New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-18

small percentage may be found in our own
fold When the therapeutic possibilities Of
radium We're first announced the quaCks az
once began to advertise that they treated
Iatients with radium. new remedies alleged
10 contain radum-radoI, radoIine, etc
were boosted, and even regular physicians
announced results from the use OF radium
which did not correspond to the actual
facts, and which were soon found out to be
greatly exaggerated EbrIich's remedy,
which on account OF its numerical deslgna-
ton has become prematurely popular, is not
ESCAPING this fate. and the writer considers
it his duty TO warn both the medical profess
sion and the .Iaity with regard 10 several
points
l. Information has reached US that some
itinerant vendors are offering 605 10 ply
sicians claiming to have received the drug
directly from Enrich or Indirectly from
some hospital, etc Physicians should re-
fuse absolutely to purchase from such Ven
doris. because while the stuff may ne genu-
inc there are sufficient grounds 10 make
Us doubtful paradioxy diamidoarsenobenzol
is not d substance capable OF remedy quail
tative identification. not 70 speak Of guam
titative determination: and to use an in
ferior substitute would certainly be a great
calamity
- There are persistent rumors that some
quacks claim to use on their patients CIV
when as a matter Of fact they have not a
grain of the stun. They inject some or
ganic arsenicaI combination such as atoxyl
some soluble salt of mercury, and as
the effect of either arsenicaI or a mer-
curial compound on the symptoms is al
ways beneficial and often as striking as
after the use of 606, the patient is satisfied
and is fully convinced that the Ehrlich
remedy has been used on him.
s. RUnOrS have reached Us that some
physicians who did obtain "a small auau-
titv of the remedy use il IN minute doses
ON their private patients, in order to make
the amount last Now, TO use small. in
sufficient quantities OF Go Is greater
crime even than TO use an entirely dit
ferent substitute. For Enrich has made
perfectly clear that the injection of small
quantities Of 6oo renders the spirOchaetae
"arsenfast. confers on them a certain
immunity. so that they remain Indifferent
to subsequent injections of large quanti-
ties of the drug
j. Information has reached us that some
physicians who have obtained the drug
for use III their hospital and disnensarv
practice are using ii on their private ua-
tients, charging high fees for each iniec-
ton This, II true, Is IL dishonorabIe act
and distinctly unethical from a professional
point of view. No fee must at the present
time be exacted from anybody for the use
of COS. because all the supply now In use
has been given by Ehrlich free. with the
distinct understanding thar il v-as to y.
used free.
communicated regarding this noint with
DR. s J. Meltzer. of the Rockefeller In~ti-
tute for Medical Research. VINO Is a close
personal friend Of Professor Ehriich and
is thoroughly familiar with the status of
the remedy and he repI,sa that A. ms
unethical for any physician to charge any
lee for me use of 6o6. whether the drug
was obtained directly from FbrI,ch o- trom
any intermediary source
WILLIAM ]. ROBINSON.
ieS'uent American Society Of
hedical Sociology.
New York. November Il 1sIo