The case described by Dr. Lambert is not the first example of the misuse of names and statements of physicians. Last December the Pineoleum concern was sending out an advertising card in which Dr. McCoy of the United States Public Health Service was quoted as recommending Pineoleum as the “bulwark of prevention” and “battery of relief” in influenza. Of course, Dr. McCoy never said anything of the sort. A protest against this particular falsehood resulted in another card being sent out several months later by the Pineoleum people purporting to explain and apologize for the misquotations and putting the blame on the printer. The “apology” ended with a postscript (in larger and bolder face type than the body of the card) that urged physicians to “secure our liberal introductory advertising proposition on improved oil nebulizer outfits.” From the standpoint of publicity for Pineoleum, the “explanation and apology” was doubtless as good an advertisement as the original card of misrepresentation.—Ed.]—(From The Journal A. M. A., Nov. 1, 1919.)
“PROTEAL THERAPY” AND HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS
To the Editor:—Will you please advise as to the success and safeness in using the Proteal treatment for tuberculosis by Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D., 104 East 40th Street, New York?
C. P. Burchard, Alamogordo, N. M.
To the Editor:—Kindly send me any available information on “The Proteal Treatment for Cancer.” An article by Dr. Henry Smith Williams, 120 West 32 Street, New York City, in April Hearst’s has caused relatives to request its use in a case of carcinoma of the liver under my care.
M. M. Reppard, Middlebourne, W. Va.
To the Editor:—I am enclosing a leaflet, mailed to me on request, by Dr. Henry Smith Williams of New York City, who published a series of articles during the last year in Hearst’s Magazine on “Proteal Therapy.” If you have investigated this man and his proteal treatment, I should like to know the result of your findings. I am a consumptive and am, therefore, particularly interested in its alleged benefactions for the treatment of tuberculosis.
Michael A. Long, Glen Lake Sanitarium, Hopkins, Minn.