Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
HUMAN BACILLI
T0ODANGEROUS,
SAYS GERMAN
Dr. friedman Explains Why
He Has Secured TuberCular
Serum From Turtles.

NEW YORK. March 15.-That the
.sa NJ human baciIi in the treatment
..- tuberculosis was too dangerous was
clio startling statement of DR. f. F.
r-r..F0apr. the German, discoverer Of
,r. alleged cure for the white plague
.-. statement giving the history of his
.,.,s-imerts. DR.. Friedman said:
.ro former years ! used human tu-
..,eprasis baciIi. which had been rem
AID virulen, artifcially. but I dis
.,-ded this method completely. as it
WAS 100 dangerous. found the desired
~as,rts when I discovered a bacillus
which originated from cold-blooded
an;mal-the turtle.
AT first I injected in myself the Sc
-p,r nj different times. After that I
g.,- If to adults affected with tubercu-
ross Later on it was injected into
TWO tubercuIar children and finally
r.1er the curative aspects were found
invariably the same to healthy chill
srar Of tubercular surroundings for
making them immune.
Remedy Harmless.
aT have found this remedy harmless
whenever I have administered it to pa
TENTS from early childhood to extreme
old age, even in large doses and equal
Nv efficient in all forms Of tuberculosis
Aside from absolutely hopeless cases
whose fate was already sealed. it has
proved Its efficiency in almost all
cases.
The Nature Of Vaccines. Sera ana
Tuberculins. With Special Reference to
Their Use in the Treatment of Tuber-
culosis." IS the title of a timely arti-
Gle which will appear in the April
number If The Journal of the out
door Life The Anti Tuberculosis Mag
4zine. The article is written b! a well
known authority on clinical pathology,
The author states that the use Of bac-
THEOLOGICAL preparations. such as vac
yincs and sera is twofold, both for tho
purpose Of producing immunity
against certain diseases and also for
the purpose Of assisting i'm The cure of
certain disease processes. They are
used both upon healthy and upon sick
persons
serum may be defined as a fluid
separated from the clot Of the blood Of
some animal which has previously been
immunized against the germ or poi
son Of a certain disease such as diph-
iberia or hay fever. 1t is administered
to cure disease process in the human
body after the disease has already de-
veioped and is not designed as a pre-
yentivc
Vaccine Poison.
vaccine. on the other hand is q
weakened poison or virus of a certain
disease such as smallpox or hydropho-
oia which is taken from a calf or some
other animal afflicted with the disease
in question. During the process of the
disease in the animal the poison which
The germs of the disease cast off be-
comes attenuated. Then, when it is
noculated into the human body. a pro-
teotiyo reaction Of the healthy tissues
against this poison follows, and an i'm
mun.tN against the disease is thus pro-
RIcoa vaccine Of this character is
designed for use only in a healthy body
ana IS not for use after the active
'E"ploms of the disease appear.
Tine term vaccine is also used in some
ase+ to apply to attenuated germs
winch have been Weakened. usually by
'ealhg or otherwise. These prepare
ions are also called bacterial vac
.AeS or bacterins. in distinction from
virus Vaccines. These bacterial vac
mes are employed not only for inocu-
"lng the healthy individual in order
' protect against infectious disease,
sneh as typhoid fever, the plague. or
tuberculosis, but also for inoculating
sAe diseased body in order to stimulate
"e production of protective substances
ueh the processes of nature appar-
N'IF are not working sufficiently ac-
I'VE toward recovery.
Iuoerculin, of which there are a con-
siderable number of varieties i q
preparation made from the germs of
cuiosIS, so treated that the poison
., 1''larlN produced by these bacilli is
n'-'s" or rendered innocuous. Tubercu-
- really distinct kind Of bacte-
'','Ihe used in the treatment of
'7' .uoSl~. and has been employed
'olh Tor therapeutic and preventive
purposes