Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-31
SERUM CREATES ;
A BIC SENSATION
German Doctor Asserts Il Cures
Consumption.
TO TEACH OTHER PHYSICIANS

Or. r. r. Friedman Arrives In New
York and Opens Bureau to Spread
His Lymph All Over Countryside
eeives Thousands Of Requests--ln-
iects Bacillus From Turtle.
DR.. Frederick Franz Friedman Of
Berlin. whose announced discovery OF
cure for tuberculosis has precipitated
controversy in both hemispheres be-
cause of the scarcity Of scientific In
formation accompanying the announce
ment, arrived in New York recently.
He was met by his brother, DR.. A. O.
H. Friedman Of Colorado Springs,
Colo, and Charles e. Finlay, president
Of the Aetna National bank, New York
city, who offered $1,000,000 for the
cure Of test cases. He had with him
a publicity agent named Charles de
Vidal Hundt, who was recognized as a
former Chicago newspaper man and is
said to be connected with the Berlin
bureau OF New York newspaper
DR.. Friedman. asserted Mr.. Hundt,
had said nothing more than that he
offered his treatment--he did not want
the word remedy" used-to the United
States government and that he wished
1t distributed as rapidly as possible in
this country as well as in other coun-
tries.
when I leave this country" DR..
Friedman said, ~ want to leave 1t so
that no one can say he did not have
an opportunity to try the friedman
treatment because his financial means
did not permit him to do so,
For Internal and External Cases.
IL intend to treat tuberculosis in
ternally as consumption and also the
external forms, particularly as 1t
shows itself in the knee joints of chill
dren."
The foregoing was interpreted by
DR.. Friedmann's brother. Mr.. Hundt
interrupted at this point to say
zone of DR.. Friedmann's ambitions
is to show the really remarkable re-
suits obtained in tuberculosis Of the
knee. Nothing would be more pleas
ing to him than to find as many as
possible of these as are affected"
Mr.. Finlay said offers had been made
Of several places in which patients
might be treated, but nothing definite
in this direction was announced be-
yond the fact that DR.. Friedman
would be ready to begin work In four
or FIVE days and that a great many
patients were expected.
what does your treatment consist
Off" DR.. Friedman was asked.
Injects Bacillus From a Turtle.
ut is the injection" his brother re-
piled, into the blood 0ntravenous) oT
into the muscular tissue or subcuta
neously Of an avirulent tnOnvrulent
{ atoxic (nonpoisonous) tuberculosis ba
| cillus from the turtle.
Before he injected any of this into
, his first patient he injected 1t into
himself three times at different inter
. walls. No reaction beyond little In
filtration followed, and there was nc
fever to speak Of
DR.. friedman was asked how Ions
0 ago he first employed the treatment
c He said he thought 1t was four or five
4 years ago Reports from Berlin indi
4 cate that he announced In 1904 tina
he had isolated the bacillus tuberculo
sis and that 1t was Of value In tn,
" treatment Of the disease.
According to DR.. Friedman. he ha
conferred immunity from tuberculosi
upon $50 newborn children by his treat
ment. when asked how he knew h
+ had conferred immunity from the dis
$ ease he replied that he had Observes
n them for eighteen months following
( the administration Of the treatmen
@ and that no III effect had resulted II
made no reference to the pOsslBI6 sui
. sednent development Of tuberculosis.
Thousands Of Requests Como.
= Thousands of telegrams and letter
= have come to the physician begin
him to administer the cure to patient
all over the country, He has announC
II ed that a sanltarlum will be estat
d lished in New York and others, prot
N ably later, in other cities and that b
4 will teach physicians as rapidly a
possible in his methods.
He declared he obtained patent o
the serum to prevent It's falling into tn
IS hands Of quacks.
- It is to be- administered absolutel
free to all sufferers who can be reache,