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Show oo VON RUCK CURE IS A FRAUD. Another tuberculosis "cure" has come under the condemnation of the public health service of the United States The Senate ordered an in-vestlgation in-vestlgation of ran Ruck's treatment and the evidence gathered was against the cure. As In the Friedmann investigation, in-vestigation, the government experts f discovered attempts at deception. I The government report says animal experimentation was adopted and the studies were begun In Aahoville at Dr. von Ruck's laboratory, but were late transferred to the Hygienic Lab oratory in Washington, the reason given giv-en belpg that Dr. von Ruck would not conduct an Independent and uncontrolled uncon-trolled investigation, and summarily interrupted the investigation In Ashe-vllle Ashe-vllle It would seem from the report that the von Rucks did not have snf-ririent snf-ririent confidence in their methods to be willing to be investigated unless they had supervision and control over the Investigation, truly a remarkable stand for a scientist to take One of the most striking portions of the re-port re-port is that which discusses the attempts at-tempts made in von Ruck's laboratory by some one interested in the outcome Of the experiments to alter the entries In the laboratory record book in regard re-gard to the use of controls in certain serum tests. Such an occurrence, as the report states "had the effect of removing the entire test from ooneld- eratlon as a scientific proceeding. " Thus once mote the sufferer of tuberculosis tu-berculosis Is doomed to disappointment disappoint-ment over i specific rare for the disease, dis-ease, and yet there has ben groat progress In treating consumption by the common sense method of obeying the fundamental nil's of health Pure air, wholesome food, proper breath ing, cleanliness, qeneral sanitation, all are important parts in the cure, to which must be added mind attitude Autopsies in the large hospitals prove that a very bis percentage of adults are attacked by the germs of tuber culosls in the lungs, and nature overcomes over-comes the disease and heals the lesions. le-sions. . . I |