Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-06-11
TREATED
BY FRIEDMAN
NOT IMPROVED
Reports Submitted by Exam
ming Physicians Show No
Change for Better Among
Eighteen Who Took Serum

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New York. Juno l0.-Tho Friod4
mann turtle vaccine received yestor-
day It's second discreditory report
from physician OF recognized stand
ing In this country and one who had
carefully observed the effcct of tho
treatmen. on eighteen patients. The
hrst was made by the physicians of
the George Washington University
hospital. in Washington, where nr.
Friedman had treated patients un-
der government supervision. The sec-
ond was made by Dr. George Mann
heimer of this city. whose report ape
pears In fun in the current issuc Of
the Medical Record.
Or Mannheimcr rceites the history
OF eighteen patients inoculated with
the vaccine who have come under his
personal supervision Not one OF
these. the physician reports. has
shown Improvement while six have
changed for the worse and two have
developed ahsecsscs. OF the eighteen
twelve had tuberculosis of the lungs,
one tuberculosis of the lymphnodos.
two tuberculosis of the kidney and the
bladder and All these received the in
lcction in the muscles. OF the remain-
ing three two had tuberculosis of the
joints and one of the lungs and joints.
These received the injection both in
the veins and IN the muscles.
Dr. Mannheimer seekr 10 throw
light on the way In which the Fried
mann vaccine is prepared secret
which Dr Friedman has given only
to Moritz Eisncr. II Is generally
agreed that he has failed In this On
dcavor on this subject he says:
As understand IL, Or. Friedman
uses sterilod water as a menstruum
with certain additions lc scrapes off
loopfuls OF culture and weighs the
gcrapngs. These ne adds to the di-
lutcnt and then he filters, using tho
first portion OF the filtrate for in
travcnus and the second, the less CON
centratcd. for intramuscular injec-
tions. We standardize our v;ceines
hy counting the number of organisms
e. the cubic mlllimetre. doubt
whether his method Of Standardization
be more accurate
"Only Dr Friedman and Mr.. Els
nor knew the secret Of the vaccine y
said counsel for the friedman ru-
bercular Institute last night whcn
their attention was called to this part
of Or. Mannheimcr's report.
The cases which pr. Mannhelmer
observed were an treated on March
II with one exception woman VIII"
was treated on March 6. The report
On this woman, after giving the his-
tory of her ease ana saying Fried
mann thinks that she has improved
SO much that she needs no further in
iections for an indefinite period, con-
tinues.
Result. There has been no change
either way Has had periods when
she felt perfectly we'll ana weighed
seven pounds more Lately had oc-
casional uncaslness and lluttcfing OF
the heart region and tachycardia, no
doubt due to tho proximity Of the
lesion to the pericardum.
In the case OF "a girl twenty years
old who had improved while in q
sanitarium-ab bsccssos developed after
the injection. with the result that the
patient is reported worse and Dr.
Mannhcimcr advises against a second
Injection. In another ease the report
states. Process certainly not check
ed. No Improvement in either bone or
lung" IL the result Of the treatment
on still another case. And so Or.
Mannheimer discusses the entire cigh-
teen, mo change" being the most
favorable comment on any. In several
of the cases the severity Of the roac-
ton is referred to. While talking to Il
reporter for The World recently pr.
Slade laid particular stress upon that
point.
DR. Mannheimer SAYS he is making
this preliminary report to give his col
laegues information for their guidance
when asked by patients as to the value
Of the friedman vaccine.
d. Friedman may find it a diff
ficult matter to sail from this country
when he tries to on June 10. Both Dr.
BENJAMIN and Dr. Maurice A. Sturm
are determined that he make New
York his residence for some time un-
loss he goes through certain formal
tiles
"If DR.. Friedman should attempt
to sail as he announced ne would
said Or. Sturm last night. ~ will nave
hin, arrostpd unlegs he puts up n
bond large enough to guarantee any
Judgment | may get against him as
the outcome Of my suit for Sllo,OOo'
Under the law he can't leave thiS
country until he does
Dr. Benjamin has a'so Instructed
his counsel to study this question. ne
wants some guarantee that if he gets
Judgment in his suit ne will be able
to collect.