New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-28
Patient Lived Nearly Year
on Hopes, After Get
ting Treatment.
LETTERS TELL OF
PATHETIC FAITH
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Death Alone Ended Belief in
Recovery--Came from Chi
cago for Turtle Germs.

sublime faith IN the efficacy Of Fried
itch Franz Fredmanns turtle germs as a
cure for tuberculosis helped to keep Ed
ward c. Erickson alive for year despite
the nrosds OF the disease.
Erickson was ono of the hopeful ones
who rushed to this ei;y after friedman
arrived. lie was one OF the hrst Fried
mann patients and the first to give an
interview as to his condition on March
IS he told Tribune reporter exclusively
how he had received an injection Of the
turtle germs. administered by Or. Fried
mann. and that he regarded himself as
nracuously cured.
Erickson. in a tale that suggested the
stories told by those who regard them
selves as cured at religious shrines. de-
scrlbed a condition OF mind and body that
indicated disappearance OF most Of the
! symptoms Of his. disease in the space Of
FIVE days
! About 1--WE hours after the time or my
| injection" he said at that time "I felt
strange. peculiar sensation in the calf o.
my leg. 1t was like a violent sensation or
motion. IL began TO spread until ting
ling sensation thrilled my whole body.
! felt that il must be the cultures spread
ing through my system, and | put my
| hands TO my head and shouted: Work
YOU turtle. work. When this state OF
mind had passed I fell into a restfu
sleep. the first had had in a long and
wearisome week" Erickson then wen'
on TO tell how there had been an almost
instantaneous disappearance Of many
tubercular symptoms.
do. ~ I'D N
1 city OF Chicago.
A wel-to-do business man who has
been giving charitable assistance 10
! Erickson, who asked that his name he
withheld and who has been interested IN
the progress Of the friedman cure, gave
to The Tribune yesterday the corre-
spondence that has raised between him
and Erickson.
After the first enthusiasms OF his expe-
rience in New York. Erickson had had
! some setbacks, but he had been able TO
get in touch with the so-called Fried
mann Institute in Milwaukee -Four
months ago (September 49, he believed
himself cured, as the result Of the advice
OF the Friedman doctors on that date
| he wrote 10 HIS New York benefactor as
follows:
| INV dear Mr. : I have been
wanting TO write to you for some time TO
let you know how fine am getting along
! but | have held back simply because ola
not want 70 start Dragging too soon for
! fear Of a possible sad awakening later,
! So I have waited to see n really would
stay as we'll as / found myself after the
third treatment The following is true
and conservative report OF my condition
IN 10 the present time. ] got my thlro
| from DIR. Never in Milwaukee, WIS July
| rs. Had a severe reaction AFTER same
such as greatly increased temperature
l and in fact made me sick in general 10
| such an extent that | spent the best part
| IF three DAYS in bed; got large lump
Of site Of Injection which remained Tor
o,,ite a while. and ! began TO steadily
| improve again.
81 was UP TO Milwaukee again on
August o. when Or. Meyer was there
He examined me thoroughly, and accord
ing to his findings there was no need OF
further treatment in my case
These were his exact words: You may
tell your wife and any one interested that
( said / considered you definitely cured
and see no reason for any more treat
ments at present, but will watch you
closely for the next six months and II
any symptoms should return you Will he
given another injection
NOW, as | said this seemed almost TOO
| good TO be true. so have been waiting
10 see il any change would take place,
hut thank God, | can still say that my
condition still bears out DR.. Meyers
statement. / am feeling fine in every
way and go about soliciting insurance
with getting fatigued. OF course. am
taking il easily, going about II carefully.
| NV appetite is fine, sleep well, do not
Ericsson i'm this letter did. however
| complain OF an infected tonsil. which he
said local physicians had told him was
not tubercular. VI.
benefactor again. The next letter was
received December A. 1t was from Erick-
sons wife. and was as follows:
Dear NJ. . | am writing on be-
half OF Mr.. Erickson, who has been SICK
IN bed for some time again, which you
will no doubt be surprised to learn AT
the time he wrote his last letter to you
he certainly was feeling fine, but then
he had a little throat trouble, and finally
il got worse He consulted a specialist
who said il was rheumatism of the
threat. At first he showed marked I'M
provement from rheumatic injections, bur
suddenly things took a change, and Mr..
Erickson kept on getting worse. We then
went 20 another specialist. and he pro-
nounced it tuberculosis of the throat
Or. Meyer. from New York OF the
Friedman Laboratories, promised MI
Erickson ne would come and see him. ana
he is in hopes DR.. Never will do some
thing for him lie mas not given up nope
and is not discouraged
Mrs. Ercksons next communication
told OF her husbands death.
The Or Meyer referred TO in the let
ters Of the Ericksons is Or Julian j.
Never. Of West End avenue, this city. DR..
Never. with Or. Rambaud, OF the Pasteur
institute. became associated with the
friedman Institute. in this city. Few
days before the Board OF Health's ban
was announced.
The Milwaukee Institute In which hrlcA-
son received his last injections, was found
ed shortly after friedman returned 10
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