New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-16
Distinguished Physicians and
Surgeons Who Witnessed
Washington Clinic AIIege
Defects in Methods.
RISK OF BLOOD POISONING
Exploitation of Cure" Empha
sizes Suspicion of CONNER
cialism-Senator Hughes
His Friend, However,
and May Aid Him.

FROM The Tribune Bureau
Washington. April lJ.-Dr. Friedrich
Franz friedman made decidedly
unfavora BILE impression on a number of
the distinguished surgeons and physi-
clans who attended his clinic here yes
terday. They assert that his technique
was bad. His asepsis was so gravely at
fault. they say. as 10 involve risk of
sepsis. or blood poisoning. in those
treated
Furthermore. it is asserted by those
competent 10 judge that Dr. Fried
mann's earlier contention that he could
not impart 10 other physicians the
method Of administering his remedy"
because il would require six months
Ia boratory training was not borne out
by the clinic.
IL is pointed out. too. that defects in
technique in an operating surgeon or
physician are not minor matters. that
criticism Of defective asepsis cannot be
regarded as captious, because the ply
stefan is dealing with life and death.
and that every surgeon and every
bacteriologist realizes the grave danger
of noculating q patient with malg-
nant germs where proper precau,ion is
not observed.
DR.. F'riedmann's course throughout
the exploitation Of his cure" is de-
clared 10 have been such as seriously
to shake the confidence OF the medical
profession and To emphasize the sus-
picion that the German savant is
strongly tinged with commercialism.
According To the ethics Of the pro-
fession. any physician discovering "A
new remedy. and especial SO great "A
boon to humanity as cure for tuber-
culosis." should promptly and freely
give every detail of his process TO the
medical world, and should refrain from
every attempt TO patent the remedy or
to exploit il for his own pecuniary
benefit. This, il is charged. Or. Fried
mann has at no time been willing
To 90.
He has. ii is true. given cultures Of
his cure" TO the Public Health Ser
vice. but he still declines to reveal the
process by which he produces his vac
cine. or serum, while ii has been re-
ported that he has applied for a patent
on the process. In fact. his attorney is
said TO have given the number of the
application for patent
Exploited Far and Near.
1t is further pointed out by Washing
ton physicians that II 1t were the pur-
pose Of Dr. friedman To exploit his
cure commercially, as patent med
jcine. the methods he has pursued in
this country could not have been better
calculated 10 gain free advertising and
To promote an enormous sac To those
who. driven To desperation by the raw
ages of the white plague. Will be Wiling
TO employ any method and 10 pay any
price for drug which is alleged To be a
specific FOR their trouble.
AS the situation now stands. even
were the Public Health Service salts
fed. as the result of such inNestga 20
lions as DR.. Friedman has permitted
them to make. that the serum or vac
cine has merit. they would not bee IN a
nosition 10 produce il or 10 lmpart To
the medical profession the secret of IT'S
preparation. SO that even The most
oIalifjed Endorsement of the cure
would operate merely To enhance the
demand for the serum and the profit OF
those who were in position TO eX-
plot it.
The course pursued by Dr Fried
mann il precisely the opposite oil mat
pursued by Koch. for instance. when he
developed his tuberculin. every detail
Of which he Immediately published to
the medical world II is also IN strlk-
, cor,raet ia course Of Dr. Karl
Won Ruck. of Asheville, y. G.. VINO has
invite. the medical department oil the
navy to send experts to AsheNliie 10 IN
yestigate every phase of the proven
tive of tuberculosis which he believes
he has discovered. and which, as ad-
ministered by him. has produced some
gratifying results. The course pursued
nv Koch and Won Ruck is declared TO
he that adopted by all the great medi-
cal discoveries
PHYSICIANS who watched DR.. Fried
mann at Yesterdays clinic declare tha'
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