“TUBERCULOSIS CURE CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AS A SECRET.”

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18937, 6 December 1929, Page 4

“ TUBERCULOSIS CURE CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AS A SECRET .”

Medical Man Says That Claims (Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, December 5. When asked what was the attitude of the profession to the alleged discovery of a cure tor tuberculosis, an experienced medical man this morning said *3 it could not take any notice of that socalled cure until the author revealed the contents of the medicine used and the method of treatment. The vicar of the Point Chevalier Church was no doubt quite sincere in his claim, but the doctors could not take cognisance of it so long as the whole thing re- smV£;/jS£:l;s m V£;/jS£:l; matned a secret known only to the discoverer. The position in regard to tuberculosis was exactly on all fours with what hap- f 'sA. A f ’•"■'■ V pened some time back in regard to an K'& alleged cure for infantile paralysis. In that case a man, who happened to be a doctor, said he had worked out a cure and offered to treat cases in the genera! hospital. The authorities said they '?.".AA-'V fs *' could not agree to any such experiment vV'a* ' V f-g*.\ t until the treatment was revealed. They pointed out that they were responsible Vr jV fs -‘ for the lives of the patients in the hospital, and, if they permitted the use of some mysterious remedy', they would %L-y!?9r/ be held responsible. The remedy might or might not be efficient, but the authiiiiiiiiiininiiiiniuiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnninniiiniiuiiiiuuniuiiiiiiinuiiiuiiiiiniii^l