The Friedmann treatment for tuberculosis : a report of the board appointed for its investigation / by John F. Anderson and Arthur M. Stimson.

  • Anderson, John F., 1871-1958
Date:
1914
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Credit: The Friedmann treatment for tuberculosis : a report of the board appointed for its investigation / by John F. Anderson and Arthur M. Stimson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and prepared at an establishment holding an unsuspended and unrevoked license, issued by the Secretary of the Treasury as hereinafter author¬ ized * * The provisions of the above-mentioned law make it incumbent on the de¬ partment to make an effort to inquire into biologic products propagated for the cure of diseases of man. I have to inform you, therefore, that the Treasury Department, through the Public Health Service, will enter into any reasonable arrangement for an inves¬ tigation of your preparation, that after the necessary arrangements have been made cultures of your organism will be accepted for purposes of study, and one or more officers will be designated to associate themselves with you for the purpose of learning the method of preparation and use of your remedy and its effects on cases of tuberculosis. After necessary studies have been conducted to determine the harmlessness of inoculating human beings with your culture, arrangements can be made for admittance to hospital of such cases of tuberculosis as apply and may be selected, the treatment to be admin¬ istered by you under the observation of the officers to be selected and such other experts as may be associated with them. Respectfully, Franklin MacVeagh, Secretary. To this the following reply was received: TTVlporfim 1 New York, March 6, 1913. Secretary of the Treasury, Washington: Acknowledging letter of Secretary MacVeagh, I welcome an official test. My cultures at your disposal. Please wire if your medical representatives can be here March 9 for demonstration on patients. Friedmann, Ansonia Hotel. Following this correspondence, it was decided to appoint a board of officers to undertake the investigation contemplated, both by the observation of patients treated by Dr. Friedmann and by certain studies to be made in the hygienic laboratory of the effect of the cul¬ ture upon the laboratory animals. A board of officers was convened in accordance with the following letter: March 8, 1913. Surg. John F. Anderson, United States Public Health Service, Director Hygienic Laboratory, Washington, D. C. Sir : A board of medical officers is hereby convened to make such investiga¬ tions as may be practicable of the tuberculosis remedy recently announced by Dr. Friedrich Franz Friedmann. Detail for the board: Surg. John F. Anderson, Director Hygienic Laboratory, chairman; Passed Asst. Surg. A. M. Stimson, Hygienic Laboratory, recorder. The board will hold a meeting in New York March 9 for conference with Dr. Friedmann and for observing his methods of use of the preparation. The board will hold such subsequent meetings in New York as may be necessary to determine the efficacy of this remedy in the treatment of tuberculosis, and the board or each member will make such trips from Washington to New York and return as may be required in carrying out these investigations.