The Bessemer indicator., 1893-11-18
AMicK's THEORY.
How II Conflict, With som. Received

hen the Cincinnati IOs. uuucrtOOk. over
n year ngo TO examine Into the causes oi
tubercu osis and the method, which had been
| advanced for it, cure, The idea was 10 SO
thoroughly SIT and test alleged cures that
their merit should finally lie settled TO the
satisfaction OF the public.
DR.. w. X. Amick hnd lust announced that
consumption col'd bs cured by the uie Of Il
new mt thod, which he proposed 10 Introduce.
Other doctors IN oonsi !ortb,e numbers, de-
rllcd the idca that nnythlng more efficient
/ than old school Treatment with col liver oil.
creo ,otcanl the various hypepho4piites.c conil
he devised. and zone Of them entered the
news wspapers and niedic;, journals To say so In
bru.q que English. Others, again, who were
not so conli mt that The acme OF medical
science had becn reached. were disposed To
await q test of Amich's method, before CIV
lug tGe.r Upn.ons.
IL WAS ut this s;ngc OF the proceedings that
TIE Post conceived the !t!cn nj selecting test
cases OF consumption, and al-o ulc or two OF
asthma for Amlck tp treat, the doctor having
declared that his formula was equally effect
i've In asthmntie troubles. The plan for the
test, as laid down by ne Post, aud accepted
finally by Ami, K, was 10 select from persons
who were Affected win tuberculosis and had
passed beyond the initial stage, md won
therefore lie past the assistance OF snch treat
tncnt as could be siven by the standard meth
ods of the day.
II was agreed that II Amick succeeded In
curing the test patients lie should be given
full and free credit for tie same. and that II
he failed the Treatment rhonidIaccive glcriied
condemnation. Full r ports of the progress
or the tests were a. be Published ircquertly
unlil the eud OF the Undertaking and the pa
tents either died or got vel.
Acting on this plan IN ips' advertised for
patients and secured several, including one Of
chronic nsihma OF 80 wears standing, and
others Of consumption which had progressed
into the third stage. The treatment OF MI The
Z I1- t,- 81
months The progress of the test MAS duly
ehroaiclcd, aud became familiar 10 all the
people OF the Ohio Valley ard contiguous
states. Markell interest was cx.itrd and The
outcome wrs as nuxiouSly awaited by the pub
lie as by the unfortunate patlcmts them
selves.
After the lapse OF the time mentioned The
Post stated that all OF the test patients were
alive and we'll
AT the present time one Of the test patients
+ living Mt Sorti. Ben l, o.. VIII 10 auoib,r re-
sides on West Fourth street, Cincinnati, and
"a continually praslng The kmick cure M n
nual relief from ling i''t MI | trouble, and
the thirl. whD ga nd =, poIll, IA x weeks,
has become giant In strength, and lives nos
on Main street.
Jnst before the t,,s. Of the Amick cure took
place, rs narrated Dr. Koch. the celebrated
German physician hn,l scientist, had an
nonnccd a cure for tuhcr .uloss. which, when
thoroughly tested, proved 10 he inet!ic'cnt.
and the coilapic Of ti'c gcncrai expectation
which had followed kuch's announcement,
made II difficult for Ani.ek's trcatinu mt o lind
favor.
! Nevertheless consilcrab number OF ply
slclans, noting the apparently favorable pro-
| grcss The irsts, and Convinced by the SINGER
l ity of DIR. Amlck. by the iact that he declared
I himself willing to seal ont fres 10 all regular
| practitioners salnp ou iitS of his medicines,
with directions uf trcn ment of test cases,
concluded TO experiment for themselves,
| and to this end sent for medicines and dIrec-
| tious.
/ Willie their test cases wcr, progressing In
various parts Of The country, OTHER pbysI-
clans who ihought To get rid OF patients
whom they could no longer treat with any
show of succcs-. sent tie snnc 10 Amlek, de.
termiued to shift all res?on- -i'iliiy uppn him.
/ and nerchancc cause n failure Of q system oil
treatment which woull make an unfavora-
! blc compai -on with Their own.
Somc OF tlrn declared that Amlck's refusal
to make pub ic his formula Of medicines was
| great wrong. and Of / ar.f .uggc-trd mon.
cy-inaking fp,rit. falhrT tlian broad and In
manitaridu character
4 Amick replied 10 these or iics that his rca'
son for eccplng tiic formula secret was Ia
prevent the rinkcfing of Inefficient doctors.
who, by adding 10 or sublrseiing f.unl The
medicines, wouI pchisyc varied results, in
the main disastrous, ard the whole system
would, In time he lhiown into dlsftPGtc. II
was n new theory of practice. which wDs con.
frontcd 10y tie opposition OF old time idcps
and preiuliccs. and every safeguard was
needed that col.d bc devised 10 keep the med.
lcines and method of applying them free from
innovations. until sueh time as the treat
ment should become universally approved
and accepted, when the formulas might, with
out further restraint, be freely given to the
| world.
DR.. AmIck, in the early days OF his expert.
mcnts, was beset with doubts aud fears ns Ia
the final outcome. aud hcwas glently troubled
over some Of The desperate eases Of consnmp-
tion sent to him l,y other phy.ielaus FOR treat
mcnt. lie scarcely knew himself The virtue.
of the treatment he bad originated. and irs m
blcd lest many deaths should occur on his
hands and dlscrcdit the treatment.
Bnt lnrgc percentage OF tho third sta &c
cases scut to hin, improved visbly under hii
care, and finally ended In rccovcrics. otheri
died.
The fame Of Anick,s new treatment had by
this time become generally diliused through.
ou. America, and vast numbers Of letters ol
| inquiry came pouring in upon thc Clncinnnatl
physician from the north, south, east and
west. The doctor finally awoke to The fact
that he had become fatnou..
/ A Cincinnati correspondent OF the Nex
York Rfcprder called the attention of thnI
journal to the Amlck test cascs which had
been conducted by the Cincinnati {'0sf, and
as the Rseordsr was 10 the hcii with an offcr
OF 81 900 prize for tho demonstration Of q
succesBIul methO0 OF JrtRtinR tunercuIortA
| nm arrangement wnA made With DIR. Amick
for public test 10 New Yors.
| THIS RtcrGer fciccted 10 patients, whom
DR.. AmIck took under his care, with tho ulti.
male result that nil but one WINS pronounced
cured. and; the Lee,rder, having satlsisd y
self of tlse fact Of their rccoyery, paid AOtek
The tlioilsand-duIlnr priS'.
| This triumph IL the CircInHAu dIee9veeks
vas pssss tiu&lIs,y~d wit.s tittet11e< tgNfyex;
Knytpss4 l,sfs0us, ~ saAgts