Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-04
DOCTORS DOUBT
VALUE Of White
PLAGUE: CURE

~ d meeting o. la'' tidW4ll NlEdlCd
Society WhicL was held last evening
= 'h' question NdH brought up concern
! ing H." announcement mad" on d"
Cember by Nr. Fredris IL Fried mann
IN" eminent German physician. thai
he had discOvt red cure for tuber
CuIOais after many Years Of experiment
tHtiOn
The question was introduced by DR.
\ y Sinclair. superintendent OF the
. tuberculosis tu1 eau Of the board OF
! health, and according to his remarks
and those Of The other members of the
Society present, the local physicians
do not seem ready to place any con,
fidence in Dr.. Friedmanns sO-Called
cure. According to DR.. Sinclair, on
the. day on which DR. friedman had
set for submitting his treatment 70
the medical world. he refused to di-
vulge his secret which has caused his
cure to be matter of doubt.
The physicians of Hawaii" said
DR.. Sinclair, have always found that
tuberculin could be used with sue
cess. and for that reason we have
adhered to that method OF preventa-
tive. The only objection that | can
see to DR.. Friedmanns cure is that he
is using a live germ and has no way
Of telling when that germ will become
virulent, and when he submitted a re-
port to number Of the medical pro-
fessiOn Of Europe, he failed to tell
whether or not this new germ which
he is using ever would become vlru.
lent or not, which shows that he is
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of his cure. At present, he is only
treating cases which are sent to him
and he is not sending any of the Sc
rum which he employs out to be used
by any other members of the profess
sion. His cure may be successful, but
as far as the physicians in Hawaii
are concerned, at least, those con-
nected with the medical society, are
not as yet ready to recognize DR..
Friedmann's discovery as practical
and permanent cure for tuberculosis. )"
The following article, which is TAX
en- from an Eastern paper, gives an
account of DR.. Friedmann's new cure:
BERLIN. Dec. 14.-Dr. Frederick
Franz Friedman, who announced to
the Berlin Medical Society November
6 that after years of laboratory exper-
imentation he had discovered a cure
for tuberculosis, will submit his treat
ment to the scientific world next Mon
day.
DR.. Friedman announces that be-
ginning Monday he will treat every
certified case of tuberculosis, sent to
him by physicians or scientists. He
has opened special quarters for this
purpose, and many physicians have
agreed to send tuberculosis cases to
him. In the five weeks that have
elapsed since DR.. Friedmann's start
ling announcement to the Berlin Med
ical Society, the doctor has been de-
luged with letters and kilograms from
all parts of the world. as the result
Of the publication of his claims in the
and lay press. That there is
much skepticism on the part of many
of the leading scientists Of Berlin as
to DR.. Friedmann's claims has follow
ed as a matter of course. There have
been so many false claims as to tu-
berculOSis cures emanating from Ger
many and elsewhere that the scientific
world is in the mental attitude of dis
in advance any new claims.
It is really true, however, that DR..
Friedman has convinced many Berlin
physicians in his address to the Ber-
lin Medical Society. The most skep-
teal of the Berlin scientists have de-
that DR.. Friedman give them
his bacl.i. so they could submit his
discovery to acid tests.
DR.. friedman has unyieldingly re.
fused to give his taCilli to anyone on
the ground that anyone from a small
drop Of the culture could develop
enough to supply the world and de-
prive him of all credit and recon-
pense. While Friedmann's partisans
lend his position, the skeptics con-
tend that his refusal to meet the con-
dtions is strong evidence against
the reliability of his claims. The test
cases which Or. Friedman will treat
will be certified at the Royal and
other clinics. DR.. friedman refuses
to see all visiting doctors from vari
Gus parts OF the world on tho ground
that the danger of losing a small
quantity Of his Eacilli is too great.
DR.. tIameI, assistant director of tho
imperial Board OF Health OF RPrlln
says that this board will be the last
body to pass on the efficacy Of the
friedman treatment, and that no Of
fetal confirmation can be expected
from the board until all the greatest
doctors in Berlin have confirmed
Iredmanns claims. Talks with many
Berlin physicians about DR.. Fried
mann and his claims reveal much
skeptiCism among physicians who
have not personally observed and eN
aminCd the tuberCular patients
Friedman Gains TO have cured.
On the other hand. four physicians
Of standing whom friedman has
trusted and permitted to see his treat
ment, have expressed themselves as
convinced that friedman has discON-
cred the long sought germ which will
Kill the tUbercular germ in the human
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