF
the secular press, and he very frankly
says that if he had he would not have
discouraged any honorable effort to
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oughly before the public. Had the
usual slow channels of the medical
Journals been the only means Of pub
licity, thousands of consumptives
would have died in the interval
DR.. Amick does not go, in his Opin-
ion. a step further in allowing public
attention to be called TO his treatment
than did DR.. Koch. the German scr
enlist. in spreading the news Of his
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