An American philanthropist who desires to remain anonymous placed at the disposal of Dr. Max Gerson of Bielefeld, discoverer of a new cure for tuberculosis through rigid diet, a considerable sum for the erection of a sanatorium at Wilhelmshoche, near Cassel.
A corporation with a capital of 900,000 Marks has been formed, and the city of Cassel has promised its financial aid in the project. Dr. Gerson, who was derided and mocked at during the experimental period of his cure, has now gained world-wide recognition, when observations made in the clinic of Prof. Sauerbruch proved the value of Dr. Gerson’s findings. The new sanatorium is to contain 100 beds.
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