The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-01-23
MEDICAL FAKER
DIES IN FRISCO
FAKE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS OF
JEWISH PHYSICIAN ARE
AIRED IN COURT

Immediately following the death
from pneumonia in San Francisco
early last week of DR.. Albert Alb
rams, a Jewish physician and surgeon,
who claimed to have discovered a new
method of electronic diagnosis of dis
ease, the United States government.
through the postoffice department,
opened its cast against DR.. Mary lie,
coque, practitioner of the Abrams
method" in the United States district
court at Jonesboro, Ark, on charges
Of using the mails to defraud. The
woman doctor had been a student OF
the late DR.. Abrams, and was a les,
see of of his electronic machines
the operation of which was declared
by a special writer in a number Of -
ticles appearing recently in the Der.
born, (Mich.) Independent. as n of
the greatest and most criminally rep
rehensible fakes Of the century.
The exposure Of Abrams and his
fake meth2d Of DIAGNOSIS. althouc.
given wide publicity through Henry
Ford's international Weekly was
accorded practically no mention in
the public press and none Of the tel
egraphic press associations. so far a.
can be learned, carried stories Of the
exposure. Abrams claimed that a
single drop of human blood sent to
him on a piece of common blotting
paper, when reacted upon BY his
machine, could be made to accurate.
ly show the exact nature of the dis
ease, the sex of the person from
whom the blood was taken, whether
married or single, and even if the
person was in love. His claims were
so extravagent that a special writer
was employed to conduct a scientific
investigation, as the result of which
Abrams was declared a faker and his
machine was branded absolutely
worthless for the purpose for which it
was intended. 1t was also scientific.
cally demonstrated that there was
not enough electricity going through
the multiplicity of coils and reostats
on the machine to show a positive
reaction on the most delicate electric
gauges or meters in existence. Alb
rams, SO far as could be learned, new
er publicly denied the accusations
against him, but continued uninter-
ruptedly to fleece and mulct the pub
lie, of. who Barnum used to speal;
SO tenderly.
Abrams was born in San Francisco
Calf, Dec. 8, 1863. He claimed to
have attended umerou medical in.
stitutions in this country and il
Europe, and was the author of sew
eral electrp-medical works of doubt.
full value. He was also the inventor
OF the machine by which he claimed
ne could determine, by means of its
electrcnic vibrations, the name anc
nature of disease, if any; the sex:
whether married or single; the an.
proXImiate age, and the nature an.
scope of the love affairs of any per.
son from whom just one drop OF
blood could be secured on a piece OF
plotting paper.
He also maintained a sort of school
from which he conducted a CORES
pondence curse for students VIII,
paid a fee for entrance and tuition
ami who paid a large sum down. anf
so much per month, for the use OF
the machine in their office, whereve,
1t might be located, on a contract.
lease basis.
As the result of his claims for his
alleged discovery, the physician wa.
acclaimed by many as the originato1
OF a new theory in medical science
that would revolutionize the practic,
Oh medicine. By others, including tn,
American Medical association ant
special Investigators, it was declared
mat his system was without value
and his method a plain fake.
In the criminal suit now being
conducted in JonesbJro, Ark. the de
PENDANT, DR.. Mary Lecoque, and wit.