The Brunswick news., 1913-05-10
OFFICIAL TEST
HAS BEEN MADE
DIscovERER OF REMEDY RE
FUSES TO GIVE SOME IN
FORMATION SOUGHT.
PROBE NOT YET COMPLETED
The Report Is Careful to Say That
Retieence of the German Doctor
Has Not Affected the Judgment of
the Board.

Washington, May 9.-public health
observations so far into the condition
Of the patients inoculated by DR.. f. +.
fiiedmann, with - tuberculosis vac
cine do not justify that confidence in
the remedy which has been inspired
by widespread publicity in the opin-
Ion Of the surgeons who have con
Quoted the governments inyestiga-
ton
This first authentic and official con
clusion from the tests was announc
ed here before the American Associa-
ton for the Study OF Prevention OF
Tuberculosis. by DR.. J. f. Anderson.
director Of the governments hygien-
ic laboratory. and DR. A. NJ. Stimson,
another public health surgeon, who
were detailed to observe the progress
OF the friedman patients at Mount ST
nal hospital, in New York.
I'VE believe that at the present
time, says the report, 'we are not
YET in position to express an opinion
based on &esent condition Of pR
tients under observation. The diseaE
for which the remedy IS used is pro
logged and is characterized by pes
riods OF advancement and retrogres-
sion. 1t is also one in which psychic
influences are a powerful factor
Time is, therefore, necessary TO prop
erly eyaluate the effect OF therapeu-
tic measures.
Does Not Justify Confidence.
we do not lose sight Of the pos
sible therapeutic yalne Of this prepa.
ration, and on the other hand it is
necessary to guard against too great
an optimism In respect to. its merits.
Without presenting in detail the con
ditions Of patients under observation
we are in position to state that the
facts thus far observed do not iusti-
fy that confidence in the remedy
which has been inspired by wide
speard publicity.
In our opinion, harm may have
been done by this undue publicity. in
so far as 1t lessened the confidence
of tuberculosis persons in well-reeog-
nized methods OF treatment or inter
rupted their use. we are constrained
to advise against any lessening Of
those welEknown measures which not
only had expected cures. but which
have reduced the incidence OF the dis
., T-,.;,.
mann does not wish to be judged sci
entiieally on newspaper statements,
and he would undoubtedly disclaim
responsibility for certain of those
which have appeared. Nevertheless,
it is in those that the public bases
its opinion until replaced by reliable
and unbiased scientific pronounce,
ments. supported by convincing data.
In our series of patients, Dr.
friedman has almost exclusively
made use OF the intra-muscular meth
Cd alone in pulmonary cases. and a
very considerable proportion Of them
have either developed no considerable
infi,trate at all. or have suffered from
abscess formations. 1t is evident
therefore. that very. considerable
portion OF these patients may expect
their treatment at the hands OF Dr.
Friedman to extend over a long pc
riod.
friedman Refuses information
Concerning the cultures submitted
to us. we may state that series Of
experiments is under way The bacci-
lus has been found to be an acid fast
organism, having properties quite diff
ferent from those of any tubercule
baccilus. with which we are acquaint-
ed. 1t appears to be identical with an
organism cultivated from few loop
fuls of the material used for injec-
tion. which DR.. Friedman permitted
US to place on culture media in his
presence We requested DR.. Fried
mann to furnish US with a large
amount Of this material for examina-
ton. but this he has declined to do
We nFn state however, that living,
SD st bacSria are being injected
intra-muscuiar and intrayen-
bod, although we are ignorant