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Northern Advocate, 7 December 1935, Page 6 (Supplement)

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On Threshold of T.B . Cure —Then Was Found Dedd Dr. Joseph Sevi, clever Jewish, research worker, died, his relatives believe, when he was on the threshold of perfecting a cure for tuberculosis. Dr. Sevi was found dead in his rooms in Cazenove Road ,Stoke, Newington, says the “News Chronicle. A glass and a bottle found on a table were taken by the police for examination. Dr. Sevi led the life of a recluse. All his time was devoted to scientific research; he spoke several languages. As a young man he qualified *as a French surgeon, and began his studies at the famous Pasteur Institute. Here he came into close contact with the terrible effects of tuberculosis and decided to try to find a cure.

“He discovered a serum to treat tuberculosis in children while he was working at the Pasteur Institute,” Mr. Ferdinand Fishman, of Lea Bridge Road, Clapton, Dr. Sevi’s brother-in-law, told me.

“I understand he was working hard now to solve the problem of curing tuberculosis in adults.”

Mrs. Fishman said: “My brother was a brilliant man, and reports that he might have committed suicide have greatly upset me.

“I was told when I visited the mortuary that death was due to heart failure.

“My brother had ten degrees, including L.R.C.P. (Lond.) and M.R.C.S. (Eng.). He was. a French barrister, too. He came to England in 1921 to continue his researches.

“The drugs in his rooms were for these researches, and he did not lack money—-£3O was found there.” Mr. and Mrs. Dora Milward, who occupied the house where the doctor lodged, told me Dr.Sevi always seemed preoccupied.

“He never said ‘Good morning’ when I met him,” said Mrs. Milward, “and at nights he would walk up and down. He wouldn’t allow anyone in to clean his rooms, and he cooked his food himself.”