THE WHITE PERIL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 307, 20 May 1913, Page 7

THE WHITE PERIL.

iliiT :h»i'iDl» o-i'jw fc;tj3illo frill i ,| I: .lit ,ta-ihiao-iq ;!fTm>'3 . c l ! / ) oiU9JKLaCKE&."SJT'J'NBW"Tt)pK. <fi-i9luiA .11 .Jl ,■;!/: ,'io)lliui , ! ,eiii»o .a'l-ißsli ,o')JJi;ir r no ; ~ : ,; -• THOUSANDS DE- ' [jw.il e«-«f '• ■ • ||iio-> Uteiil?. odi 'lol e:iijn;< ,<• j J?l- \h\L no ....f • ■>" Jai jijN*wlfrtot>iffi<l>isitge tb T th 4 San Fran--o*&{cOi gfolUQJa <3ftWtH lo (f«i ( 'isjti)ited:'—fir. jlFriddmiprtigatf: to i(^utJisntßta*iJtlflß' - s*4Biof>'-*tf»le I Atlantic totbaajd ttoiva mmkib tfrYfll tW'uW at ,tlie Ibftfoplris jigneniOll, I>loß, s&ms<l Avenue j tSmASli p&laitiian's'who attended the cliiiiciFo«»i«/aiitl>OßiM!d?»iiliL» frank disapproval of llv Friedmann's jtraining in bacteriology; Ulliers denounced liim ' were, they said, not fair tests of the serum. felt that all' judgment should be suspended to awilit results. tiie hospitals' barred to him ami—with ■ thousands o'f sufferers the use of the. serum,' the city "menaced by I scores of w , Hlt'B"illi(g{ie victim* arriving daily on Wainsffrilm -'all'harts' of tl'te country, Dr. Wiedmariii tt'ed'today to the humble 'liftlt"ffe Side, 'hp-u's'e at' heal ng. The and a number had been notified, i'liy-sic'laus. .who cal.led at the hospital ■were- .reqWstfie to-lirvKg tuberculosis pa 'tients, ''^!jMlsdy)pa'Tri(t r women afflicted waiting in ,tIW when Dr. Fried Jftliur, and his as'sis.td.nt,;' pV j s , iir.riMgd.. There' was'a. jlitltfre ■iiiiprea'sa'ntp.qss atlthe start. Dr. : Fricifmaiti)', .saidiJip,. would select three- ttye,. ihyi.t experiments, lie. was, seemed'WinalieijtjOf .'suggestions. Three bad cases" of 'cpnsump.tjpn weie submit ted, Biit'TDr.' Friedmann' wanted- nothing to.do \yit-h.'then). He finally selected a JHhs 'BergeV,,,olj. whom Dr. Sirovich said 'that she was co.nyaTc's'cehiE and'had a re cord of gaining five pounds a month for some time; a'Mr.. Stiegel, 40 years old, aiul\i''y6[ni'g-relative''of the head of the hospital mipi.cjlv Landesman, both of whom, aicbnling .to several of the phy sicia:is, _ tia7l""only slight cases of short duration... Wlven time came for the inoculation _Dr. Friedmann produced a hypodermic syringe, which was at once objected to by the physicians of the clinic as so unclean as to be unfit for use. A syringe was produced from the hospital. Stock. Dr. Friedmann took it in his hands before they were sterilised. A physician called his attention to this fact, and Dr. Friedmann explained that he was very nervous, and thanked him for the caution. The atmosphere of the clinic had become distinctly unfriendly by the time the third patient had been inoculated. Dr. Sirovich declared frankly to everybody that Dr. Friedmann did not himsslf have confidence in his serum, and was not sincere in his representa tion of its virtues. A vigorous defence and a play for fair play for Dr. Friedmann was' made on .March 7tli by Dr. Max Landesmann, head of the people's Hiospital, where Dr. Friedmann made bis first American demonstration of his tuberculosis serum. Dr. Landesmann is a specialist in tuberculosis. He declared he had an entirely open mind regarding the efficiency of the serum, and demanded that the interests of humanity bespeak a trial for Dr. Friedmann. 'From the board of health came the following statement:— ''The commissioner'wishes it to be understood that he-is not in any way hind ering any of Dr. Friedmann's efforts to prove the value of his serum. He hopes that Dr. Friedmann's estimate is justified. Dr. Lederrle will do anything in | his power to aid Dr. Friedmann to en ■tablish by fair tests any merit his serum may have." Dr. Julius Border appealed to Dr. 'YYiI liam H. Park, director of the research laboratory, asking him to co-operate with tlio County Medical Society in strut ■"ing all Dr. Friedmann's activities. "I believe tint be is not onh- insineure. 1 ut a bungler," said Dr. Border. "He is a HKft.uc to lb? ji-.i'oHc hea'.tli."