The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-21
CITY TO TRY BEEBE
CANCER TREATMENT,
GOLDWATER SAYS
Inquiry Ordered Into Autol-
ysin. Which Cost Physi-
clan Cornell Place.
TIE DENIES OWNERSHIP:
LOSES HOSPITAL JOB TOO

n. Silas r. Reebe Of 25 East Blk
setn street. whose advocacy Of the can
..r treatment known az autolysin cost
MIN his place on the faculty Of the Cor
,elI medical school and his connection
u,,h the General Memorial Hospital.
said Yesterday that he has no financial
interest. direct or indirect. In the treat
men, beyond the fees received from such
o, his patients as are able to pay. This
statement, was confirmed by 8. NJ.
Moves. the West Virginian. with Al office
A, II East Thirty-eighth street, who.
with Alexander Horowitz. d~iscoverer Of
autolysin, controls the rights to the
DIR. $. s. Goldwater. head Of the
Health Department. has taken steps to
have a committee Of physicians and sur
eeons investigate autolysin. He wrote
20 Or Re.be several days ago n DR..
paebe will probably tell this committee.
when Il is formed. OF cases treated.
Al the General Memorial Hospital,
where Dr.. Beebe's use OF autolysin pro-
roked a seriou split lasting for months,
IL was said that a majority OF the ofi-
GERS and faculty believe that DR.. Beebe
misused his connection with the hospi-
tal 10 further commercial success OF the
treatment.
Al Cornell medical school Dean WILL
lam NJ. Polk said yesterday:
The real reason for asking for DR..
peebe's resignation was the commercial
attitude taken by himself In connection
with the exploitation OF autolysin. Cor
nell medical school not only does not
want on its faculty a physician inter-
es;ed in the commercial exploitation Of
any treatment OF any kind-it will not
allow it
As Dr. Polk is president Of the New
York Academy OF Medicine his statement
may forecast action by the academy.
Admits Abuses Existed.
Mr.. Noyes said yesterday that there
nave unauestionably been abuses in con-
nection with the distribution of autoly-
sin, and Dr. Beebe said the same thing.
"Autolysin is sold at SEA for a dozen
ampules. which ordinarily Is sufficient
for twenty-four days treatment" said
Noyes. ON certiication Of physicians
that the patient is unable to pay It is
sent free. Fully SIS per cent. Of the
au,olysin disposed Of has brought not
one cent into this office. Any physician
with a supply of autolysin Is a licensed
highway robber. He may charge an
ex,ortionate price and ! cannot stop
him. All | can do is to withhold a
further supply from him IL l learn the
facts.
Il admit that giving autolysin away is
good Advertising. but l submit that that
does not detract from the beneft con-
ssrred on cancer sufferers.
"Dr. Horowitz Il a chemist. not a ply.
Stc,an. and is not bound by medical
ethics, He is at liberty to make az
much money Out Of his discovery as he
decently can. l am a layman and ex-
pect to make money out Of Though
no, much just yet. DR.. Horowitx and
possess the sole rights throughout the
world. DR.. Beebe has nc money interes,
at all
Or. Horowitz verified this.
Likened 10 Other Remedies.
'"rhe stan at the hospital conceded the
good results obtained in some OF the
cases" said DIR, Beebe, but took the
stand that the hospital ould not sane
ton the use of autolysin because It wac
a commercial enterprise. ] asked my
associates. How many of you use sal
vasan and asperin? They all did
Then I told them, You mustn't use com
mercial remedies. II isn't ethical.
They know and we all know that som
bne u IltNlHk lcley ouN Vi
and aspirin. but does that lessen the
benefit 20 humanity those medicines az
ford When medical ethics are carried
70 the point Of rejecting a medicine
solely because some one Is making mony
out Of it | can't follow medical ethic,
that far.
The only money I expect to make on
81 autolysin Is the money | may receive
N fees in the future II the treatment full
Ais its present promise. 1t is not a cure
as ! was careful TO state in my article.
IN the New York Medical Journal. but /
has been " great benefit In some cases"
Or, Wheeler, editor OF the New Yorl
Medical Journal. said that he had M
comment to make on the autolysin con
troyersy. His paper has published tive
articles on autolysin written by DR.
Beebe, one last May. the other on Octo
her 2. ON October 3 the Medical Jour
Nni published four reports by other ply
sirians of their strikingly good results
with the vegetable extract. An articl,
by Or Henry Smith Williams Of New
York presenting further results in SOM
hundreds of cases from all over tn
country Is to appear in the Medical Jour
val on October 80.