Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-02-27
FRIEDMAN REFUSES
BANKERS 100000
German Physician says lie is Here
Only to Cure All Who Come
to Him.
TO TREAT THE POOR FREE
First Tests cI His Serum Under
Government Auspices in a Few
DAYS

Days.
DR.. Friedrich Franz Friedman, Of
Berlin, arrived in New York Wednes-
day ii ght de said that be hoped 10
convince all seeptics there and else
where that be really has discovered q
cure for tuberculosis. He viii be in
New York city six weeks.
Upon landing from the Kronprin-
zessin Cecilie this trim and frank ap-
pearing physician o. thirty-six, who
is now the most discussed man IN his
profession, set at rest two widely
circulated rumors. He said that he
would not accept Banker Charles 4.
FinIay's offer OF $1,000, 600 for the
exclusive rights to his discovery in
tn United States in case he sho9ld
cure 95 out OF 100 selected cases.
He insisted that be would not talk
up with this or any other prize offer
that he was here TO cure the sick
and would take his pay ia fees, like
any other physician, the fees 10 de-
pend on the circumstances of the
patient. The poor viii be treated
for nothing and the rich will not.
He announced also that the first
test of his bacillus in this country
will be made under the auspices OF
the United States Government and
that at that time he will explain fully
lust what the reputed cure is, how
il is made, where it comes from, its
method Of preparation. and what It
will do. Ultil that test, which is to
be arranged for conference between
Dr.. friedman and a representative
of the United States Marine Hospital
Service at the Waldorf either today
or tomorrow, DR.. friedman reserves
the right to keep some of the details
to himself.
He said that when he goes back
to Berlin at the eni of six Wa eks
he will be glad to leave his serum
with reputable physicians, who shall
have in the meantime learned the
technique of its use. Meanwhile
DR.. friedman himself will give
demonstrations probably in one OF
the several hospitals whose facilities
have been offered to him. The first
inoculati0n will be made in three
or four days or as soon as DR..
| Friedman can arrange for a supply
of gas which he says is necessary
ia making the culture. DR.. Fried
mann was accompanied to this couu
trv bv his assistant, DR.. Harry Benja-
min, and his secretary. Charles De
v. Hundt. By arrangement with Mr..
Finlav, who is no longer financially
in the visit but who is interested in
seeing that DR.. Friedman gets fair
treatme mt, there were no interviews
until the party reached he l. ,tos Club
| at $3.50 O'Clock Wednesday night.
! Mr.. Finlay and DR.. Friedman s
brother, DR.. Arthur Charles Henry
friedman, of Colorado Springs, had
met the pilgrims at the pier, where
| the popping of camera flashlights at.
| tested the popular interest in the
coming Of the much discussed German.
Dr. friedman appeared 40 older
than his thirty-six years. He is
abou 5 feet inches tall, slight in
build, with a fair, healthy complex
ion and brownish hair and mustache.
He wore blue doIblebreasted coat
with striped trousers of the tight cut
sort worn abroad. Pearl gray spats
were visible, as well as a white
handkerchief protruding the proper r
distance from the breast pocket of
the coat.
The young man speaks little Eng
lish. His interpreters were by turn
his brother and his secretary, and at
all times when questions and answers
in a reception room of the Lotos Club
were especially animated all three
were chattering at once.
DR.. Friedmann's brother started
off with this:
please understand that DR.. Fried
mann is not here to accept money
prizes for his cure. He il here to
heal the sick. His greatest ambi-
tion is that the cure may be dissent
mated to rich and poor all over the
world
'Dr. Foster. of the Marine Hos
pital Service met my brother at
Quarantine and asked him if he would
place his culture at the disposal Of
the United States Government for a
test. His answer was emphatically
Yes. 1t was then arranged that
the exact time for the test would
be decided upon in a conference at
the Waldorf, probably today and
not later than tomorrow. DR.. Foster
was representing Surgeon-General
Blue. !"