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THERE are two points in Dr. Saleeby's remarks upon p. 61 of NATURE (September 18, 1913) which I should like to notice briefly. In. my letter to you on the same page I did not refer to Baetzner's brilliantly successful results in the treatment of tuberculosis by pancreatic enzymes (The Practitioner, January, 1913, pp. 203-219), because after his prolonged investigations the thing is an accomplished fact, which cannot be disputed by any interested in its operative treatment. I am neither a medical practitioner nor the apostle of a new faith, but merely a scientific investigator. L foresaw, and foretold, the complete success of this treatment of tuberculosis in 1907; and with the fulfilment of this scientific forecast at the hands of Dr. M. A. Cleaves in that year and of Dr. W. Baetzner more recently, my concern with the matter has ended. Moreover, I have taught medical students for more years than I care to think of, and I know how hopeless it is to try to teach something new of a scientific nature to the medical profession.
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BEARD, J. The Pancreatic Treatment of Tuberculosis and Malaria. Nature 92, 165 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/092165c0
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