The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
|DR, FRIEDMAN
TREATS TWELVE
Continued from Page one.

emit were Surg. Gen. Stokes. of the navy;
J Surg. Gen. Sternberg. Of the army. and
| Surgeons Raymond Spear and Boyer,
] tuberculosis experts Of the navy.
| The Public Health Service, which IL the
only branch Of the Federal government
so far interested in the alleged cure. was
not represented It was explained last
night by Surgeon General Blue that
neither himself nor DR.. Rucker. his as
sistant, could well absent themselves
from important work on hand. and that
their presence was not necessary, since
a special board is observing the treat
ment of over 100 cases In New York. and
conducting experiments to determine the
accuracy of DR.. Friedmann's claims.
Watch Quick Treatment.
Every spectator watched the deft.
quick treatment administered by the
German savant to his patients with
breathless interest.
Arthur d. Clements, thirty years old,
| of Washington, was the first patient
treated. His case was announced as pull
monary tuberculosis in the first stage.
AS the patient prepared himself for the
| injection of the serum. every one In the
Iamphitheater bent forward, following
/ each movement of the German doctor In
tently, and the quickness with which
| he administered the vaccine seemed to
have been contrary to the expectation OF
| the watchers. DR.. Friedman bent Tor
a moment over the hip of the patient.
pressed upon his small syringe. and was
ready for the next case. The watchers
relaxed. The slightness of the operation
seemed to disappoint them. Some skep-
| teal comment was heard.
Mrs. George Cohen. Of Washington, was
| the next patient. The devastation Of the
plague was clearly evidenced In her
shrunken figure, wan cheeks. and list
less movements. The same quick treat
ment followed. Agnes Dowd, four and a
| half years old. living at Twelfth Street
and Maryland Avenue Southwest,
fraSile little sufferer, made helpless by
| tuberculosis of the hip, was carried In
and placed upon the operating table.
Frightened by the many spectators and
serious stiffness of the place, she kept
crying out piteously for her father. DIR.
Friedman administered his vaccine in
the muscles Of her hip and in the veins
of the arm.
Tuberculosis in Joints.
Charles II. Stansbury, fifty-eight years
old, of Ohio. was treated for tuberculosis
of the joints. Edith p. Strawser, seven
years old, daughter of Policeman Fran
els S. Stra.wser, of 1921 Reservoir Street
Northwest was treated for tuberculosis
of the joints. Philip Chase, OF 2114
Fourteenth Street Northwest. five years
and nine months old, came In on crutches
and took the treatment without hesita-
ton. Other patients were Helena Tay-
lor, eight years old, OF 627 Quincy Street
Northwest; Elizabeth Fawcett, thirty
nine years old. of GA Street Northwest;
Isadore Fruitberg, sixteen years old, 81
X Street Northwest; David Krant twen-
ty-seven years old. 1874 Seventh Street
Northwest; lie Roy E. Kelley, twenty
six years old, living in 1881 F Street
Northwest and Fred Stoffreger, twenty
three years old. telegrapher, Of Freder-
icksburg, Va.
In all cases of tuberculosis Of the
joints, and in the more severe cases
of this disease in the lungs. DR.. Fried
mann made Doth injections into the
fleshy muscles of the hip and directly
into the veins of the arms. In lighter
cases of pulmonary tuberculosis he made
only the injection into the muscles. When
the serum is injected directly into the
veins. DIR. Friedman stated, il Is fol-
lowed by fever lasting few days. In
the other case. he said, no unpleasant
effects follow the treatment.
Clinic Lasts an Hour.
Or. Friedman was assisted by his Sec
rotary, DR.. Charles Hundt, and three
university nurses, Misses Isabel Price,
Naomi JONES' and Eschner. The clinic
lasted about an hour, following which
DR.. Friedman vas taken to the New
Willard by Senators Luke Lea of Ten
nessee and James Hughes Of New Jer-
sey, who spent some time in conversa-
ton with him at his room.
II am strongly in favor of allowing
DR.. Friedman the privilege of practic-
ing in the District" Senator Hughes
stated after this interview. Il have re-
ceived many letters from people who
are sufferers from tuberculosis, and who
would like to take the chance for re-
newed health, claimed to be offered by
the turtle serum"
Patients who were treated by DR..
friedman yesterday, DIR. William c.
Borden explained will report once a
week at the special clinic at the dis
pensary of the university hospital, where
all changes in their conditions will be
carefully noted. Records will be kept
OF their cases, and in from two to four
weeks the serum will be administered
to them again According to DR.. Fried
mann the treatment may be administer
ed by local doctors. DR.. Borden states
that DIR. Friedman will return to ex-
anime the patients he treated today in
about five weeks time.
Faults in Technique.
Commenting upon faults found with
Dr. Friedmann's technique in the treat
ment of his patients. which several
of the medical profession present were
heard to make, DR.. Borden said:
DIR. Friedman used the German
technique, which is different from |
that which we are accustomed to here. |
L would not say that this technique is
more careless than our own. 1t Is Diff !
ferent. 1 watched DR.. Friedman |
closely. and being myself a surgeon. |
L would be among the first to criti- |
else, If 1 thought the handling Of his |
patients was careless in such a way
as to make the possibility Of infec- |
ton more likely"
DIR. w. c. Borden, DIR. Charles 8. |
White, and DR.. B. NJ. Randolph work. |
ed with DIR. Friedman in selecting |
the cases. These three doctors guar |
anteed that each case treated was
tuberculosis beyond the incipient stage. |
While he would hold no opinion about |
the efficacy of the serum, DR.. Borden |
said that the German doctor gave evil |
dence of marked ability in diagnosing |
his cases.
Among the prominent physicians, OFF,
eials, and scientists who attended and
watched the German scientists every
move were Secretary of State William
Jennings Bryan, Count ]. H. Won Berns-
torff, German Ambassador and members
of his staff, DR.. Paul Ritter, Minister