AUSTRALIAN'S CLAIM CREATING MUCH EXCITEMENT

Chronicle (Levin), 31 January 1948, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN'S CLAIM CREATING MUCH EXCITEMENT

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Received Friday, 7 p.m. * " • • SYDNEY, Jaiu 30. A11 qfCer of .^220,000 by a wealthy philanthpopist wakea it possibie that a liew troatrpent fqr tbe cure of oaneep may be 011 the way to recognition. The treatment bas beep developed by Mr. J. ' Braupd, of Reverley Hills, Hydney, who has rnade every pospible attempt during the past twp.JjiQnths to attract the attention of the authorjties, He first achieved public notiqe vvhen Syclney newspapers commenced to take ap interest in his elaims, whieh appeaped to be baeked by a succession of rem ark able cnres. Since then he has performecl a number of operations 011 people who had been given up. as hopcless cases by cancer specialists. The most recent deinonstration was held on Wednesday before an audienee comprising specialists, a Roman Catholic priest and several mirsing nuns, Bress representati.ve's and Mr. C. C. Lazzarini, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. As a rcsult of this and other repiarkable operations carried out OU people in. advanced- stages of the disease, Mr. R. J. Hallstrom has offered Mr. Br-aund £20.000 to establish a cancer clinic in Sydney. Mr. Braund has shown constant fear of being taken for a crank or quack. He elaims that he has aetually been seeking help for 50 years, and is eager to commence general treatment at once. His idea is to train three yoipig doctors in his mcthods for 12 months, or longer if necessary, eoneealing nothjng from them. Iie is urging the appointment of a panel of 20 doctors to investigate his claims, but is afraid tlmt a protracted iiujuiry may outlast his lifetime. /'Mr. Braund is not. a young man and there is a imtural danger

that he and his metnocl pf treatment may be lost for eyer to the world before the experts make up their minds,''-" says the Sydney Bum "No one who has e^amined the evidence anc| photographs now availahle can douht that Mr. Braund has achieved some things which demand fpll seientific investigation."