New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09
Medical Men Express Doubt Of
DR.. Friedmann's Not Having
0verstepped Limitations on
Consulting Physician.
liz MORE GET TREATMENT
Second Demonstration Given in
Office of DR.. Mannheimer-
Patients Treated by Di-
rection of Own Doc
tors Is Asserted.

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DR.. Friedrich Franz friedman gave
his second demonstration yesterday OF
the turtle germ cultures which he be
lieves will cure tuberculosis. Maxim
one Of his many mysterious moves lat
In the afternoon he left the Ansonia
hurriedly. Accompanied by the faith
vate secretary, he went 10 the off1ce
Of DR.. George Mannheimer. at No. 41
West 51st street, where he gave q sec
ond demonstration Of his treatment for
tuberculosis, under conditions marked
ly different from that In the Little
Peoples Hospital, at No. 203 Second
avenue, on Thursday, before twenty
five physicians Of this and other cities
The plans for yesterdays ciinicai
tests were we'll laid, having been ~
process Of negotiation for several days.
and, according to all accounts, every
thing went off in apple pie order. II
anybody used the word "faker," a.
when the physicians at the People,
Hospital saw his first demonstration,
no report was made OF II.
Seventeen Get tho Treatment.
What was referred to by De Vidal
Hundt as his first private" demon
stration had been arranged with much
secrecy. Or. Friedmann's taxicab ar
rived at Dr. Manufacturers Office at
O'Clock and the test lasted two hours.
during which time seventeen persons
received treatment.
Mr.. de Vidal-Hundt gave out . state
ment last night at the Ansonia, saying
that the private demonstration had
taken place, giving scanty details as TO
what happened. and explaining at the
outset that DR.. Friedman had acted
as consulting physician. in that all the
persons treated had been tire prly,te
patients Of physicians who were pras
ent at the test. Secretary de Vidal
Hundt said he was pretty certain that
the doctor had kept within the law, but
admitted that the treatment had been
administered personally by the germ
discoverer.
Members of the Medical Society OF
the County Of New York, on whom if
laid the burden Of seeing that the strici
letter Of the state medical law Is not
violated, are not so sure of the Berlin
doctors ground, however. His per-
sonal activities yesterday I'm the office
of DR.. Mannheimer were regarded by
them as being in nowise in accordance
with the recommendations which 'hr
"comitia minora," the governing body
of the County Medical Society, had
made in the letter addressed TO Or.
Friedman last week, in which was
outlined to him exactly what he could
and could not do TO keep within the
llaw.
pretty close to tho ragged edge"
was the expression last night by one
County Medical Society man who is
high In it's counsels. Il hope 1T isn't
true that the tests were made i'm the
lway reported
Society May Have to Act.
"Dr. Friedman must not overstep
the legal grounds he added IF he
does 1t will be the duty of the County
Medical Society to stop him"
Though it may prove that the tests
of Thursday at the Peoples Hospital
/ Ia, Tod.
lin a manner that did not violate the
law. 1t was said that there was no
doubt that there had been a failure by
the Friedman party to respond TO the
good offices Of the members of tho
County Medical Society, who offered 10
the turtle germ doctor all the co-opera-
ton necessary to place his discovery in
its right light before the public.
What were the reasons behind his al
legged failure to accept the County Med
zeal Societys offer cannot be learned,
but DR.. Arthur e. II. friedman, the
Berlin mans brother and chief ad-
wiser. has several times indicated dis
satisfaction with the conditions im-
posed by the society as to the course to
be pursued.
It appears, however, there was an
impression that yesterdays work by
DR.. Friedman was regarded as being
done in accordance with the law, which
states that man may act In the
lcapacity Of a consulting physician.
DR.. George Mannheimer. whose house
harbored the Berlin doctors second
demonstration, is well known to fellow
practitioners. He has been member
Of the County Medical Society since
1895. He was graduated at the Uni
yersity Of Strasburg in 1890. and.
coming to this country. was made visit
ing physician by the Mount Sinai Dis
pensary, and adjunct visiting physi-
clan by Lebanon Hospital He is q
member Of the Academy Of Medicine.
the State Medical Society. the Patho-
LOGICAL Society. and the Metropolitan
and German Medical societies.
Health Board Won't Interfere.
Or. Ernst j. Lederle, Health Com.
missioner, expressed interest last night
at learning of the administering OF
the culture to the seventeen patients in
DIR. Manufacturers office and remarked
that under the circumstances he did