>>> we only find FUD, refusal to check his results (Heidelberg or rather Tübingen) and the attempts to assassinate him from one side, and to take over his results by some of his disciples.
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>I'd recommend that you compare this story to that of a proper medical pioneer. E.g. Brian Barratt-Boyes. Brian overturned a lot of established medicine but rather than being assassinated or struck off, he was lauded by manufacturers and medical establishments all over the world and was Knighted twice. Why? Because he worked hard to turn his own expertise into reproducible success by others and to validate his beliefs rather than demanding that he is the Oracle. He neither had nor would have tolerated disciples and he repeatedly demonstrated that success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. So somebody who bursts onto the scene claiming 100% inspiration without the required hard work to validate their discovery- well, they could be the luckiest person you ever met to come up with a wonder cure so easily, but Occam's Razor says different.

That's the point. This guy isn't a hack who came out of nowhere with a WAG theory. He was a doctor at an university clinic, holds a patent to a surgical tool (IOW, already was rich enough), spends a number of years testing and re-testing his theory, has a success rate significantly above the statistics (IIRC, 6000 out of 6500 were cured), so the 1:99 ratio was, IMO, true in his case. And his results were repeated by others. And then his story turns into benighted instead of knighted.