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East Oregonian : E.O
Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon
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Retired Seattle doctor Martin Damourette claims credit for the Friedman tuberculosis cure, developed from turtle serum after his 1902 Alaska shipwreck. He treated others in Mexico and suggests Friedman obtained it indirectly; ready to prove claims with testimony.
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Seattle, Jan. 2.—Dr. Martin Damourette, a retired graduate of the University of Wurberg and former surgeon in the German army, issued an affidavit today declaring he probably discovered the Friedman tuberculosis cure.
He does not accuse Friedman of using the same serum but declares the latter may have obtained the cure from a German to whom Damourette gave a tube of the remedy after curing him. He declares he can present testimony from General Cervantes of Mexico, and several others whom he claims to have cured.
Damourette added: "I stand ready to prove my claims and make any test needed to convince the physicians and the public. I made no attempt to hide the discovery but work with the serum was interfered with by the Mexican revolution. I make no accusations, but shall continue my investigation. I also claim I discovered the bacillus of long life in turtle's intestines."
Damourette claims he was ship-wrecked in 1902 in Alaska and contracted throat tuberculosis. He went to Oaxaca, Mexico, and experimented with turtle serum. While in the bacteria institute at Mazatlan, he successfully treated Phillip Ballmaied, of Berlin, who remarked that Friedman was his friend.
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Seattle, Alaska, Oaxaca Mexico, Mazatlan
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Jan. 2; 1902
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Dr. Martin Damourette claims he discovered a tuberculosis cure using turtle serum after contracting the disease in a 1902 Alaska shipwreck. He treated himself in Mexico and others, including Phillip Ballmaied, whose friend was Friedman. Damourette issued an affidavit asserting Friedman may have obtained the serum from a German he cured, and offers proof including testimony from General Cervantes.