The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
FRIEDMAN INSTITUTE.
Will Open this Week al Coltax, Iowa,
to Treat TuberCular Patients.
Third in the United States.

One OF the newly eSCdDllSHeu
Friedman institutes for the cure of
tuberculosis is to open at once at
Colfax, Iowa. Iowa is the third state
in which sanitariums will be located
by the company which recently pur-
chased from DR.. friedman his rights
for the use of the new treatment in
the United States. Tuesdays Regis
ter and Leader has the following no.
tice of the opening of the institute at
ColfaX:
Arrangements have been complet-
ed for the establishment of Fried
mann institute for the cure of tub
erculosis at Colfax. The large two
story building opposite the Grand
hotel known as the Rest Home, has
been rented to serve as a temporary
quarter and it is expected the insti-
tuition will be open for the reception
Of patients Thursday morning.
This will be the only institute in
Iowa and for the present the only
one in the west, being the first one
established in the United States out
side of New York and Providence, R.
Negotiations for the establishment
of the institute at Colfax were COM
pleted Monday by S. Elkan of New
York, secretary of big drug COM
pany which first took over the Fried
mann rights in America, and a large
stoc c.zholder in the Continental Dis
tributing company, a corporation
which has been formed to handle the
cure, and w. B. Starkey, of Des
Moines, who is Iowa attorney for the
company.
Mr.. Starkey said that incorpora-
ton papers for the institute which
will be capitalized for $150,O0O, will
be filed within few days. The in
stitute will be governed by the con-
ditions dictated by DR.. Friedman
when he disposed of his rights in the
United States, which includes pro-
vision for the treatment of the poor
and the employment of a licensed
Iowa, physician to take charge.
Il am not in a position to say
now,' said Mr.. Starkey, "who will be
named as head physician at Colfax,
but l understand that a list of tif-
teen Or sixteen physicians, all OF
them practicing in Des Moines, or
within a radius of a few miles, has
been submitted, and that choice will
be made from this list. Within a
short time it is expected the services
Of four or five assistant physicians
will be required &, ..s .as5 s
ts9 According to Mr.. Starkey the con-
ditions of the friedman grant will
be adhered to rigidly. ANY poor
person. he said, "who can show by
certificate from a minister or other
reputable source that he is worthy
and unable to pay will receive the
treatment free of charge and will get
the same care and attention given
his less unfortunate fellow suffer-
ers' =s -+
The prices for those able to pay,
it is said, will range from 500 to
$500, the latter being the maximum
under the conditions laid down by
DR.. Friedmann.
It is probable that steps will be
taken within a short time to secure
larger quarters. The question of
building sanitarium capable of TAX
ing care of a large number of pa
tients is being considered, but no
Mr.. Elkan, who has been here for
the past two weeks investigating the
situa ton, considers Colfax an ideal
location for the institution and is
confident that the value of the Fried
mann serum soon will be conclusive
ly established in Iowa.
Mr. Starkey, who recently visited
the headquarters institute in New
York, is enthusiastic over the possi-
bilities of the cure, declaring that he
personally investigated number OF
cases in which the treatment had
been marvelously effective.