The Washington times., 1913-04-15
WANTS LICENSE FOR
DR.. FRIEDMAN HERE
Senator Hughes of New Jersey
to Offer Resolution in His
Behalf in the Senate.
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receives a report from this investigation
he will. he says. get down to action
A license for Dr. Friedman will not
in any way interfere with the investi-
CATION of the friedman bacilli by the
Public Health Service. Senator Hughes
interest was aroused in the remedy
through the personality of DR.. Fried
mann, In a chat at the White House
yesterday, and he then tentatively,
promised DR.. friedman to do some
thing in his benalf. Dr. Friedman
not having a thorough grasp on Ameri-
can government, Immediately warned
him of the investigation and the atti-
tude of the Public Health Service, and
Senator Hughes gave assurance that
the action taken by him would not
muddy the situation.
The senator accepted an invitation to
attend the clinic, and the scenes OF
tragedy and pathos that he was there
thusiasm in the cause. He Is deter
mined that IL there is any benefit to
be derived from the Friedman cure
the people shall have II g..
Physicians To Watch Patients. f.
Whether or not DIR. Friedman will
be able to take advantage or make
use of a license to practice medicine
In the District of Columbia is not
yet known. In a talk with Senator
Hughes before his departure for
Providence last night, the doctor said
he was not in a position to state
whether or not II would be possible
for him to avail himself Of the
license.
Should the. license be granted it
would not AFFECT the status OF the
Friedman cure, and would not. accord
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thorities, lift the temporary embargo
placed by the Public Health Service
upon the Friedman bacilli, pending
the outcome of its investigation, So
far as is known, Senator Hughes has
not yet gone into these phases OF the
question. He made no statement with
reference to them today.
L am deeply interested in the work
of DR.. friedman and his efforts to
cure tuberculosis, said Senator hughes
today Il intend to present a resolution
which will permit him to practice in the
District of Columbia 1 am having the
subject investigated, so. that l may
know just exactly what action should
Hundreds of Washington physicians.
many of them of national repute, will
watch the patients treated yesterday by
Dr. Friedman with keen interest. Each
week they will be assembled for ex-
animation and report at the dispensary
of George Washington University Hos
pitAl.
Feel No III Effects.
In the fifth or sixth week-dependins
upon the condition of the patients-Dr.
Friedman will return to Washington to
give them a second inocuiation.
Those who were treated feel no i'll ef-
tects today Most of them feel better
already, probably, their physicians say,
from the buoyancy Of hope.
The Friedman clinic is the one topic
of conversation in medical circles In
Washington today. Among the numer-
Gus physicians who attended the clinic
there Is some difference OF opinion as
TO DIR. Friedmann's technique, and his
methods in general. But little unfav-
orable criticism is heard, however
washingtons medical fraternity II
maintaining a conservative attitude, and
is prepared to await results.
Sentiment gave way to science in the
holding of the clinic yesterday. Though
DIR. Friedman declared. in going to the
clinic. that he would treat fifty or sixty
patients, IL they were aVailaDie, MS
scientific mind and press OF time ied
to a process of elimination In WHICH
but twelve cases survived.
Scenes That Grip Heartstrings.
The examination of nearly l50 appli-
cantS was attenOed WIFI pltduihss dhe
prayers and cries of anguish as hopeful
sufferers were turned aside. not unkind-
ly, but with decision. Men and women
of every type, in every station Of lie
most of them with a full knowledge OF
the utmost limits of their span Of life
begged or prayed for just one dose OF
the elixir OF life
The elimination of applicants and the
clinic that followed enacted scene aite'
scene of pathos and tragedy that grip
ped the heartstrings of the most hard
ened. :,
Little Phillip Chase. five years old
of 2l4 Fourteenth street southeast. wa
one Of the first applicants selected bI
DR. Friedmann and he was the hero o
the clinic. His childish stoicism ant
defiance Of the disease that had raw
aged his lower limbs won wild applaus'
from the 400 persons present at tn
clinic. most of whom were physicians
and usually undemonstrative in the FAC
of such scenes Though he suffered ex
cruciatinR pain at times, the boy never
once whimpered. He smiled bravely a
the white-gowned physicians and TIT
awesome audience. When the inocula
ton was completed he reached for hi
little crutches and started from tn
room. 1t was then that the observer
gave vent to their feelings In pro
longed applause. and the little fellow
declared that he would get we'll
Little Girls Brings Tears.
Every person in the amphitheater wa
deeply affected when the treatment wa
given Agnes Dowd, a fair-haired htti'
girl Of four and a half years She wa
brought i'm upon a stretcher. In tn
strong arms Of DR.. Hundt. Her littl