New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-08

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lin doctor and TO give him the benefit
of the doubt. These men thought the
cry OF "Faker." which was applied by
some of the doctors on Thursday. was
i'll advised and many of the criticisms
captlous. They were willing TO believe
that the turtle germ discoveries failure
10 make a convincing show Of his first
trial might have been result Of ner-
yousncss.
Admit He Made Mistakes.
II was admitted in the new Fried
mann camp on the ninth floor Of the
Ansonia Hotei. that the first days work
in the Peoples Hospital was not a sue
cess. and while DR.. Friedman is the
last man in the world to confess 10 any
Shortcomings. other members Of the
party, particularly his brother, Arthur
6. II. Friedman, and secretary, de
Nidal-Hundt. said there was no doubt
that the doctor was at a disadvantage.
A member of the County Medical
Society said last night that it must
be kept in mind, in spite of the many
unfortunate moves that Dr. Friedman
had made since his appearance here
that it might be that the turtle germ
treatment might be found To be of
value, and that withal the criticism
that might follow Dr. Friedmanns
choice of an obscure hospital in which
IA &c no o.
thing for the medical profession TO do
was TO watch and wait He believed
that DR.. Friedman ought to have a
chance and regretted that he had not
followed a different course.
The war between the contendng fac
tons in the little hospital went on yes
terday. DR.. Julius Broder. the most
caustic of DR.. Friedmann's critics, going
so far. it was reported, as saying that
he would appeal to the County Medical
Society 10 take steps 10 prohibit the
turtle germ man from making further
demonstrations. DIR. Landesmann, upon
whose invitation the turtle germ cult
ure was tried, was quite as positive
that the tests should go on. During the
dav il was decided by the Peoples Hos
pital that a full report of the Thursday
- treatment he given TO the medical So
ciety.
Hope to Resume Tests To-day.
DR.. Landesman is taking advantage
of the consent of the board OF directors
of the Peoples Hospital to allow Dr.
Friedman to treat patients there, and
ne is making every effort to have him
IL Ike up a systematic course Of clinical
tests. He was closeted with both the
Drs. friedman at the Ansonia for
several hours last night, and said he
hoped he would be able to persuade
him to take up the work again to-day.
The chairman of the medical board
Of the Peoples Hospital is DR.. William
irving Sirowich. Superintendent OF
State Hospitals, o recent appointee OF
Suffers. DR.. Sirowich was one of those
who witnessed the first treatment on
Thursday. He will use his good Offices
with the hospital directors looking to
The establishment of a regular Fried
mann clinic" at the hospital.
But DR.. L.andesman will go down in
history as the original Friedman man
In America. At the Ansonia last
night he again told how he Of all the
thousands Of physicians in this city had
been the one man who had enough con-
adence in DIR. friedman TO go ahead
and find a way for him to show what
mis- remedy could do.
While it had been rumored early yes
terday that another demonstration
would be given somewhere to-day, no
yerifcation could be gained at the An
sonia Headquarters last night. The re-
porters were not invited in. on the
ground that the doctor was busy"
DIR. Arthur came out in the corridor
and talked. He said he could not
verify the statement that had been
made thu Harry Benjamin had been
scurrying around town looking for "a
tients to be used in the coming gov
ernment tests. Neither could he say
when the government tests would be-
gin. No word had been received from
any one connected with the Treasury
DEPARTMENT or the Public Health Ser
vice in Washington
DR.. Ernest f. Lcderle, Commissioner
Of Health, said yesterday that the sam
pies Of turtle germs left with the de-
partment by. the Berlin man were now
under examination. His bacterlologlsts
got busy with them at once, he said.
DIR. Arthur friedman said that his
brother would leave New York on Mon
day TO go 10 Montreal, where on Tues
aay he will address the Royal Edwari
Institute and another medical society.
He said that he had also accepted an
Invitation from the Premier Of Canada
10 address the Canadian Association
FOR the Prevention OF Tuberculosis,
which Is to meet in Ottawa on March
r. lie expects to return TO New York
on March IA.
The turtle germ discoverer talked to
ycveral reporters in the lobby Of the
knsonia yesterday afternoon. and urged
hat his alleged refusal to treat dying
satent at the little hospital on Thurs