. Journal - American Medical Association. ppearance of his credentials,which were poorly printed on inferior paper, our sus-picions were aroused and special investigation made ofhis credentials. Through the kind assistance of Pro-fessor Helferich, dean of the medical department of theUniversity of Kiel, Hon. Paul Gaston, United Statesconsular agent of Kiel, and Professor Baumann, of theUniversity of Wurzburg, we were able to establish thefact that both documents presented liy this impostorwere forgeries. That from Kiel, with the original fromwhich it was copied, are here reproduced. The Colora
. Journal - American Medical Association. ppearance of his credentials,which were poorly printed on inferior paper, our sus-picions were aroused and special investigation made ofhis credentials. Through the kind assistance of Pro-fessor Helferich, dean of the medical department of theUniversity of Kiel, Hon. Paul Gaston, United Statesconsular agent of Kiel, and Professor Baumann, of theUniversity of Wurzburg, we were able to establish thefact that both documents presented liy this impostorwere forgeries. That from Kiel, with the original fromwhich it was copied, are here reproduced. The Coloradoboard naturally refused to grant him a license on suchcredentials and had him arraigned in the criminal courtfor offering false and forged evidence in applying forregistration. In addition to his general suavity, augmented, by an % AV0VST1S51MI KT POT\Bt eVILELMI II IMPm«Tai,l. DOMINI NOSTRl C L E M E N t I?!) I 1« I -^ WWtWAE CHRISTUNAt JLBERTINJE KIUEKSS , e T1L E ll r S E E11BRICHARDVS WERTH GinTFBIED lEONHAED MENBIIIlliER. Fig. 12.—Reproduction of forged Kiel diploma l)y G. L. HagenBurger. Comparison shows It to be an exact duplicate of Tretows as to date and title of thesis, but the paper, type,printing, seal and signatures are entirely different. The signatureof Professor Seelig, the rector, appears with that of ProfessorWerth, In German script and In the same handwriting, while It Iscustomary for only the dean to sign medical diplomas, and thenalways In Latin script. evidence in our possession of his bad moral filling out the customary examination blank he care-fully avoided mentioning having studied at Wurzburgand Kiel, but claimed to have attended lectures at Hei-delberg, Vienna, Dresden, Harvard University, NewYork Post-Graduate and New York Polyclinic. Norecord in any of these cities or at any of these institu-tions can be found where he regularly matriculated, al-though he attended the clinics in some of these cities,which, without
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