Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-08
washington MEN
RECEIVE HONORS
Elected to Office by Associa-
ton for Study of Tu-
berCuIosis.
DR.. G. M. KOBER IS CHOSEN
HEAD OF ORGANIZATION
Turtle Serum" Classed as Valueless
by DR.. MISUNDERSTANDING
Treatment Discussed.


Prevention of tuberculosis today.
DR.. George NJ kober was chosen as
president of the association. and William
II. Baldwin was elected treasurer and
member of the executive committee.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the
United States public health service was
made a member of the board of direc-
tors.
The two vice presidents elected We're
DR.. Lee n frankel of New York and
DIR. w. Jarvis Barlow of Los Angeles.
The new secretary of the association is
Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs OF Baltimore.
Members of the executive committee,
in addition to Mr.. Baldwin, are DR.,
Hermann NJ. Biggs. New York. Homer
Folks. New York, DR.. Theodore b.
Sachs. Chicago: Dr. David r. Lyman.
Wallingford, Conn: Dr. Charles J. Hat
field. Philadelphia. and DR.. William
Charles White of Pittsburgh.
The newly elected board of directors is
Boulder. Col Frederick L. Hoffman
Newark, \. j.. DR.. Lawrason Brown,
Saranac Lake. y. j.: Dr James Alex
ander Miller. New York: DIR. Charles l..
Minor. Asheville, y g: \. l. Mills. Port
land, Ore. DIR. Rupert Blue. Washing
ton. ID. G: DR.. II. X. NJ. Lands. Phla-
delphia. Pa; $. Livingston Mather,
Cleveland. Ohio; DR.. David r. Lyman,
Wallingford. Conn; John Mitchell New
York. and Dr. 5. A. knopf, New York.
Delegations from Seattle and Chicago
were present to urge the claims OF these
two cities as the place for holding the
associations 1913 meeting. After listen
Ing to the statements of the rival delega-
tons the question of choosing between
them was referred 10 the executive com
mittee. which was given power TO act.
Turtle Serum Condemned.
Declaring the Friedman turtle
serum vaccine, claimed by its discover
er to cure or prevent tuberculosis. has
neither preventive nor curative powers.
DIR. George Mannheimer of New York ad-
dressing the meeting of the clinical seq
ton OF the association today, condemned
the so-called treatment and gave a final
report on number of cases that were
treated in March. 1913.
In only single case out of eighteen,
declared DR.. Manufacturer, had the d.s-
ease appeared to be arrested, and even
this patient, he said. has not gained in
weight in more than year, while a new
tubercular process has developed In an
other part of the patients body.
Results of Treatments.
In March. 1879. said DR.. Mannhemer,
eighteen patients We're treated und m
supervision. OF these. fifteen can be
followed up. and of that number three
are dead The number of injections in
these cases were one, two and four, re-
spectively. OF the remaining twelve
patients ten received one and two re-
ceived four injections. Five of the ten
patients who received one injection de-
dDSGeSSeS af h.A in
lection and We're. therefore unsuita BILE
Tor further injections, according 10 the
inventor The other five patients were
not reInJected, either because they di,,
not see the Improvement they had been
LED TO expect or because thev had be
come worse and had lost confidence in
rriednanh: As to their present condi-
ton. i've of them are now unchanged apd
HNe are worse than year ago.
one patient, who had four infections
ieeis Well and presents signs Of AN ar
rested lung process but he has NOT
gained in weight and has deyeIoped a new
tuperculous process in another part of
the body. The second patient with four
injections has tuberculosis OF the knee
JOINT and Is now decidedly worse than
before. The intiltrate of the fourtb in
Jecuon nroke down and discharged pus.
Disease Not Influenced.
Where assesses resulted at the si1e of
the first injection. the vaccine apparently
produced no additional harmful effect.
The disease remained uninfiuenced.
friedHann neglected 20 prevent abscess
tofnauon, although he claimed to know
how. TO be very charitable. one might
judge from one single case that decided
natural healing tendencies, aided by com
nonsense treatment, Will not be hinderad
by the remedy
When. in quiescent case tho first
subjective and objective symptoms OF a
ne" outbreak appear and one naturally
Wlsnes TO check it. the remedy Is abso-
iuteiS worthless for that purpose 1t can
not prevent the tendency to spread II n
case is SO disposed. The method OF its
administration has been ANYTHING bur
careful and intelligent For these easons
and ON account Of the absence of cura-
tlve and preventive powers in this series,
II cannot be recommended"
Need of Following Gases.
Discussing the subsequent history of
cases discharged from tuberculosis sana-
torla. DR. Charles r. Bolduan, medical
ofncer or the New York city department
OF health. declared that energetic steps
must be taken to provide employment in
the open air. to compel proper ventilation
begin issuing positive commands in the
cases of persons who have been dis
charged as improved from such sana-
toria
Don't preach fresh air provide il :.
exclaimed DIR. Bolduan. Much of our
anti-tuherculosis work at the present time
Is futile. is working in circle. We or
ganize elaborate systems of dispensaries
notification. home visitation, etc. 10
search out the infected; we secure for
them expensive sanatorium care and
ther turn the patients right back into
conditions which nullify all our work
within few months
tuberculosis sanatora have been ,riti.
cised as ineffective. and the critics have
pointed To the large numbers of patients
discharged from sanatoria who have re-
lapsed when they returned to the city
Such criticism is wide of the mark for il
overlooks the real fault. namely, suitable
I after care. All our splcndidlv organized
! system for the care of the tuberculous
/ up TO and including sanatorium and hos.
| pital care. is practically complete, bu,
I from that point on the work has hardly
\ been considered.
/ Prom now on we should bend every
/ effort TO provide suitable. remunerativt
4 fresh-air employment for the tuberculous
! especially for those discharged as ar
I rested cases from sanatoria. How this
snail I've accomplished IS a difficult prob
i (Conliaued on Second Pase.)