THE MACKENZIE CASE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 19 March 1925, Page 5

THE MACKENZIE CASE.

THE ABRAMS MACHINE. EXPERT'S TESTIFY TO ITS. WORTH UJY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, March 18. When the action against Dr. Dundas Mackenzie was resumed to-day, Frederick Howe Hadfield, chartered electrical engineer, mechanic, and engineer instrument maker, and lately consulting engineer .to tlie Government of Natal and the City Council of Durban, deposed to having made ten. Abrams machines. There was no mystery about the oscaloclast, though people could not see the current coming from it. Ohe* could not destroy, energy. If ipower went in it had to come out. Witness hlad used the oscilot-last and the first experience one got if one sat in front of the machine (operating at wrong rate) was a tremendous stomach ache. (Laughter.) “Oh, I can assure you of that, and I am not the only one.’’

Mr. > Dickson I see, and if Dr. Bruce Mackenzie says no energy comes through that oscilodlaist, what then? Witness : Energy does come from the ntsciluolast, despite Dr. Bruce Mackenzie.

■ With reference to the Scientific American and the statements, published in that journal concerning the machine, witness said the Scientific American had no iscrientifio reputation whatever. It was madness to speak about illusions. He would say that’ the writer Who. made the statement in the Scientific American did not know what he was talking about. Witness could ' elect Abrams machines in, Court and could give a. demonstration. . Work on the Abrams machine was. of course, outside his sphere. To Mr. Paterson The mlaohine did oscillate. He was prepared to pit 111® opinion against Professor Milligan’s. Mr. Paterson: Now Mr. Hadfield, did Dr. Mackenzie tell you that you bad cancer of the liver?

Witness: I don’t know, I don’t remember.

Hisi Honor: You don’t mean to- tell me that you didn’t take any notice if he told you you. had cancer? Witness: He told me I was very ill, anyway, and- he did me- a terrible lot of good. I don’t thank for one moment he meant seriously that I had cancer. , He did not. impress trie. The Judge : At all events, your liver is all right mow?

Yes. ' l The Judge: Wo! 1, tli.at’s the mai n thing. George Ernest Billing, electrical engineer. of Pomsonlby, gave expert technical evidence concerning the Abrams machine. He did not agree with Dr. Bruce Alnekenzie tihfat no energy ca.rne through the machine. William Pettit, medical practitioner, Auckland, said he was an M. 8., Ch- 8., of Otago University. He was not a member of the 8.M.A., owing to their opposition to public lecture work. Since 1919 he had been practising in Auckland as a general practitioner. . He first beard of the Abrams method through friends and patients who had been to Dundas Mackenzie. In consequence of what he was told he visited Mackenzie. At that time witness regarded the method with suspicion, indeed with opposition. After what he had seen witness underwent the treatment himself for about three weeks and the result was that he was enabled to carry' on his work. After receiving so such benefit he then came to the conclusion that he must either continue to use inferior mOtheods, send many of his patients to Alackenzie, or else learn the method hiinself. He therefore determined to go to America. Far from placing any obstruction in witness’ way, Alackenzie did everything possible for witness and sent a cable to Dr. Abrams to take witness into his clinic. In December, 1922, witness went to Abrams clinic. Dr. Pettit said he remained there for two. months. Over 50 practitioners were attending the clinic at that time. They were all either qualified medical practitioners with At.D., or were practitioners who could practise surgery. Witness was satisfied with what he observed. Witness saw a large number of cases, diognosed, treated and checked up by clinical methods. They w’ere treated with eminent success. In one case witness saiv a man suffering from cancer sucessfully treated. The man, a doctor, came to the clinic almost dying. After six weeks’ treatment he was so much better than he was going back to practice. At that time there were many virulent attacks in the newspapers on the Abrams system. Witness returned to New Zealand in April, 1923, and since then had been practising _ the Abrams method in addition to his ordinary practice. AVitness had had the machine under constant observation since he came back from America nearly two years ago. Every month results showed more conclusively the beneficial results of the system. It was not infallible, of course. No diagnosis method was infallible.