The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-07
FRIEDMAN "CURE"
REJECTED BY U. s.
Berlin Doctors Turtle Serum
Declared Harmful to Tuber-
culoSiS Sufferers.
ALSO Not \ PREV ENTINE

v,.llyGroN. Nov. G.-rhe United
s....- Public Health Service. after an
.f.,.'..tt.on which has lasted more than
y,.. ud- rendered a report discredlt-
.. .., so-called Friedman cure" for
...,r.Y.ps.s which caused such wide
....ti public interest in the United
states in 1913.
a.. report is extremely critical Of Dr..
b. b. frodmduu. the Berlin physician
$40 claimed ,redi, tor the "curc." The
statement #, mad. 'hat in treating pa
,,.t- n Oh country last year lie IA
.u,I tur ri,h To- the exclusion Of the
r., t.N,-tEati1n which resulted $50 the
tes.r. l-o|r-t t1r Friedman cure" was
..d. tU. immediate dtc'tlou e.. Sur
q. Anderson ana Assistant Surgeon
s.u-.H They rrpitcd that far from
tIl.- -ulN guuJls more resistant to-
;u.r...t. mrcc iou tue fricdmuu So
lHI. o., majority ri those iuocu-
.uH .u..c susceptible" tu the disease.
U..,uof.u~ m.uy 10y br. Anderson
.,.I d.. ST.. SON 'r pai""'> 10 New York
..u ..l t.,t tire cure convinced the
...H..t physicians thar DR. Fried
Uu Hut made tGe discovery
.r.I uy HMM ~" report dcnounciug
GIL, r..um1uu ",ur." viii be given on;
g. go. u'>t Ncck.
IT,, follow uE statement concerning Il
w.. s-4.d to-day at the Office OF the
~ 3D. Health service.
"T., HuHc Tor tuberculosis which
arous..d such a sensation In this country
wen ut f. +. Fr cdinann, the Berlin
p5jsut.r. came here Ia the spring OF
1918 has Just been made the subject OF
report hy tho United States Public
NsaItJ service.
.r Is pointed out shat the manner in
v.r br Friedman presented his
clam, be'oi. thc Berlin Medical Society
,aIe tu.u paramount to contention
lat H" lad discovered al last the SOW
.r...tI cur. for tuberculosis in all its
!.rm- provided Of course that the disease
Iid .Yt already progressed beyond all
lone OBJ recovery.
These claims the report takes up In
d.tuI .ud then draws the deadly paraiiei
l.N,na them and the results OF tho
application ~ the treatment to patients
a.u.- ,a. observation IF the service doc
'u.s
Nurr-1- The claims az" based on cases
v.e. always seem To get we'll or at
.ats go show phenomenal improvement;
e.tei ,.e or two injections. the cases
watch '.act"d In this manner among the
est series Wcr" couspicuously few.
'N-.l' rom these more serious cases
i was shown that about onc-fourth of
all 'hy cases receiving tho treatment de.
se.op,d running sores ar assesses at the
rao" whrr" they were injected. a hap
peu.~e which Or. Friedman had ad-
mt;ed 20 be unfavorable 10 a cure. hut
which 10 claimed 10 have completely over.
come lv his method OF injecting the ma
ts-!tl into the veins.
- long series OF experiments with IN.
bacteria used by DR. Friedman Is re
no.t,d which show that the germ Is dif
ont from the varieties OF tubcrcle ba
81 commonly known AT the presenN
ne AND ttat far from making SINAI
..u.'- more resistant TO tubercuar in
fe'o. r. made the majority of these in
.ui .rl more susceptible.
THE rcport is therefore In line with
r''rr ronorts coming from scienth,
sources hero and abroad. which have re-
'H'ad Dr FriedmaunS claims to tho dis
.ovrrv % q specific cure for tuberculosis