The Detroit times., 1911-12-19
TIMES CHALLENGES
: OXYDONOR TO A TEST
This Paper Willing To Abide by
Laboratory Experiments Be
, fore Committee of Scientists.
BY FINANCE.

The Oxydonor people have been
making valiant efforts. as might be
expected, to save their business In De-
Iroit from the exposure that ! have
been making IN The Times. They
have been making use OF the old stand
ard method OF testimonials, which
make a fine showing as long as they
are not investigated.
They told me OF one case, diagnosed
by a prominent Detroit physician In
consultation. In which the patient was
given only a week TO live. After be-
ing given up In the regular spectacular
fashion by all the doctors, the rela-
lives turned TO Oxydonor for relief and
the patient has lived a month SO far.
The consultation was supposed TO
have been held within few weeks.
AS a matter OF fact that diagnosis.
made by the physician who is quoted
as giving the patient only a weeks
lease OF life, was entirely different
from the diagnosis reported TO the
Oxydonor salespeople. The disease
from which the patient was stated to
be suffering Is disease in which no
cane physician would attempt to make
a prediction OF any definite period OF
survival.
Most important OF all, the consulta-
ton and the examination OF the case
was made a year and half ago. There
Is no indication that Oxydonor has
done any more than was done by
physician who improved the condition
Of the patient wonderfully by merely
suggesting that an operation was
necessary.
This is not intended as criticism
OF anybody in the case. II Is simply
related TO show how facts are distort-
ID by unscientific handling. So far 81
: could learn there is no one connect
ed with the Oxydonor Sales Depart
ment, who has had any training what
soeyer in lines that would At him 10
prescribe for disease, TO understand 1t
or to find out anything more about the
nature or causes OF the ailment for
which Oxydonor Is indicated than Is
told to him by the patient himself.
There are very few people who can
report their symptoms accurately and
comparatively few who even know
with any certainty whether they are
cured OF their diseases or not.
have been criticized 70, taking the
statements OF physicians who the
Oxydonor people say are naturally OPP
posed to Oxydonor because it inter.
feres with their profession. have
not asked their opinions about Oxy-
ionor because they are physicians. but
because they are scientific men who
are experienced along the lines which
0xydonor pretends TO follow. And
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medical profession, ! do not believe
that there is one who would not ac-
cept Oxydonor in a minute IL 1t could
prove that II really had any therapen-
tic value.
The oxydonor sales manager has
invited me TO make an investigation OF
he cases which he claims have been
cured by Oxydonor While that may
he interesting from one point OF view
(, they really have no bearing on the con-
troversy whatever. Every case would
have TO be subjected to the came care
sul examination that was necessary to
bring out the truth IN the case which
| have described
There is an easier way OF convinc-
ing me that the Oxydonor Is not alto
gether a fake. II the Oxydonor man.
, eRer VIII DTlnR MS luHtIunltHt ucloiS
q committee OF scientific men, OF any
profession that has to do with physics.
physiology or chemistry and will show
that the Oxydonor has any effect on
any known instrument OF measure
'ment, the dynamometer, the galyano-
meter. the pyrometer or the most fine
" adjusted thermometer. ] will admit
that there Is some virtue in the fake.
Experiments on the human subject
while interesting are not conclusive.
There are so many factors that enter
into the experiment that the results
would not be likely to be satisfactory
10 anybody. There is no going behind
he evidence that is presented by ex-
periments, in, the laboratory They
are free from emotional and imaginary
Influences n tn, Oxydonor manage
ment will submit their instrument to a
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