Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-12-11

Does it take long to produce this
serum?" / asked.
mo. From a small vial of the
germs enough could be produced in
the United States within two weeks
to supply million patients with one
dose each. In many cases one dose
alone cures, though l have used three
or four"
lis the treatment expensive?"
mo, it costs considerably less than
a dollar per dose to manufacture.
Can physicians administer the
serum without special instructions?"
1T would be better for two or
three American physicians to come
over here to receive instructions
from me regarding the principles of
the treatment.
How long has it taken you to cure
average cases of pulmonary tubercu-
losis?"
"A few weeks at most. The serum
seems to kill all the tuberculosis
germs within the body within very
short space of time. Hemorrhages
cease, wounds in lungs heal, fever
disappears, the patients Immediately
have an appetite and all the devastat-
ing work of the tuberculosis germs
is ended. Nature Immediately begins
building up again what the germs
have destroyed. / give no diet or
other treatment. The only thing l
do is to inject the serum with a
small syringe into the bullock or
arm
DR.. Friedman is greatly disturb
ed by the possibility that he may be
overwhelmed with patients from dis
tant quarters in the last stages of
tuberculosis, because he has no hos
pital Accommodations for bed-ridden
patients in Berlin.
His mail comes in basket loads. ]
saw many letters bearing American
stamps. AS send this message sew
eral thousand cases are on the way
to Berlin.
DR.. Friedman is SO years of age,
and graduate of German medical
schools and unmarried. He was born
and has always lived in Berlin. He
is highly respected by German phys
icians and scientists. He has writ
ten many scientific articles on tuber-
culosis and has long been considered
one of the leading authorities on the
subject in Europe. He began seeking
tuberculosis cure when in school
ten years ago and has been at 1t
ever since. He received several priz-
es in German schools for research
work on the theme of tuberculosis.
He has spent much time in studying
tuberculosis in every quarter Of the
globe except America. He comes of
fairly wealthy family and is well
known socially.
His greatest hope is to have an OPP
portunity to give his care to the boy
czarevitch of Russia, who has tuber-
culosis and whose knee is swollen to
large proportions. The doctor took
me to a slum fiat in Berlin and show
ed me little girl who, seven weeks
before, had been chair-ridden, unable
to walk, with a knee swollen to sew
en- inches in diameter similar to the
czarevitch's.
'She used to scream with pair
when we touched her Leg" said the
mother. / saw tears come into the
doctors eyes as the little girl rar
across the room to show that she wa
quite we'll. Both knees were normal
I'm seven weeks every tuberculos
is germ in her body had been killed,
said the doctor. "A few weeks ag'
one drop of her blood would have
killed a guinea pig; now her blood i
perfectly normal. l gave her onl,
one injection and l shall give he
only one more and she will be per
fectly WE'LL"
saw and conversed with many pa
, tients. / saw a boy, entirely cured
whose leg had rotted away almost L
the hip. / saw men who had ha
hemorrhages, night sweats, fever an
: had been in hospitals, who had beel
cured within a few weeks and return
ed to work, after only one injection
saw a girl who was born with tn
2 berculosis and whose hand had rot
! ted away during Is years. who ha
Y been cured by one treatment in fou
weeks.
5 saw a boy of 6, probably Dor
: with lung tuberculosis, who told me
v Il didn't use to like to play becaus
!. l was sick, but now it is fun and
e play all the time" His mother wa
s weeping with JOY as the little BIO
: talked.
! saw clear-healed scars on hands
a arms, necks and bodies of childre
h A