CONSUMPTION CURE

Southland Times, Issue 18932, 4 May 1923, Page 5

CONSUMPTION CURE

THE TREATMENT DOCTOR FAVOURABLY IMPRESSED DISCOVERER LIVING IN POVERTY. 1 (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, May 3. (Received May 3, 5.5 p.m.). Dr. Maceadie, writing in the Lancet, says: “I have been in a Swiss sanatorium investigating Sphalinger's treatment for tuberculosis, on behalf of the Victorian Government. I then spent some days in Spahlinger's wonderful laboratory and experimental farm at Geneva, constantly examining patients. I feel sure any further evidence will only confirm me in reporting to my Government that Spahlinger’s vaccine serum treatment stands by iteself. The medical profession should lose no time in taking a definite stand, in this matter, but the production of remedies is almost at a standstill. The Spahlinger family is almost penniless, having spent all they possessed in the self-imposed search for anti-tubercu-losis vaccines. Spahlinger loathes publicity and lives in an atmosphere of patient, cheery altruism. He has had repeated offers from firms to commercialise his works, offers which would long ago have resulted in retrieving the family’s fortunes. The long strain of work and debt carrying is beginning to tell on Spahlinger. There are the makings of a tragedy here.”