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The Suppression of Alternative Medical Therapies 121
Dr. Miller smiled skeptically. "It's not that easy. Wait until Harris gets
a chance to think it over and discusses it with other doctors. They'll come
up with all kinds of reasons why our treatment wasn't responsible for the
patient's recovery. There's more at stake here than you think—prestige,
and money, millions invested in X-ray and radium equipment. . ."
At that time it sounded fantastic, and I quickly changed the subject.
Early next morning I was awakened by a telephone call from Dr. Harris.
"I'd like to have a talk with you," he said. "I'm at my office in the Field
Annex, about two blocks from your hotel. Can you come right over"
Glancing at my watch, I discovered that it was just 7:15 A.M. I agreed
to meet him in half an hour. Hastily I showered, shaved, threw on my
clothes and—postponing breakfast—set off to keep the appointment.
Dr. Harris occupied an extensive suite on the seventh floor of the
imposing office building. Bristling with early morning energy he met me
at the door, ushered me into his private office, motioned me into a chair
beside his desk. Surveying me appraisingly, he began:
"Hoxsey, the demonstration you put on yesterday has opened up an
entirely new vista in the treatment of cancer. I spent most of last evening
discussing the Mannix case with some of my colleagues, and they agree
that his amazing recovery is convincing evidence that chemical compounds
such as you use offer the best hope to eradicate this disease. It's
not just the yellow powder you used; that I suppose is an escharotic* It's
the amazing improvement in his general condition as the result of the
medicine you've been giving him."
This was it, the official recognition I'd been seeking so avidly. Giddy
with triumph, I could scarcely control an impulse to jump up and gratefully
shake his hand.
"Of course," he cautioned, "it's much too early to say that Mannix is
cured of cancer. There may be a recurrence; we'll have to wait five years
or more before we can reach a definite conclusion. Moreover we can't be
sure that your treatment actually cures cancer until we've tried it out on
hundreds of other patients and thus can evaluate its effectiveness."
I broke in eagerly: "We can show you hundreds of people who've
already taken our treatment and been cured!"
He shook his head impatiently. "That's not scientific proof. We must set
up a large-scale experiment under absolute medical controls. Our doctors
must select the cases treated so that we're treating cancer; they must
administer the treatment in order to determine the effective dosage, unfavorable
reactions etc.; the patients must be kept under constant medical
observation to ward off the possibility that some other factor may account
lor their recovery. It's a long-range project involving technical skill, hard
work and considerable expense."
* A substance that causes a dry scab to be formed on skin.