New-York tribune., 1913-05-27


strong prcjudiccs against the whole
friedman business. but. he said. h.
had managed to get himself into suf-
ficiently open state Of mind To accept
the job as head OF the institute i'm the
spirit Of investigation rather than Of
conviction that it was the goods be-
yond all question"
friedman Group EIated.
But this manifest reluctance Of Or.
Rambaud 10 lend his name 10 the tlr-
tie gcrmers did not dampcn their Ella
tion al getting him. In fact. they telt
so completely elsted that II took them
some time 90 get worked up over the
letter which Or Joseph II. O'Conncll,
Health Cffi,s Of the Port Of N"T
York. announced he had sent TO Health
Commissioner Lcderlc. requesting him
10 submit 10 the Board Of Health AZ is
next meeting a resolution prohibiting
the Friedman treatment until it had
been properly investigated.
The hope of benefit" wrote Dr.
"it would be culpable." he says fur
las 20 boz of inconsderable weight
against the terrible dangers involved
i'm the unrestricted activities Of those
uho have commcrcialized this treat
mcnt." and hc went ON 10 say that the
investigator 81 the Health Department
finds that tho patients subjected 20
.r.r.ssn sn.N A
have lost ground 90 an extent greater
than might have been expected from
the natural ravagcs of the disease"
1T would Doe culpable.' he says fur
ther on n his letter after describing
the conditions discovered for us
longer 10 hesitate. and our duty now
is 20 insist upon such regulation and
supcrvision Il this enterprise as shall
prevent the preparation upon the
public of dangerous and cruel fraud"
Port officer Fears FRAUD"
He then went on 10 likcn the OK
ploitation of the treatment TO the man
nor employed IN exploiting certain So
called mining securities and other
financial schemes from which the
credulous public has suffered
II was learned last night tht al
though Commissioner Lcr"rle was
somewhat p,eved 1T Dr. O'Connell for
springing this letter yesterday, since
n stole his thunder I'm that he had in
tended 10 get for himself the credit
for starting something radical against
the Friedman business. meeting Of
the Board Of Health will be called to-
morrow To take action.
Although during the day the Fried
mann people Trofessed TO be too much
delighted with getting Or. Rambaud
into their camp TO be frightened by Dr.
O'Connclrs hostility by nightfall, after
they had thought it over and began to
realize that II meant business, they
held panic meeting.
During the day Friedman himself
had thrown out his chest and said It
was beneath his dignity to answer
O'ConneH What should a Friedman,
an alien. care for what the Health
Officer OF the Port of New YORK had 90
say about his germs!
Criticism Stirs friedman.
Pooh, And several snaps Of the fin-
gers, At night. however. Arthur G.
Havs. attorney for the institute. issued
a more docile sounding statement, say
ing:
we do not object 10 fair criticism.
hut. of course. il is impossible 10 an
swer a statement such as that OF Dr.
O'ConneH without knowing 10 what
cases he refers We do not think this
a fair tone Of criticism. Such a state
ment by a public official is likely 10 be
misunderstood. The fact is that GER
tain responsible persons have pur-
chased the rights OF Or. Friedman.
The characterization Of this as finan-
oial scheme 20 defraud the public does
not indicate a fair or temperate atti-
tude toward the Friedman remedy"
The investigator upon whose reports
DR. O'Connelrs ietter was based was Dr.
Charles B. Slade OF No. 20 West 7ith
street. /, was said DR.. Slade has exam
ined every case treated by DR.. Fried
mann I'm the New York hospitals. and
that he found conditions much worse even
than indicated in Or. OConnells letter.
In fact. 50 alarming, IL was said. did ne
find conditions that the most drastic ac-
lion is 10 be expected from the Board OF
Health
Medical Society Lands Blow.
another blow came TO the turtle germ
.rs last night. when the comitia minora
OF the County Medical Society. AT It's
regular meeting at the Academy OF
Medicine failed 10 recommend for mem