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Amid Tear, and Cheers Friedmann Treat. The White Plague Victim, "1 iim happy to have had an op port unify i<> t real ^suffering Wash* iugtonlauM, Tito cases brought bo <<m> me were sufficiently advanced to need immediate and treatment n 1h iuy fervent hope that all of those upon whom I op era tort will recover, and I might way tnat I am reasonably confident of splendid results. Dr. Krludmann. The following u from the Wash Inglon, I). I'ost of Thursday, Ap til ir?. "Hufft-r 1 It f lo child ran to come unto me: lor of such 1h the kingdom of Ilea veil . " Nearly l,9ou years ago this aduio ail ion wan pronounced by Christ, t ti Hauler. Yesterday, Friedreich I'V Fried mami. the distinguished Her lin savant, who has dedicated his Ufa to the eradication of the "groat white plague" t.j|o most dovastat lug scourge over visited upon l ha human raca gathered into a clinic at the Uoorge Washington Unlvenjil iy hospital, before an audience of world-famed man, several of these toth who, hobijtle<| op .crutches', or wore brought prostrate upon stretch ers In ilia arniH of. grief-stricken pa raiiiK. They oaine to ha waved that ? hay in 1 m >' i enter the "kingdom of heaven" In the flonh and Hplrit of th? healthy horn. The great amphitheater wan a scene of pathos and tragedy. The cry of the doomed mingled with the njuculatiuu of the hopeful. ? ..Moth er# and falherH wept and < ? 1 1 1 1 >1 reti gave hp their bodies to sciencn that It might be heralded to the world, a new conqueror of disease haw coin perhaps in t h very near future, tha to the salvation of mankind. Aged wonlon, their cheeks hollow and pallid, their hod leu emaciated, ploaded with tears in their lusterles eyes for a drop of the new "elixir of life." Man> knell before tho stern - faced Herman, while others plucked at hia clothing and mumble In gutteral tones their hellef In hia (lire. They seemed to think that their Uvea would be spared If he Injected hut a tiny hH of the famous turtle Hurum Into their diseased llmhs, And when, man after man and wo man after woman was turned away to a living death, their cries of an guish brought home oven to the trained, emotionless physician tho terrible curse of the malady that has baffled t.he ages. Hut the Ger-' man scientist did not profess to lift the dying from the shadow of the grave; he could and would save on ly those whom it seemed possible* to save. lie selected his cases from the scores who applied, and several of those physicians who witnessed t he demonst ration. As the skilled hands of the phy sician worked with rapidity their ev ery movement was followed by the eyes of Secretary of State Bryan, Count J. II. von llernstoff, t he offi cial representative of the German emperor, whose subject Dr. Frled manu is: Dr. I'aul Kilter, the minis ter from Switzerland; heads of sev eral of the medical branches, of llie federal government, and many of. the most (list inguished physicians, of the national capital. Not the least Interested specta tors of the Gorman savant's demon stration were Senators Luke Lea, of Tennessee, and William ilughcs, of New Jersey. Senator Lea was present merely, he said, from a gen eral interest in the work. Senator Hughes, however, came with a more definite object' in view. He had met Dr Fried maun when the latter called earlier in the day at the White 1 louse to la: presented to President Wilson. He asked if he might attend the clinic, and when assured of the pleasure which his presence would afford Dr. Fried 111:11111 lLi-cent ed . The two senators iiccotn pa 1 1 1 <*?1 Dr. KVicdmaun to liis hotel for it brief conference, and. at its conclusion. Senator Hughes announced that i; was nis intention to endeavor to tfecure for tin* visitor a license to permit hitn t *> practice rn the Dis trict of Columbia.. How he won Id proceed to achieve this end. Sena tor Hughes said he was not p re pa red to say, hut added that if the proper procedure appeared to lit? by the introduction of a resolution in the senate lie would take that courbu. "1 have received so many a|>peals from persons who desire to he incit ed by Dr. Kriedmann," he "I determined ! o see ii it would not t>< possible for hitn to receive the priv ilege to practice here in ih-* d is trict. This would have noiliing io do with the i n ? est i t;a t ion which is now being carried on l>\ Sntgeoti (Jeneral Kup r. Bine and ins assist ants. 1 Siittply aim to give the hun dl'eds of people who wish to take the treatment an opportunity to a vail themselves of it." ' l>r. Fried man n went to the hospi tal direct i\ from the White llouse. witero. he had uone to he presented b.. Secret a r> of the Interior Lane to l'r sident Wilson. The president received the ph>:<ician gracious!) , and, after haxiuu subscribed his name in :)ie* autograph book, in which Dr Ki n'tiitiaini has secured the nain? s uf manv nt the most dis tinguished sc:ent is!s and public nic.i in this and other countries, w isheil i the German visiu.i the l -.-si of sue I cess. Dr Fried inann was greatly p ed by his cor. li <i 'm- r eiit at she hands ot the load <>! the nation. soutnern rtaiiway Cotton Culture Department. ami was hi ruck by President Wilson ami Inn democratic manner, i ? v 1 > I ? n? ??cj . ho hu Id l>y the fact that ho pre ferred to subscrihti, Mm name amid i- It oho of ? number of other perNonn of loHH <1 IhI i I) K II I )vl)('it pOrti t toll . The i book wa? also signed hy Secretary to the President Tumulty ami 8en mor H light h When, at 1:30 o'clock, Dr. Fried iitann, accompanied by Charles De. V. Hunt, bin secretary anil confi dential adviser*, an Wfii ii his a? si slants at bin clinics, entered the hospital he found a motley throng Tlit) hallway u tthe dispensary wan already crowded. IJere were assembled emaciated oh ihl mn, whose bright eyes contrast ed uncannily with their pallid face*). Many of them bent their Wight forms upon crutches and ?1 af lor t hum their crooked legn w 1 1 1) lifeless muscles. Sujikcn cheeked woman, whose I wall en shook with their hacking cough, Waited patient ly to ho called before the man who held out hope of health. Men whose flush had shriveled, leaving mere skeletons of skin and hone, Hat Had eyed, ?The announcement that Dr. Fried* ruann would remain in the city and administer hiH remedy hftd only heel made yesterday morning, but the brief Interval before the calling of the clinic Itad proved sufficient to to rally the sufferers from diHtant points. Consequently, when ho and Drs. VV'iliam (Mine Borden, dean of the George Washington medical school ami Clias. H. YVhlte, the dis tinguished surgeon began the diag noses which were to help Dr. Frled mann determine the selection of patients for the clinic, more than on patients for the clinic, mora than one hundred ntrength Happed men, women and children were present to plead for preference. Sentiment gave way to science. Dr Fried maun had come to demoi Htrute bin cure; IiIh time would not permit him to treat all. A discov ery, which if efficacious, Ih to be epoch-making, wan to be demonstra ted, and the discoverer wan deter mined to Hclect Hi\ch cases <ik would be typical of the disease in its ev ery form. Throughout the morning, from th hour that the Institution opened itH dooi-H appeals In person, by letter, and telephone had come to .the hos pital for a chance to appear before Dr. Fried m an n and receive treat ment from bin liandH. I'hyslclans throughout the city appeared with cases in every stage of the disease; Parents had brought their crippled offspring and made pathetic appeals t hat they be given treatment. Dr. Frledmaiin, however, could no 'heed the pathetic stories which were told. His heart mastered his mind only to the extent that ho call ed first for the children? -sufferers principally from tuberculosis of the bone and Joints. These little pa tients struggled gamely into the ex amination room? -alone where their physical strength would permit, as sisted by anxious parents where ex cruciating pain would not suffer the shrunken limbs to support wasted bodies. Next "came the call for the adults. Men and women struggled to pour their plaints into the ear of the Ger man. HIk aim was to make Ills de monst rat ion general. He wished to embrace in his clinic every form of t uberculosis. He heard generally the reports of the various cases from the attending physicians. When two hours had been con sumed, during which time the phy sicians aiding him had endeavored to eliminate the great maojrity who s 'light treatment, announcement wa made that the clinic would begin Meanwhile the amphitheater in the iecture hall adjoining the hospital iiad been taxed to its capacity by members of the medical profession, students of the university, nurses in ; lie training school, and the nota bles who had been invited to witnes the demonstration. The German' ambassador and the Swiss minister, Surgeon General Stokes, of the U. S. N.. and former Surgeon General Sterngerg, U, S. A. had already entered the auditorium. Preceded by Dr. Horden and Com missioner Cuno 11 Rudolph, who had welcomed him oil the part of the city. Dr. Friedinann and his corps of assistants entered the clin ic room, where lie was greeted b\ a liuiv.t of cheers. Before these had subsided, and ?vhiie the demonstrator was busily engaged i : i sterilizing the hyuf>deni ic need les with which hn was to ?\ork. Secretary of State HryaVi and \ssistant Secretary of State <)s Ixirtie slipped into the room through ide door. Another demonstration greeted tiiem. which caused the German phy sician to turn and gaze in wonder. 11. had met the Secretary of State, however, and smiled his recognition. \mbassador von KernstorlT quickl> rose to greet Mr. Ilryan, and the lilt tir turned to shake the hand of Mr Fried matin The physician, howe\e was it; the midst of swabbing his hands, and could not return the ? ?vended greeting. but the secre tary of state took him by th?* .rm and assured him of 'lis ?????<' ?v i>ii*-v .\ir his success. I take pleasi.re in introducing ???? Kriedrtch Friedmann. It is not i'i(^snr\ for ir.e to sa> anythin.' ? ?M-i-rt.itig Dr Friedinann and his A\?>rk l'< ;s known to you all. lie ? . ?? ? ? . hat sorted u number of cases of the various forms of tubercOloals, I which i >r. Charles While and I havu ! helped him dU|A(M. I can May ! thai they are uii tubercular." With Dr. Friedmann an assis tants were Mr. Ilundt, Dr. Wllllmn h. Vit*? Haul, resident physician of (he hospital ; |>r. (>w?r H Hunter, \ Dr. Hlogl, andDr. Bolton, and Mlssou Isabel I 'rice, Naomi Junes, and K? nhner, nurse*. The physicians wore their white aprons. which envel- j j oped them from h?ad to foot. The' tables were spread with swabbllng clurjib, hot t lea, and absorbent! cotton, Fo W Instruments were ?> displayed ! The vaccine Is x I v?-?? through the ' needle. x Dr. Frlod ojaun, unable to speak English with any degree of fluency, i gave hln orders by motions of h Ih bends to the nurses, or depended j ,J !>?'?> the translations of Mr, Ilundt The assistants at first .however Up- ' pea red to he slightly disconcerted, Without , waiting the demonstrator i seized the lid of Jhe sterilizer and I began to select his needles. Small brown vials sat near hy containing the aer urn which he asserts will e radlcute t uhorculosls. Hut a few minutes were required to make the preliminary prepara- i t ioiiH, and Arthur Clements, thirty 1 years old, wan called an the first patient. The young man did not i show in marked degree the ravages of the disease. The history of his case wan that presence of tubercu losis, which Ih of the. pulmonary form, had firHt been discovered Ui May ID I 2 followed hy a pronounced Iohh of weight. Removing IiIh coat, Mr. Clements ! Htood before Dr. Friedmann. The physician laid hack IiIh clothing ho hh to expose the right thigh, ami quickly inserted the needle. The patient <1 id not flinch, The surface into which the Injection wan to be made had been swabbed with iodine to make It antiseptic, and he turn ed away in unconcerned manner. His attack in confined to one lung. Already tho nurses had prepared Mrs George Cohen, of AJexandia. Va.. a hollow-cheeked woman, for the injection. The history of her case showed that she. was in the third stage of pulmonary tubercu- ! Ion in with both of her lungs badly affected. She was laid upon the operating table and an injection made into her right thigh. There had been little to affect the npectators in these two cases, other than their physical appear ances. As Mr? Cohen stepped down from the table, however, the au dieuo^ turned its eyes toward the door from which the patients were being led. Mr. Huudt, a tall, mus cular man, had gathered into his arms a little figure strapped to a , stretcher. Agnes Dowd, 4 Vfc years old. was this little patient. Resting quietly upon her uncom tort a hie bed, the golden-haired child, with her locks caught up by a blue ribbon, gazed out upon the cusious throng. When she had been placed upon the table, however she lost her composure. As Dr. I< rlodmann, with his needle In hand, stepped to her side, she raised her frightened eys and began to cry. Pushing 'he sleeve from her wast ed arm. as he smiled down into her tear-stained face, the physician en deavored to quiet the baby. The nurses added their efforts, but in vain. Through the quiet room was ; wafted the pieeous wall. "Where Ih j my papa; I want daddy ". The ma jority of the men gathered in the Congested auditorium were members of the medical profession accus tomed to witnessing scenes of suf fering, but - the faces when gazed down upon the frail form stretched before them were strained, and many! eyes wero dinimd by unshed tears. | Into the vein of the right arm < the needle was thrust. Quickly the other arm was prepared for innocu lation, and then the child was turn ed upon her hip and the third injec tion was given. She was suffering from tuberculosis of the hip. and Iter limbs were practically useless. For the bone and joint disability Dr.! Fried man n gives both veinous and ! muscular injections, but in pulmo- I nary affections lie usually confines his innoculations to muscular tis I .sues. 1 Charles 11. Stansbury, formerly of | Ohio, but now a temporary resident J.of Washington, was the next patient Mo. place himself i in the hands of Dr. Friedmann. Tuberculosis had at tacked his foot, causing him to un dergo operations which had resulted in the amputation of the left leg halfway to the knee. His present disability is tuberculosis of the! I breast bone. The injection was1 I made in his right hip. ' 11 'bie stood seven-year-old. ; jKdith Strawser, whose only whimp- J jet was It hurts ' as the -needle was ? ( driven iyto her thigh. j The hero of the day was Philip ! i Chase, a boy of five, who hobbled! ! unassisted to the operating table { j upon his crutches. As one of the 1 n urses stroked hack the hoy's dark ! | hair. Dr. Friedmann quickly made ' I three injections, one in the veins j jof each ami. and a third Into the i thigh. throughout the operation I j the child wore a smile upon his pale j I face, and as he was again set upon ? I his feet and started toward his fath- \ I er who soot <1 at the door with out- ! I stretched arms to receive him. the1 ^ whole audience applauded Ttie other patients were Mrs. E- i j Itzabeth Fawcett, Helena Tavlor, Isa dore Frutberg, David Krant, Le Koy K. Keeley, and Frederick Stoff- I [ reger. I When the last of t he patients had , eft the room . the audience showed' its appreciation of the work which! (they had witnessed hv a burst of applause which |>r Friedmann ac- \ j knowledge*! with ?? happy smile. Hei fjuickly gathered together his para- ! phernalia and made readv to return ; to hi;< hotel. His plans were to leave at mid- ' night for Providence h\ \\a> of New | ^ork. and lie had yet to pay his re spects to the German ambassador at 1 the embassy. TTe also, nt the invi- * . tation of Secretar> of s.\ito Hryan ? ca I l?>i| upon the latter .-ar]\ in the : e\ etrng. !'r Friedmann pronounced his in this city as one of r h most ' >n ->fnl whih he has ever conduct ; ''d He declared that he w as ex- j '? ? T'-nu ]y pleased with it because of The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C It is our purpose to handle * any and all business entrusted to us in such fair and liberal manner as to make all pa tron's relations with our Bank satisfao, a a 'A ' ? tory and profitable. The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C. tin* varied cases which were pre noil ted for treat ment. Kvery known form of tuberculosis, he Bald, had hoen submitted to him, and he ex pressed confidence tluit they would Boon Hhow signs of Improvement, Tlie visiter wiih equally well pleas ed with the reception which had been accorded him by the public men of the city. President Wil son, lie said, had manifested an in terest in his work, and Secretary of Statu Bryan, was referred 'to by the' physician, an a man of "extremely impressive personality." Dr. Fried man n said that while Senator Hughes had apprised him of his intention, to endeavor to se cure the license for him to practice in this city, he was not sure that he could A(\ arrange his plans as to a vail himself of the opportunity, were the permission granted. He an nounced, however, that he expects to return within five or six weeks to look after the patients treated yesterday, and to give them a secon innoculation If their condition at that time will permit. Meanwhile, he said, that he~! thought some plan would be evolv ed whereby physicians throughout the country may administer the rt".> t o^V t . thus making it unneces-s sary for him to personally care for all cases. Absence of any representative of the public health and marine hospit al service, by the heads of which the official investigation of the Frled mann cure 1h being made, whh the uubject of comment by many of those present, at the clinic. It iB un deratood that Dr. Muo and his as BistantB were of the opinion their presence at the clinic might be con sidered a recognition of the remedy, and they did not care to compro mise their position until the inves tigation has beep completed and re ported upon. Opinion*. "It is a Very groat subject, this of the cure for the great white pla gue, and it would be very haftl to judge the worth of a cure merely from witnessing its application. Ita value must be determined by the re sults it brings in the patients who | are inoculated. Until that time I think that all judgments of the prep anition should be withheld."-? Sec retary of State Bryan. "He' handles himself well, and im presses one most favorably." ? Com missioner Rudolph. "It has been most certainly a good thing th^it the physicians of the district have had this opportuni ty to observe Dr. Friedmann at.hla work and study his methods." ? "I was very uch impressed with Health Officer Woodward. Dr. Friedmann. I consider him one : of the greatest of diagnosticians;" [?Dr. William Cline Horden. The Kimball Player Piano The owner of a Kimball Player Piano is not a mere operator, a looker-on, but in actual touch with the whole world of music. Guided by eas ily acquired directions, he produces with equal facility the recognized classics, or any other music in which he chances to delight. 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