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First, the article says "According to the former head nurse, Esther Johnson Snow, another consultant, Dr. Sol Klotz of Orlando, Fla., told her to inject a student with his own urine as a test for allergy." I did not tell Mrs. Snow to do this, nor have I done so myself, nor have I advocated doing...
Second, the article continues: "Klotz also made a serum of dirt, dust and other substances and told the nurses to inject it into students as an allergy treatment." When I treat a patient who has allergy problems, I use FDA approved sterile extracts made of dust, ragweed, air molds and other inhalant pollens that I have determined to be causing the condition. The use of the word dirt is both nonscientific and derogatory...
...Klotz, M.D. Orlando...
...Snow did not state that Dr. Klotz ordered urine injections, and TIME regrets the error. She said: "Dr. Klotz ordered me to have students at Green Valley collect dirt and dust from the school grounds. From this, Dr. Klotz prepared a serum and instructed the nurses at his clinic to inject a small amount into every Green Valley student sent...
...from allergies. He tried to treat the allergies by having students inhale carbon dioxide gas. (Two of his former patients in Maryland died following carbon dioxide inhalation therapy, and Philpott was acquitted of manslaughter in 1966.) According to the former head nurse, Esther Johnson Snow, another consultant, Dr. Sol Klotz of Orlando, Fla., told her to inject a student with his own urine as a test for allergy. Klotz also made a serum of dirt, dust, and other substances and told the nurses to inject it into students as an allergy treatment...