The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09
FRIEDMAN HOLDS
CLINIC IN SECRET 7
Seventeen Men, Women and
Children Arc Treated With
tuberculosis Cure
GOVERNMENT TEST TO-DAY
Many Physicians Arc Permitted
to.Witncss Work OF Ger
man Savant.
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New York, March S.-Amid extraor.
binary efforts at secrecy. DIR, Friederich
Franz Friednann. the Berlin bacteriol-
osist, held a secret clinic for two hours
this afternoon in the office OF DIR.
George Mannheimer and DR. Samuel
Stern, on West Fifty-frst Street The
clinic was attended by ten prominent
tuberculosis specia lists from this and
other cities. who witnessed tho injec-
ton OF the marine turtle bacilii into
seventeen men women and children.
Patients in eleven of the cases suf
fered from pulmonary tuberculosis, one
OF tuberculosis of the glands. one or
hip, two OF the knee and two o. the
kidney and bladder None of the cas- ses
was in the advanced stages of the dis
ease.
Another Test To-day.
Another test viii be conducted to-
morrow or Monday. under the auspices
Of the government The German sa-
want received two long distance telc..
phone messages during the day from
Surgeon General Blue. of the Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service,
stating that Surgeon John T. Nnder-
son and Past Assistant Surgeon Ar
thur NJ. Stimson would arrive in New
York early tomorrow morning.
upon the arrival of tile government
physicians" said Dr. Friedman TO-
night, through his secretary 1T is
possible that experiments will be made
some CINE tomorrow OF Monday, be
fore DR. Fricdmann leaves for Mon
treal."
All OF the patients who were treated
to-day were pledged to secrecy and re-
fused to speak of their experiences
The physicians who were present also
refused to talk, with the exception Of
DR. T.. c. Thrash. tuberculosis spe-
cialist. OF Atlanta, Ga
81 have been following DR. Fried
mann's work in medical journals for
some years" said DR.. Thrash, a giant
in height II came 10 New York to see
him. and he told me TO be present this
afternoon. e.
There were physicians here from
Missouri, Arkansas and other Southern
States. besides some New York practi-
TONERS. In the pulmonary cases DR.
Friedman injected in the thigh. and
in the knee and hip cases in both the
wrist and thigh. Or. Friedmanns
technique this afternoon was perfect
He handled his syrinGes and hypoder-
mic needles we'll He did not seem al
all nervous He did, however seem in
tensely suspicious
AS an incident of this suspicion. Or.
Thrash said that tall, we'll proper
toned woman was brought into the
room. Her case chart showed her to
be suffering from pulmonary tubercu-
losis.
II asked. just as a matter of inquiry:
is this woman suffering from pulmon-
airy tuberculosis" :" said the Atlanta
physician
0ucstion Upsrts Hin.
The question seemed to upset DIR.
Fricdmann. He turned To his assistant.
talked eXcitediy in German for n mo-
ment or two and then turned To me.
and demanded: DO YOU question that
she liz suffering from pulmonary tu-
berculoss" ! told him that did not;
that had only asked for informa-
ton"
DIR. Thrash said that In the cases DR..
Friedmann treated to-day the chances
of cure were good. lie selected no case
where the disease was advanced or
even well into the second stage Be
yond this DR. Thrash would venture
no opinion of the efficacy OF the cure
One of the cases he treated this af-
ternoon was OF n boy suffering from
tuberculosis OF the knee" said Dr.. Ben
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