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Show J- T T THE FRIEDMAN CURE Notwithstanding tho fact that the . F-ledmann treatment of tuberculosis hns been proved worthless, so cnltcd Frledmann Institutes aro said to bo founded In various states, evidently for tho mimosa of exnloltlnc unfor- tunnto sufferers from that dread disease dis-ease This prompts tho Journal of tho American Medical Association to stale- again tho ovldenco on which tho cure has been pronounced n fnlluro. 1 . Dr. Mannhelmor reported on tho results of eighteen cases In Now i York In which tho Friedman treat j merit was used, and stated that In not a single ono ol tho ulghteen cases was thcro definite Improvements to . date thnt could bn attributed to tho I treatment 2. A committee of sotnr of tho foremost physicians of Canada was appointed to watch tho patlcrit ! luncculated by Ur. Fried mntan In the Cnundlnn hospitals. Theso plijslcliitie mado a slm'lnr unfnvornb'p o t 1 3 Ur MidorHnn, nc'lng i ( ' authnrlt o' the I'ni'ed Stn'e- "ov 1 rrnt ' i 1 it e ' -reim or he pttUn's trtrtKl l, n- l' i dmnnii l(1 th s jn tj r'n d st e a u n ornble opinion to the effect of tho treatment. 4. Thd Frledmann (rent-ment (rent-ment has been condemned by German physicians' generally. 5. A report from tho Rhode Island Stnto Sanatorium Sanator-ium an the results in 120 patients treated by tho Frledmann method states that the patients havo shown nono of tho Immedlato nnd wonderful results reported by Frledmann, but thnt on the contrary, nbout 17 per cent of the cases aro worso than they might havo been expected to bo under un-der ordinary sanatorium treatmemt. The promoters of tho Institutes tro evading federal supervision by placing 'iiemselvcs under tho Jurisdiction of stateb,' 5nd Jt lliereforo becomes the duty ofVb?,tcs t0 Protect the victims against tho Inied cxpi&Uatlon. Deseret News. i . J. A . '.Li ll JTtV,. |