Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-24
s. Noble, special investigator of the

S. Noble, special investigator of the
Seattle Starr
After Mondays demonstrations in
Bellevue hospital and the Monteflore
home, DR.. friedman gave me his
personal explanation of the action of
his injection on the human system.
The physicians who have been follow
ing the progress of the Friedman
tieatment had generally correct idea
Of the mission Of the non-virulent and
aeo.;ic bacilli used by DR.. Friedman
but his explanation to me was the
fl -st authentic or official statement Of
tie kind he has given in this country.
For the benefit of the layman you
may say that the friedman bacillus
serves as tonic or appetizer for the
white corpuscles of the blood, the
natural defenders of the human sys-
TEN against the depredations of viru-
| lent disease germs. In the heaithy
body the white corpuscles are extreme
| ly active. The moment we breathe
into our systems virulent disease
germ, or rather the moment su"n
germs enter the blood through the
lungs or by infection, the healthy
white corpuscles leap upon them and
devour them. One active white cor
puscle, we may say for the sake OF
illustration, is good for three tuher-
culosis germs. By sheer force then
the white corpuscles rid the blood OF
| its enemies. But another persons
white corpuscles may be in a weak
ened. slothful condition and they may
be able, individually, to conquer but
one foreign bacillus and die in the
process. Under such conditions 90
| the yirulent disease germs secure and
4 maintain their hold in the system,
multiply and bring about Illness and
death.
u Technically, the repeated injection
of the nou-virulent tuberculosis bac'lll
i that DR.. Friedman has taken from d
tubercular turtle produces in the Sc
1um of the patient an immune sub
stance known as bacteriolysins Wnlch
ere inimicable to bacterfa Of ike spe-
, .ie; the multiplication Of anti-bodies
increased phgocytosis and higher
opsonic index.
To the layman this simply means
that the white corpuscles devour the
injected bacilli and are immediately
: aroused to new activity, their appetite
or animosity being turned parti 'ularlS
toward bacteria of like specie to thos'
4 they have Just destroyed, or, in ctrei
words, the virulent tubercuios baclll
= in the patients system, which are
! sort of cousin as it were, - the non
: virulent bacilli introduced by the in
5 lection of the Friedman remedy.
Mondays demonstrations uhde1
n government supervision were carried
t through promptly and with great in
terest on the part of the 200 piysi
!, clans in attendance. There was thl!
: one criticism made and this mos
serious one from the American view
s point, though they may do things dit
t terently IN Gerindtty- " "
: complete defiance of our principles o
: sterilization and cleanliness IN surgi
t cal operations of any sort.
a The hospital staff had taken ever.
$ precaution in the preparation OF IN
struments, cloths and in creating ab
t solutely aseptic conditions for the in
e lection of the Friedman culture. Blu
f both DR.. Friedman and his brother
DR.. A. C. Fl. Friedman of Colorad
Vi Springs, handled cloths and their hy
G podermic needles without taking m
S slightest precaution against infectlo
and completely stultified the effort
r of the hospital staff. The attending
physicians simply gasped with aston
e | ishment at the seemingly carelessnes
f in which the German physicians h2n
n died the hypodermic instruments an
d the skin of the patients around tn
spot where the injections were pfde
8 The earlier cases treated here a.
Il DR.. Friedman are reported 20 D.
: steadily improving but it is still to-
: early to recognize definite results iron
9 the treatment.
III NEW YORK, March 2O.-Dr. Fried