The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-04-26
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mere mas Deen presented
to us the 81 and % No of the Cecil
Wing and particularly the pieces over the
signiture OF M, d. we acknowledge
i, must be provoking to man that has
prepared himself alColege and then stud
led and paid for his diplomas to the tune
of 600 to $1,000 to see his trade com
peaed by Samuel Thompson no wonder
they feel wrohey ah so it was with lhe
Buccle makers when shoe strings came
i'll, fashion the trade was spoiled, now
Mr.. M. ID. has appealed to the press 10
relnstatc him, we suppose; well we say SO
mote 1t be, and let the people Judge for
themselves.
passing notice to the caption Medical
Quackery what constitutes Quackery Is ii
only the Ignorant! such as Thompson and
his adhearents or do the learned NJ. DIS
ever commit the sin certain Deplon.a
Doctor was called in on case Of Olsen.
tary he being the Family Doctor he was
solicited by the head of the family to use
some of DR. Sappington pills all said the
Doctor they are Quack Medicine every
lning that is secret or not published is
Quackery we suppose that every thing or
Medicine the Deplomatiscd DR. ain. &C
quanted with is Quackery a Genleelman
III cincinnati was aNaced with rhumatism so
severely as to be confined to his bed for
five or six month the Physician gave him
no relief but rathar aggravated his COM
plant poor woman from the country
said she could cure it by certain herb
tea in twenty four hours after tie use Of
the tea he was able to walk his room the
Doctor called aud was astonishad at the
change and was informed what had pro-
duced it Pshaw sad he knew that rem
10y long ago and said the patient why did
you not relieve me from such eXcrutiating
sutlerings because said the DR.. very cool.
ly they remidy was not sci down in our
Books the Newspapers inform us DR.
Samuel Thompson Died in his Seventy
third year of his age so what he has done
is history and ii is said one of his agents
Horton Howard sold in the buck eye state
one hundred and fifty thousand 5 of
Rights according to caslom DR. Thomp-
son got one half of that its is said the DR.
had agents in every state in the union a
low calculation is he got ten thousand &,
from every state why really that is not
slow for an ignorant Quack the Revd.
John Wesley sais Physicians endeavor TO
keep the people in ignorance he sas in
the beginning there was no more mystery
| than this Such a medicine cures such a
diseas Experience shoes says Mr. Wesley
that Que thing will cure most disorders
as we'll as twenty put together and he
then asks why SO many merchants
should be employed as are by the Ply
sicians he answers the question by re"
marking only TO swell the apo,hecary's
bill nay probably on purpose to proong
the distemper that the Doctor and he
may divide the spoils | read in Walsons
life of Wesley that he authorised his
preachers to carry Medicines in their
Saddle bags to administer to their people
also the Rcyd Ashbury orders Wesley
PRIMITIVE Phisic yes and employs Dir
Henry Wilkins to get him a DR. Book for
his Preachers and People two Books
bount together price SO els and what sails
the Book why never employ man that
has not the fear Of God before his Eyes,
all these fine set of Quacks or men a.
greeing with 5. Thompson shall we take
a passing view of what the Nj. d. say of
each other Dr. Good says the science Of
Medicine is barberous jargon and the
the effects of our medicine on the human
systom are in the highest degree uncer-
tain except indeed that they have already
destroyed more lives than war Pesilenc
and famine combined DR. Abercombie
sails we own our systom dele ctve and The
action of our remedies in the highest de"
gree uncertain.
What are their active remidies that are
not poisonous and destructive of life
Murcury said DR.. Rush is the Goliah Of
Medicine it is certainly Goiah to des>
troy it is the uncircumcised Philsian of
Medicine who dehes the living armies of
the living God the numbers slain by his
arm let India and america and the world
witness the multitude of the vally of
Harmon Cog would not eaqual the
countless hosts if mustered on the field
of the slain or arrayed before the eyes Of
the world the heroic medicines as they
are emphatically called deserve indeed a
considerable shear of the pras of the
CAESARS and Alexanders of The world pow
erIul to destroy heroic in blood havoc
and devastation it was the beat of Alex
ander have made aisle Desert have
trampled down lis inhabitants aad pros
trated its ancient renown we say with
DR.. Samuel Thompson throw away your
minral polsons sinking trash the health
annoy never use them bu. on vermn
wlch Pm sure they will destroy rosy
health well crown your efforts pallid
cheeks will disappear seepIess nights
and dreams unpleasant you'll no longer
have to fear there is nothing in the histo-
ry of Quacary 10 be compared 10 Thomp-