The Washington times., 1913-03-16
.FR|EDMANN KEEPS
SECRET OF CURE"
Berlin Doctor Back in New York
for Further Tests of His
Turtle BaCiIi.

NEW YORK. March 16.-Dr. Franz
Frederick Friedman, the German SCI
enlist who says he has discovered a
cure for tuberculosis. arrived in this
city today from Canada. where he want
to try his serum after making some eX-
periments here early last week.
On his arrival he went direct to Mt
Sinai Hospital to inspect several pa
tients whom he had treated with his
now famous turtle baciIli. He refused
absolutely to make any statement, al
though the doctors at the hospital had
announced during the week that the pa
tientss he had treated showed material
Improvement.
After spending short time at the
hospital the doctor, accompanied by his
brother, went TO the Hotel Ansonia and
secluded himself in his room. He re-
fused to answer any questions as to his
progress in Canada or rs to an invita-
ton to come to Boston, which. ii is
understood. has been officially extended
to him.
Will Treat Forty Today.
After taking dinner at the hotel he
made preparations to visit Bellevue
Hospital this afternoon and inject his
serum into a number of patients Sc
lected by DIR. Fleming. the assistant
superintendent of the hospital. These
include all types of tuberculosis. There
are about forty cases. and not one OF
them could be sent to Colorado with any
chance of improvement and none could
BE- thus cured. aa
Each PATIENTS anxiua. TO have DR..
Friedman try his serum and has
signed an agreement exonerating the
hospital in case the results do not come
up to expectations.
Whatever aston the Government is
taking is kept secret just now. The re-
port that the United States authorities
have made a demand on ,Ffiedmann for
his formula cannot be confirmed. II is
said that the Government will request
that he disclose to them the composition
Of the so-called cure. The Department
of Public Health wants to be sure that
the. after-effects of innoculation will not
be dangerous. and Surgeon General Ru-
pert Blue has instructed his representa-
tives here to ask for II.
Government Interested.
DIR. John f. Anderson, head of the
Government hygienic laboratory, and
DR.. Arthur Stimson will present the
matter as an official request"
The county medical society, through
AAb ditoi hcs. pdt1AiihS
given by DR. Friedman in this city,
for it has been suggested to the society
that some of these may be private
patents. If this report can be verified,
it is said. the society will call him to
account. .-..- .....
The county medical society notified
DR.. Friedman that he could not prac-
tice medicine in this county without a
license except as a consulting physician
attached to the hospital in which he
treated patients.
DIR. A c. H. Friedman and DIR. NJ A
Strum, of the Ansonia. have received
thousands Of applications for treat
ment from all parts of the, country.
They have selected several hundred.
DR.. Strunl is quoted as saying that DR..
Friedman will refuse to explain at
this time the secret of his cure. Only
one other man in the world is said TO
know this secret, and this is DR.. Schlei,
of Berlin.
Among the cases selected for treat
ment is that of DR.. J. s. Atkinson, who
came from Wisconsin. To get to the
railroad station from his home, he had
10 walk miles on snow shoes.