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    "ocrText": "-3-\nto which Dr. Knef replied that he would not guarantes a cure but he\ncould keep the patient from getting worse until she would probably\ndie of some other cause.\nStated that he could do more than any one\nelse in the treatment of such cases.\nHe suggested that he be given a list of the girls who\nhad previously worked for us so that he could locate them and possibly\ninfluence then to take his treatment. Stated that he was developing\na machine or method of treatment which he believed would make it possible\nto extiact some of the radium from the bones of living patients.\nHe\nexplained in considerable detail how on this recent case as well as other\ncases he could testify either way, that is, whether the patient was\nsuffering from radium poisoning or pyorrhea.\nStated his opinion could\nbe as he wished it to be at the time of testifyinge Stated he could\ntestify intelligently whether the case was either radium poisoning or\npyorrhea and that he could not be successfully contradicted. Also said\nthat expert witnesses always testify in favor of the side that paid theme\nAfter a more or less lengthy discussion by Dr. Knef,\nlir. Cross asiced him what his proposition wase\nDr. Knef stated that he\nhad proposed to us that we pay him ten thousand dollars for services so\nfar rendered in treating these various cases, and that he thought this\nwas a reastnable amount.\nHe explained the fairness of this charge\nby going into more 02 less detail regarding the work he hed done on\nthe Maggia, Carlough, and Maillefer cases, and referring briefly to work\ndone on other cases.\nStated that he às now treating a number of other\ncases and that he must be paid either by us or by some one. He said he\nwanted to know whother he was going to play ball for us or against us.\nStated that if we were not interested in his proposition that he proposed\nto sue a number of his patients for large amounts and that he in turn\nwould have them sue us.\nHe also stated that if these suits were brought\nagainst us there would be no settlements out of court and that there\nwould be no Kalisches in the suits. He also stated that he would"
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