New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-30
DR.. Friedmann'S "Cure" May
Not Be Administered in City
Under New ReguIatlon-"F.
F. F." Institute Hit.
DISC0VERER GOING HOME
Hastens Here from Providence
a.. Will Sail at Once for Ger
many, 1t Is Said-Eis-
ner and DR.. Ram
baud Surprised.

Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedmann's
turtle germ vaccine will not be in
tected into consumptives in New York
City for some time TO come. Con-
demned by the Health Boards action
through the recommendation Of its ad-
visory staff Of physicians. the cure"
barred by an amendment TO the Sani-
tary code making its use msde-
meanor. the Friedman Institute, at
West End avenue and 103d street. will
close its doors to-day and. il is pre-
dicted. will meyer open them again.
Or. friedman left Providence 70
come here In vast hurry, and it is
said he Will leave New York to-mor-
row. sailing for Germany. never to re-
turn 10 this country. This action was
taken when DR. Friedman learned Of
the action Of the Board of Health. He
will stop at the Majestic.
Yesterday the thunderstroke came.
The storm, which has been gathering
force for some weeks through adverse
reports by hospital heads and the
urgence OF some physicians of the
Health Board burst over the Fried
mann-Eisner camp when. the Health
Board. consisting Of Ernst f. Lederle.
Commissioner of Health; DR.. Joseph
O'Connell. Health officer OF the Port,
and Police Commissioner Waldo. ad-
Judged the turtle vaccine unsafe" 3"
After its administration they found
many patients had not only become
worse, but conditions had developed
which led physicians TO believe there
might be a relation between the pa
TENTS condition and the effect Of the
Friedman vaccine.
May Be Frausht with Danger.
"A treatment that may be frsught
with serious danger TO individuals and
70 the public" was the boards char
scterization Of the cure.
The amendment TO the Sanitary Code
which was adopted prohibits not only
Or. Friedmann's but all other cures
containing a living microbe. II reads
as follows:
Section l4sa. The use OF living bacterial
organisms in the inoculaton Of human
beings for the prevention or treatment Of
disease is hereby prohibited until after
fun and complete data regarding the
method Of use. including a specimen Of
the culture and other agents employed
herewith. and a full account OF the de-
tails Of preparation. dosage and admin
istration shall have been submitted 10
the Board Of Health OF the City OF New
York. and until permission shall have
been granted in writing by the said board
for the use OF the same"
The preamble to the boards resolu-
ton follows:
Whereas IN the judgment OF the Board
q Health the use OF living cultures Of
bacteria IN the inoculation of human
beings for the prevention or treatment OF
disease. may be fraught with serious
danger TO individuals and TO the public
health. and
Whereas the necessity and the harm
lessness OF such procedure can be safely
determined only by carefully planned and
controlled and unbiased scientific meas
ures and observations and
Whereas. Certain tests OF the efficiency
and safety OF an alleged cure for tuber-
oulosis now being made in this city are
being rendered unsatisfactory. unscien-
tifc and practically futile through the in
sistence OF the originator OF the alleged
remedy, on conditions which involve in
adequate observation, inaccurate methods
of administration and the insstence on
secrecy regarding the substances en-
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