Has Australia Accepted Smalpage Serum ?

NZ Truth, Issue 1052, 21 January 1926, Page 7

Has Australia Accepted Smalpage Serum ?

■'■ (From "Truth's" Special Wellington Representative.) The names of Mr. Spahlinger and Dr. Smalpage have for some time past been given world-wide prominenceThey are well known throughout Australia and New Zealand as the men whose /claims m regard to T.B. have been receiving the serious consideration of Governments and the medical profession generally. In an exclusive interview published m "Truth" last week Dr. P. MacCallum, professor of pathology at Melbourne University, declared that he would not advise New Zealand or Australia to spend any money on securing supplies of either Spahlinger 's or Smalpage 's serum until it had been tested and proved to be what had been claimed for it; ■...■":*■ In view of this statement the following private cable received by Mr. Salek, Junr, of Salek Bros, Wellington, from his brother, Victor, m Sydney on January 8, is a matter of vital importance: % "Interviewed Dr* Smalpage accepted by Commonwealth Government as cure for T.B. enough serum m three weeks for thousands of patients. Letter following- Cheer up. Love, Victor-" • If this is correct— and there is no reason to doubt it — Australia's step m this direction is particularly interesting 1 .