New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-17
WARM FLOODED TURTLES
FURNISH RIVAL CURE
Germs Beat Ordinary Berlin or
N. Y. Brand, Says Or. Beattie,
Fresh from Germany.
TO COMPETE AT ONCE
Vaccine for 1000 Patients
Brought Over, and Poor Will
Get Free Treatment -
Sturm Assails friedman.

More turtle germs for conservatives, but
not Of the IF. F. r" brand. came into
the country from Germany yesterday.
when the Mauretania arrived. with Dr.
William Johnston Beattie on board. DR.
Beattie is from New Hampshire. but he
practises In New York as well.
DR. Beattie's turtle bacillus is from the
laboratory OF DR.. Max Piorkowski. In
Berlin. where Or. Beattie has been study
ing ever since DR. Friedrich Franz Fried
mann arrived here as the guest oil
Charles f. Finlay, who offered 10000
for a cure.
DR. Beattie says his turtle germs are
superior In every way to those OF tho
Friedman type One point particularly
emphasized by the New Hampshire doe
tor was that his germs were from turtle
from South India which is warm bloodcd.
Your ordinary Berlin turtle or New
York turtle. like those used by the
Friednanns. are cold blooded." said DR.
Reattie. Or. Piorkowskis are warm
blooded turtles. and this in spite of the
assertion frequently made that all turtle
germs are made avirulent by introducing
the yiruent bacilii into a cold-blooded
animal"
DR. Beattie was not explicit as 10 the
ARA ngement he had with Or. Piorkowski.
but ne said he had the exclusive rights
to Introduce the Piorkowsh vaccine I'm
New York and Massachusetts. The latest
advocate OF the turtle cure" exhibited
the following certificate" or diploma
from DR.. Friedmanns rival in turtle
therapeutics:
Tar hae kcA xad ~
institution under my leading during from
March list to April 18th courses of bak-
teriologie serologie, and chemistry
physiological by daily hours labour Of
to-day The courses embracing close 10
morphooeie universal and systematic of
bakterias his biologie, the methods from
observations Of the bakterias and cult
walton and the diagnostic of the microbes
pathogenical Also the examinations
seradiagnostical. Especially It was make
practicable often the method Of Nasser-
mann. Farther il would undertaked the
examinations weighty from the sphere OF
the urine. blood. saft of estomac. milk
and expectations.
"DR. PIORKOWSK1.
"25-IV-l3"
]
production he said he had insisted on
having his certificate in English, adding
AS he laughed heartily: THE professors
( English is not very good"
/ DR.. Beattie has a great advantage over
Dr. Friedman in that he is a registered
| physician in this city. and has had All
! office in the Murray Hill Hotel for the
last two years. Thus he will be able n
take patients without waiting for the
consent OF the County Medical Society
or any other medical authority, federal,
state or municipal.
! Dr. Beattie will not, even DELAY compe-
tition until the opening OF the friedman
Institute next week. but will begin 10
treat patients AT the Murray Hill to-day.
He also announced that he was ready
to treat poor persons without charge. and
that he had on hand enough Piorkowski
vaccine for two thousand patients.
The new arrival was unreserved in his
criticism Of Friedrich Franz friedman.
In the first place. he said Dr. Friedman
got the cure from Piorkowsk" Just
how the conversion from warm blooded 10
cold blooded turtles was made he did net
say. He commented on the Eisner Men,
delson purchase as something that takes
away the charm" Of treating the disease.
adding that the ordinary turtle germ
treatment in this city showed laXity in
diagnosis. 1T appears 10 me that NIL
they do" said Dr. Beat1ie. IS 10 look az
the syringe. then at the Juice and then. II
the patient coughs. give jab."
Or. VI. A. Sturm. who viii compete With
Dr. Reattie, gave out the first install
ment Of his friedman expose" yester-
day afternoon. DR.. Sturm speaks of him.
self as returning 10 the platform Of
ethical decent medicine" Did he not"
he says in burst Of rhetoric. referring
10 friedman. think he would be the
Napoleon of medicine TO them 0he poor.
but more. something like Christ" Or.
Sturm adds:
Time and occasion enough 10 awaken
these thoughts were given, but the
golden calf and its service were all be
suffered for. and his chance came with
the invitations 10 Canada and ProW-
dence."