JOHN MARK REED 
ROBERT AL-AN REED 
KEIEBD S KIEIEID 
SISTEMAS Y SUMINISTROS DE OFICINA 
GUAYAQUIL 
ECUADOR C'ASIULA - 
Cable Y Telegrafo 
784 
"REED'* 
Soon after writing you my letter enclosing the clippings 
Paul arrived from CJuito and handed me the letter, already ebe bearing 
the Government's free postage seal, and I supposed he wanted me to 
fojrward it, but he said he had to write Captain Hancock anyway, so 
I handed it back to him and, being surprised, I did not even read it. 
But don't say anything about my comments, because it 
doesn't matter in the least, and in fact the only reason I have 
mentioned it is because more than likely while yourscEEB letter 
was on its way to Mr. Swett, he had already received the invita- 
tion thru Paul Young, and I wanted to explain how it happened. 
Fortunately, I didn't say in my letter to you that I had g4>t the 
invitation, but simply that I saw by the papers that it hdd been 
issued. 
About my own healthy I have had some correspondence with 
a doctor in New York who has'''¥markable success with an anlysis of 
blood samples. I think he works on the homeopathiis principles. 
Anyway, immediately upon receipt of the blood sample and X-ray he 
had a con^ltation with a New York doctor and they both agreed 
that the need of an operation was not proven by the X-ray, and 
that it indicated rather an EKtifEKi artifact in the intestine 
instead of any trouble in the kidney. He has given me series 
of 4 powders, to be taken one each week for four weeks, and if 
the results of a second blood test prove he is on the right track 
he believe>that the trouble may be corrected without an operation. 
In any case, if an operation IS necessary, Parker will 
not do it because he has already backed out of his second viewpoint, 
so in that case it vionld likely be done by Dr. E. A. MacOornack, 
of the British American Hospital in Lima. 
I can see why you think a trip to the States and some 
time in John Hopkins would be of help, especially now that I rea- 
lize that I need the attention of a physician before I turn myself 
over to the tender mercies of a surgeon, but as yet the difficulties 
of such a move for some time to come seem insurmountable. Aside 
from the small fortune which such a trip would cost, any indefinite 
absence from the business under present conditions would be serious 
for reasons which one doesn't like to explain. 
