New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
IA ROCKEFELLER
INSTITUTE FOR TEST
oooole Now in Spain Seek
SslM,OOO from Benefac-
t;oa and Doctors.
uIEGE INCUBATION
WITH DISEASE GERMS
,.,sieian Named in Action
nsnies Charges and Init
mates a Strike" Case.

ii mAAkN q ~ ~
1 poetrsev,r Institute for Medi-
| p.eearsh ana three physicians were
".5,nasu,t lo1 100000 yesterday
a. fedc-s court The doctors
~ are Hiaeyo NoEuchi, member
80 bo.rE OF scientific directors OF
,,..y.,. Victor c. Pederson, OF 30
N,-tf street. and Nontrose I.
tH' ~ che Department Of Agrl-
.sre. u Washington
-. r's.rtrr we're Joseph Garcia and
30. Remedies, who IN the action
ssscr,b,1 as being residents OF
TFfr allege that while en-
80 In he Rockefeller Institute, IN
", csre., as porter and his wife
ssrUbwonan, they we're induced
ssbn.t 10 an incubation with a
-. or toxin Because Of their po-
,bc co~ulaint states. II was rep
80 ,h.t 70 was desirable and
$50 rg permit the injection so as
e,sble the doctors to make certain
y MAXIM the tests, 1t Is stated IN
- .nr,uIs--.. the physicians con
IA themselves 20 unskiltully, negii-
-.,iv earf'essIy and recklesSly and
~, syrb disregard Of their duty that
1 - heesu. .rcursbly and permanently
,o.slsted with loathsome olood
Csc" t. ,s further stated that as
,g6lt 9. cir health Is such that they
!, ,Nsblr 90 and never VIII be able
i, work for "a livelihood.
T. is further charged that in purSu-
-. ~ "a conspiracy the defendants
.-,eailed upou them 70 leave the
go states and IN July, 1918, they
..,.nred sccommodatons on steam
IN and sailed tor Spain. They are
IN IN that country.
The pspers IN the action were drawn
8, Asel Josephsson, of 14l Broadway.
n. nsper~ were served on the Rookie
,GsJ Institute and the doctors named
ast Thursday .,,,
Tbe Rockefeller Institute viii be rep
,,sented in the suit by George well
yood Murray. of the firm Of Murray,
p,srticc 4 Rowland, OF 81 Wall Street.
M, Murray was somewhat surprised
SEN he heard that the action had be-
for,s publicly known. From his home
I, Nontclair nc dictated the following
s:stemen-;
enc Garciss applied 70 the institute
N, t6e administration Of a certain
Sr,r All the institute did was TO
,,.te tte ordinary blood test-that IS,
IL taxing simple, minute drops Of blood
t.sYsstjng them-to discover whether
s.is was a proper case for the admin
lsration of the drug In question. a
gIoed test was made and the result
lad TO the Garcias.
VThe drug was given TO the Garclas
,,gtaken by them 20 a reputable ply
si,isn Of their own choosing. There
as no experimentation whatever. No
wuu was injected into them at the
situte or BY any one connected with
81 institute. ,.
:, 70: con receivable that any evil results
,rCsseither from the blood test at the
,r,,tute or from the administration OF
M drug By the Garcias' own physl-
can. who Is an entirely reputable prac-
Etioner.
sThis all happened in 1910. Obvious.
\. II sppears like "a strike case, and
Mould hardly be dlgni'icd by an elao-
cate answer" ,
M. Murray explained that he had
zen no papers in connection with the
rrit.
Dr.. Petersen said if the case ever
ame TO trial he would be represented
By James Taylor Lewis, Of 40 Exchange
Pace o.,
q first heard Of the suit" he said
Il his home last night. when ] was
,srved with the papers last Thursday.
OF course, ] cannot discuss the case in
tstsil. As for the patients themselves,
could not discuss the treatment be-
ause they were my patients.
y am not and never was member
Of the Rockefeller Institute. DR.. No
yvcki is a friend | have known for q
,umber OF wears. DR.. Burrows | do not
uog. Personally. | do not feel the
east concerned over the case and do
nst think 10 viii ever come TO trial"
b. Noructi left town yesterday and
va no. expected 10 return TO the city
uiA after the holiday. He is second
scientific prominence TO Or. Alexis
C,rrel Ko credited with succeeding
hisolatirg the germ OF hydrophobia.
Prior 20 bis elevation a. member OF
4e bosTd of scientific directors last
JOY Ne was an associate member Of
re department Of pathology and bacte-
nelogy'
The Viviscctiou Investigation League
~ 1912 charged Dr. NoguchI with
aoeGlstipg well persons with poison. a
'amber beng children. After an in
'ostgaiion by District Attorney Whit
-ab the charges were dropped. Mr..
Whitman announced at the time that
'e found the charges were due 70 the
OF the leagues officers. lie
vas associated IN the investigation by
ne Society for the Prevention OF Cruel
y 70 Children. Mr.. Whitman was
'noted al the time as saying: The eX-
! believe, have been highly
.aeeessfu, and the practice of medl-
me has been greatly advanced by the
experiments At any rate, II is certain
nat no person has been harmed by
hem"
The charges made by the Vivisection
lnyeSiigsticn League were based on a
circular which was prepaed by DIR. No
ggsehi and printed in THE Journal OF
Experimental Medicine" on December
I, 1911.
DF. BuTIOwt, who rs mentioned IN
te suit, has been associated with the
I'deral .Buresu Of Agriculture for two
lars.
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