New-York tribune. [volume], April 20, 1919, Page 10, Image 10

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Dr. tWard Says
Publieity Ended
Chicago Career
"Director" of "Electro Med
ioal Scientists" Admits to
Assistant District Attorney
His Method Is NotCure-All
luooinc About $300 a Day
Treats 125 Patients at $240
Each Daily, He Says; Not
aii Expert Diagnostician
Dr. Francia B. Ward, "director" of
the "Electro Medical Scientists," when
questioned by Owen W. Bohan, Assis
tant District Attorney, concerning the
methods used by Dr. Ward in his "won
derfol new system" of treating disease,
at 230 West Seventy-second Street,
Manhattan, and 6 Pierrepont Street,
Brooklyn, stated that:
1. He abandoned his practice in Chi?
cago becauso his advertised claima
were attacked by the newspapers.
2. He doea not assi rt that he can
cure anything this despite hia adver
tised declarationa that "electro-medi
cal science not only relievea but checka
and cures disease."
3. He is not an expert diagnostician.
He has not, either in his Brooklyn or
Manhattan office, any one who may be
called a special diagnostician?this de?
spite his claima that his diagnoses are
"doubly certain."
1. He does not nccept ''any chronic
cases, like tuberculosis, heart disease
or cancer" this despite his adver
tiscd willingness to treat "deep-seated,
chronic and lingering ailments,"
Income $:;00 a Day
5. He treatod last year an average of
125 patients daily at $2.40 a treatment,
giving him n groas income of $;S00 a
day, .-r about $9,000 a month?this de?
spite his statement that he cxpended
last year in advertising alone $8,000
monthly and expected to spend this
year $ 10,000 monthly.
6. He ia not a member of tho Acad
emy of Medicine, because ''they won't
let mr,"
The questions put to Dr. Ward by
Assistant District Attorney Bohan and
Dr. Ward's replies, in part, wero:
Q. Varioua complaints have been
made to thia office from individuals
and associations, and our oflice has!
decided to make an investigation. I
am sending for you with the object of
asking certain questions, and l want
to warn you, in the event the District
Attorney ascertains that your businesa
is not conducted according to law,
your answera to-day may be used
against you; are you willing to an
swer thi e questi ona '.' A. Yes.
Q-?Are you a duly licensed physi
cian of the State of New York? A.?
V> -
Graduafe of Bcllevue
Q, ?Did you graduate from Bellevue
and ?">'??? d hospit ala '.' A. Yes.
Q.? When did you receive your li
iV. 1 390; in the state, 1894.
Q.- In Chicago were you in private
practice? A?No; engaged in special
work.
Q. What kind? A.?Genito-urinary
surgery.
Q. Connected with anyhospital? A.'
X.?.
Q. Private prac^:r.^? A.?Not pri?
vate practic^; special work.
Q. For wh'om? A. ? My partner and
myself.
Q. \- - your partncr's name?
A.?Dr. Jai i.
Q. Were you ever associatcd with
any one clse in Chicago? A.?Dr.
Moon
Q. Any one else '?' . V No.
Q. You had an otficti together? A.?
Assoc
Q. Did 5 iu adver.tiae in Chicago?
A.?Yes.
Q. Under your name'.! A. No, sir;
under the name of D.-. llowe & Co.
first, as an employe.
Q You say Dr. Howe 1 A.?Yes.
i>. Do you know him'.' A. No, sir;
? was the firm name; I never mei
him; Dr. Janss and Dr llowe were
partners; Howe sold out to Janss.
Q.?You were employei by them for
how long? A. Three oi four or five
years, perha) i,
Was President of Firm
Q. Wen yi i an officer of Dr. llowe
& Co.? A
Q. W< re 5 i : I the ptresident? A.
I the firm was sold to
Dr. .'?" ir ii . and l goi ntorc: ti d in it,
and I was made president of the or
ganization.
Q.?What was tho rcanon you sev
ered your conncction with them? A.
Because tho new.spapers rode them;
they wrote them up in the newspapers
about their mcdical advertisertfents.
Q. Did they drive you out of busi
ness? A. I just left; 1 had a part
ner who stayed; l left; a doctor can
not stnnd crifricism.
Q. When did you start in Xew
York? A.--About a year and a half
ago.
Q. Whero? A. At 134 East Thirty
Bixth Street.
Q.?You advertisc extensively? A.
In the "World," "Brooklyn Eagle,"
"Standard Union," "Staats-Zeitung"
and "German Herold."
Q.?How much do you spend? A.
T.a>t_ month $s,0(if); I have got. n place
in Xew York and i have gol a place in
Brooklyn; 1 have a large practice, and
it is growing rapidly.
Employcs and Fees
Q.- In Brooklyn how many employesS?
A. -Twenty-ono people; nurscs, ordciv
lics; two physicians.
Q- ?What are your instruetions to
your subordinates who actually do the
work, as far as fees are concerned?
A. -My average fee is $2 a treatment;
in New Y'ork a little bit more, $2.40 a
treatment; that is the average; some
times if the patients are rich, my fees ,
are high; among industrial people the
fees average $1.50, depending upon the '
naturc of the disease.
Q. What is the average number of
patients a day in Xew York? A. One
hundred and twenty-five a day is the
average; sometimes seventy-fiva a day.
Q.?What do vou pay for the ads.?
A.?That ad. findicating tlie ad. in
"The New York World," of May 26, {
191S) cost about $500.
Q.?How often do you advertise?
A. Once n week; I spend about $8,000
n month; next year I will spend $40,
000 i:.' you lei no.' do business.
Q, Are you a member of the Acad
emy of Medicine? A. They won't let
me.
Ignorant of Protests
Q. Was it ever brought to your
attention that the New York County
Medical Society and the Academy of
Medicine have protested against the
naturo of vour doing business? A.?
No. !
Q.- Do you do any surgical work?
A.?Very little, practically none.
Q.?Any major surgery? A.?No.
Q.?Do yoa refer them to anyone?
A. -Yes. I
Q.- To whom? A.?Post-Graduate
Hospital; 1 send them every day; 1
do not want them around tho office;
1 do not accept any chronic cases like
tuberculosis, heart disease or cancer.
Q. Do you regard yoursclf as an
expert diagnostician? A.--I think 1
do\ I would not say so; there is a
wide differenco as to what is an expert;
no, I would not want to put myself
down as an expert.
Q. Do you claim that you have in
your Brooklyn or Xew York oflice any
one that is a special diagnostician?'
A. No, I do not think so.
0. The trcatments you use, are they
used gonerally by the profossion, and
do you have any special treatment or
apparatus that is not gonerally used'.'
A. Elcctro-thorapeutics is my special
ty; a great many physicians would like
to practice it, but they have not got
the money; 1 have spent over $30,000
to equip my office; they cannot afford
to have assistants, to have twenty-ono
people working for them.
Q. Toll mo some of the mnchinor,
that are not ordinarily used. A.?The
auto-condensation current machine for
reducing high blood pressure.
Q. Is that an invention of yourown?
A. Xo, it is not.
Q.? Whose invention is it? A.- T
cannot tell you. It is simply a high
pressure current, like the wireless,
Believes in Treatment
Q.?You believe in this particular
treatment with this auto condensation
current, that it has a certain medical
e ff i c acy ? A.?Ye s.
Q.?Do you uso the water machine
also? A.?Galvanic? Yes.
Q.?What claims do you make to any
of the patients in regard to advising
them to use this machine? A.?I do
not claim that I can cure anything.
Q.?How about this statement:
"Electro medical scior.ce not only re
lieves, but checks.and cures diseases."?
A. So it does; we get cures; when
people have stomach trouble we make
them all right; I simply give them
proper diet.
Q. Have you ever been under
charges by any medical association out
West? A. ? Xo, the newspapers wrote
them advertisementa up and destroyed
my businesa and 1 left town.
Same Business in Chicago
Q. ?Was the naturo of your business
in Chicago the same as in Xew York?
A. Yes mostly genito-urinary work.
' I was interested in electro-therapeu
tics. That is, the treatment there was
the srmie apparatus as used here now,
1 had the largest practice in Chicago
at the tiine.
Q. Have you secured any legal ad
vice as to the form of advice you give
patients? A. Yes, I have tried to
keep within the law, because I know
1 am criticised. This office is going
to be troubled all the time becau i
patients are not friends of mine they
are perfect strangers to me and very
unreasonable. They g0 to their physi
cian, tell him they do not get along,
and the physician says: "Faker,
grafter, etc." go down and see you (in
dicating Assistant District Attorney);
I wish you would give me a thorough
investigation nnd let me continue or
say "stop" and i will stop.
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