Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-05-22
MUST NOT Be
GOVERNMENT SAYS
Sufferers Advised to Continue
Use of Recognized Rene
dies For the Present.


convincing data
DR.. Minor, in discussing the question,
said that he was told that this treat
ment came to America not through
medical and scientific channels, but
through commercial publicity enter
prise. He said that the fact that the
"cure' had been smirched with COM
mercialism was sufficient for the asso-
citation to make a stand to protect the
public.
I'VE know how much misery already
has been produced" said DR.. Minor,
by the announcement Of the cure-the
high hopes that have been raised and
sorely disappointed, the poor sufferers
who have committed suicide through
their failure to get the treatment. So,
say, this pseudo scientific remedy can
not be too severely shown up
General Sternberg, former surgeon
general Of the army, moved the adop-
ton of the resolution, declaring it to
be prudent and said there was no evil
dence to justify final decision.
Voters For Resolution.
Among those voting for the resolu-
tion were Dr. Meyer Of Mount Sinai
hospital and DR.. Miller of Bellevue
hospital, New York city, in both of
which institutions Friedman patients
are being observed by the government;
DR.. Perkins of Providence, r. l.. whose
patients We're treated by DR.. Fried
mann, and DR.. Baldwin of Saranac
Lake, n. Y, who, it is said, expert
mented with the Friedman serum
and discarded it ten years ago.
DR.. Friedman was unconcerned, ac-
cording to the New York Sun, when
the report from Washington was read
to him in New York city. He let it be
known that he did not intend to worry
over a preliminary report, which he
thought was premature.
The Berlin doctor at first was inclin-
ed to disbelieve that DR.. Anderson had
made an adverse report. He said that
DR.. Simpson Of the public health serv-
ice, whom he met at the Seton hos
pital, told him that it was very unlike
ly that such statement would come
from DR.. Anderson. When he finally
did comprehend what the Washington
officials had said he said:
'9There is nothing to say to that. 1t
is not the final report, which will be
different. I don't see that DIR. Ander-
son has made any attack upon my rem
edy. What he does say is not positive
one way or the other. And what
this National Association For the Stud
and Prevention of Tuberculosis?. l do
not know it,"
Further attempts to get DR.. Fried
mann to express himself on govern
ment officials attitude were fruitless.
He seemed to regard the matter as in
significant.
Then he was asked what he thought
of the claims of Professor Max Pior-
kowski of Berlin regarding the latter's
turtle culture for tuberculosis. DR..
friedman said that he had read the
stories about it and added:
THAT does not interest me. I will
deny, though, that Piorkowski ever
worked in my laboratory or that we
ever worked together He did not get
his turtle vaccine from me any more
than got mine from him. If he has
worked Independently and got a cure
why all right"
DR.. Friedman was just as uninter-
ested when told that Dr. William Beat
tie was coming to America with enough
Of the Piorkowski vaccine for the in
lection of thousand patients.
"All right; let him come with enough
for million" he said.
This interview took place just after
DR.. Friedman had returned to New
York city from Canada. where he treat
ed some patients. He said he was very
well pleased with the progress all his
patients were making.
Talks of Patients.
II went to Canada to look after my
patients. have come back here to
look after my patients. My patients
before everything else My first care
when come back here is my patients
And they are doing just as I expected
the same improvement that has been
seen everywhere" he said.
Physicians of Frankfort. Germany
interviewed recently by a correspond
ent of the New York Times. declared
that patients DR.. friedman treated at
the Frankfort Municipal hospital more
than four months ago had not shown
any beneficial effects from the turtle
serum.
Professor Paul Erich, discoverer of
salYarsan. was also seen by the CORE
spondent at the Royal Institute of Med
tcal Therapeutics. He advised against
judging DR.. Friedmann's remedy too
quickly and defended DIR. Friedmann's
course in selling the American rights
to his serum.
In part Professor Erlich's comment
was:
"Dr. Friedman struck me as an
earnest young man. His stanch ad-
herent, Professor Schleich of Berlin, is
man of unimDeachable standing.