Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-03-25
THE HOPE OF THE WORLD.

All the world, and especially tht
Western continent, is looking eagerly
toward New York and other Eastern
cities at this time and is watching
with keenest interest the experiments
now being conducted there by Dr.
Frederick Franz Friedman, the Ger
man physician with his tuberculosis
serum, and all the world
hopes that he may be successful. The
most Of us are unhampered by eth
ical restrictions and unbound by non
sensical precedent. We do not care
whether we are cured Of our ills ac-
cording to the teachings Of any par
ticular school, the main thing with
us is the cure, and if the practices
of one certain brand of medical sci
ence viii bring about that much-de-
sired result, that is the brand for us.
We have no patience with the med
ical gentlemen who look askance at
some new practice or innovation in
the world Of medical science, that
doesn't meet with their approval, or
bear the stamp of their particular
mode of practice. We must have the
medical men, Mankind could not
well exist without them, and when
we grow i'll we usually send for the
physician whom we think best quail
fed for our particular case and we
usually don't even know Of what
school he is a graduate, or whether
he is even an alumnus of any institu-
tion-all we want is relief. We take
his medicine and we obey his instruc-
tions and when we recover and "get
on our feet" again we forget all
about the man Of medicine and his
science.
SO, when DR.. Friedman announced
that he had discovered serum for
the successful treatment of the
greatest scourge Of mankind, all the
world breathed sigh of hopefuIness.
Sufferers from the dread disease in
any of its varied forms looked long
ingly toward the noted German ply
sician and eagerly scanned the news
papers for confirmation Of the dis
coverv When Dr. Friedman finally
decided to come to this country and
demonstrate his treatment for the
heneft Of the medical profession. we
his coming as the sufferer
on the bed of pain welcomes the ar
rival of the physician whom he thinks
viii bring relief.
How great then must have been
Fhe disappointment Of those who had
longingly looked for help from d.
Friedman. when he was received
soolly and even treated as "faken
BY many eminent medical men and
1v the government, and hedgei about
with all sorts Of red tape which pre-
vented him from the free and unin
corrupted practice Of his methods.
In the absence Of any other infor- I
nation we must take the German /
ohysician at his word and under
'tand that his motive in coming to 1
America was to extend the field Of '
MS operations and to bring relief to {
he sufferers from tuberculosis. He !
lhould have been met with fairness ]
md with a welcome such as should {
'e bestowed upon the discoverer Of '
my method which means so much to
humanity. Perhaps his cure
nay not be a cure at all. but what {
harm could have followed its fullest
md most intelligent usef The peo-
Ne with wasted forms and disease q
aden bodies eagerly hoped for help, q
md they were the ones most directly 4
md intensely interested. They had I
'verything to gain and nothing to /
ost in the fight '
But government red tape and the a
arrow prejudices which 80 often I
ermeaies the impulses Of those ,
Ugh in the medical and other pro $