The Detroit times., 1913-01-06


old story for him, for he has been
-oxer-a-y aar----
An old woman, fevered with tube--
culosis, bares a lean thigh, DR.. Kar-
funkle paints the spot with iodine and
DR.. friedman shoots into her with
cred muscle dose of the baccilli,
Fifty women and children receive
the treatment during the afternoon.
One doctor stands at table cleaning
the syringe after each use and refllls
II with the fluid from the little brown
bottle Little girls stand with their
faces buried in their mothers skirts
and some OF them cry little with
the prick OF the needle. There Is al
ways one OF them waiting for the doc
tor TO turn from the table with his
syringe.
DR.. Friedman is giving his treat
inent 10 all certified tubercular pa
rients who are sent to him. II is esti-
mated that $50 physicians now have
under observation cases which DR.,
Friedman has treated in the clinics
and in. his rooms in Lutzow-st. DR.
Friedman claims TO be confident that
these cases will show the same results
as the upwards OF 500 cases which he
has treated privately drr.ng the past
two years. and which he reported in
his address to the Berlin Medical so
ciety on Nov 6. He asks all patients
10 return In three weeks after the
first treatment. At that time he viii
examine them and tell them whether
or not, in HIS judgment, they require
further treatment.
| asked DR.. Friedman today wheth-
er he had tried his treatment on tuber-
cular cattle. He answered that over
year ago In the course OF his tests
he treated three tubercular cows ami
within three weeks every trace OF
tuberculosis by the tuberculin test was
gone.
II Is unnecessary to say that the
Friedman tests are being watched
with the greatest interest by the
scientists and physicians OF Berlin
and those who have been attracted TO
the city as the result Of DR.. Fried
mann's address to the Berlin Medical
society, In which he made his FIRST
claims Of having discovered a cure
for tuberculosis.
Naturally there Is much skepdcism
among most of the leading scientists
and physicians. None OF them ques-
tions Dr. Friedmann's honesty or SIN
cerity, but many OF them are afraid
that the cures which he has reported
will not prove lasting, or that IN his
enthusiasm his optimism has gotten
the better OF his scientific Judgment.
These scientists cannot forget tsat
the great hopes set up by the claims
OF Or. Koch some 10 years ago wee
shattered and that the regulations OF
many scientists who put their seal Of
approval on the Koch treatment were
also shattered.
While the feeling seems to be gen
eral that the theory upon which DIR.
Friedmann's treatment Is based Is the
correct one from a scientific stand
point. the final verdict OF scieECe
should not be given until every pos
sible shadow OF doubt as to the eff
fcacy of the Friedman treatmen. mas
been removed or the claims OF DIR.
Friedman have been disprcved ty
the best known tests.
II is impossible tc say when tr!s
verdict will be given. Even should
the cases which DR.. friedman is
now treating show an apparent cure
within short time, 1t may be tEai
the scientific world will withhold its
favorable verdict until long cLongh
time has elapsed TO prove beyond any
question that the cures" are not tenn
porary, but permanent. Taere Is
the lurking fear that more harm than
good will be done II the OK of the
scientific world is prematureiy PIT
upon the Friedmarn treatment. with
the result that tubercular victims VII
neglect to care for themselves IN the
way that the best medical pfactice
now prescribes.