The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-22

without notice; suffering was too plainly written
"we,n said he .she ia the wife OF one OF our nrst
citizens. ] was called about year ago 70 attend
her Tor some slight inlammatory trouble, which In
spite OF 81 ADVICE, she would increase bv dancing
and late hours. As consequence was not success
full in reducing 1t. She became irritated and i'm
patient and by the advice of some female friends
went to that old scoundrel In - street. He insisted
thar she had been the victim OF malpractice and
agreed 70 cure her In three months. Instead OF
three she was under his care ak months, and at the
husband came for me 70 visit her again.
on doctor, said she, as entered the room. 4
will be, De gooa 100 now VIM indeed win DO you think you
II looked at her emaciated figure and hollow
eyes," continued the physician. with blending OF
love- pity and anger that never felt before
oIten nave patients come TO me after they have
been nearly killed by these devis-and said to nv
self that Q wonderful responsibility rests with the
mine and tremb ed, vowing that they shall be SO
thoroughly instructed In knowledge OF their own
mechanisms SO awe TO the great possibilities OF
REFORM that tney shall have neither time nor incli
nation to waste on such Internal nonsense as clair
voyance or any other humbugn You who have not
tenders can form no adequate Conception OF their
number. Six female clairvoyants have retired with
iortunes.one OF them having been presented with
sation for the good she had done HIM. The most
distinguished OF these Gotham doctresses
CT an entirely dn,S
agreement between them being that my physical
organism was most lamentably out OF fix. One had
woman hold her hand until she reached that pc
culiar state when fellows Intervals are exposed to
view, and the way she went into mine was truly
wonderui. lpaid my money and received my pre-
scripuon Tor tumor on the liver. Shades OF Galen
what conglomeration Of medical terms. That very
evening called upon friend and found the lady
about six months lay in strong commissions
servant.
.Tell her to come immediately
"Wny not nave regular DhySiciauv tnQu1red.
ION; because Madame - has had the care OF
baby FOR the last two months, and she knows al,
mentioning one OF the most respectable medical gen.
temen in New York;. "But would not dare send Tor
about its face and head, and the doctor said that
time and time alone could bring 1t into healthy
condition again, and he only gave her Just the least
bit Of medicine. Somebody told me OF Madame -
and she insisted that this idea OF slow recovery
all nonsense and offered to cure 1t in three weeks
and sure enough she hasn't ,plmple even now" ),
felt very much like saying but controlled myself,
feeling that the woman's fooshness had met with
sufficient punishment without additional censurc
from me. The servant soon returned.
MADAME Is in a trance and can not be dis
turbed" was the word sent by the oircating female
The family physician was then driven for. Within a
half hour ne was in the chamber OF death-f0r the
babe was Just breathing It's last breath as the doctor
assembled the stairs.
Il see / am too late," said the old gentlemen
kindly.
.But, my dear Mrs. -, what have you been
burst OF tears was the first answer, and then she
proceeded to give him detailed account OF her igno
rance and f0Olshness.
sThe babe Nigh. have died with the best Of care,
he REPLIED taking the trembling hands Of the
stricken mother In hiss 'but let this be lesson to
which is solely the result Of dollars and cents" III
there was only somebody who loved humanity
enough to put stop to these wretchsd impositons
be allowed to flourish just as long as there are men
and women foolish enough to be gued by Them"
said the doctor as he passed out with me.
every week am called upon to witness some
such narrowing scene as this. II 1t is not murder
what the dickens Is itr'
That's what want to know. The weak and foolish
VIII continue to place their lives in the power OF
these unprincipled practitioners. These individuals
seem TO have sense enough in other departments OF
they may not consult whom they please but there
should be q law prohibiting men and women unable
ne mGss actor rom e
ance puts up the wrong prescription, causing serious
illness or death, the public are Mortified. and Justly
too. They demand that these employees shall produce
the best references Of ability Semi-occasionally we
have accidents OF this Kind but more frequently In
stead OF making mistake IN regard to preparing
some M. DIS prescription 1t isAound that the trouble
arises from the attempt to prescribe themselves.
This is terribly wrong. No drug clerk should
in the blending OF Chemicals as old Els.
culapus himself, to prescribe for customer.
Hundreds OF these clerks, like the clarvoyants and
splritualistic physicians, would not know a liver
from heart n they were laid out before them. and
two-thirds are az ignorant Of their own mechanism
as children. Are these the ones to whom we should
entrust ourselves for treatment' The murders-yes,
murders committed every year by those professional
quacks- are enough TO startle apathetic Americans
even into determination 10 protest against such
wholesale slaughter, such barbarou5 tamperng with
life.
The last place visited the presiding spirit was q
lady OF color who pretended TO locate all diseases
for the astonishingly low price OF twenty-five cents,
treatment for the same being c0rrespondngy cheap.
Her residence IS a rlckety old shanty most wretch
edly located. Notwithstanding these drawbacks TO
persons OF delicate senslbties her rooms were filled,
ana so far as outward appearances evlnced most
respectfully Here was the poor consumptve here the
dyspeptic here poor woman with some neuralgia
difficuty-thrteen In all, twelve OF which were
women. IL IL needless TO state that the solitary
masculine sgentieman OF color by the way, looked
exceedingly out OF place. lie was not allowed to re-
man long silent; for one OF the group commenced
a conversation about Fred. Douglass in which he
joined with great gusto, displaying more ivory than
sense, however.
.reIi me colored people are not az intelligent as
whites,r she remarked. as he marched into the
audience chamber to the tune OF "Next,"
.srhat man knows deal more than some OF our
Senator's
stunning compliment TO the good sense and in
telligence OF the American people who were In
strumenta In choosing these representatives. dis
covered also In this weeks visit that clarvoyant3
and counsulters OF mediums generally are all agreed
upon the question OF the great intellectual ability OF
the coored race, aud AL strongly Impressed with
the truth OF phrenology also. Comment Is unne-
cessary.
"fIow long have you been aings. inquired the
buxom Dlnah "a took my seat at her request By
the side OF a Tiny pine table.
"That is for you to tell.r replied
sPraps you think Amt up TO Just such smart
folks you be,n was the charming reply; and then
she commenced TO shuttle pack OF dirty cards most
energetically.
Thought you were O clairvoyant physician"
observed. gancing at the cards.
$50 am; but use these to steady my mind. NOW
I've got Il, holding up the deuce OF spades.
1.-TWO years, two months, two weeks or two days;
am inclined to think IL Is two months" aud then
was treated 20 description Of my malady. IL was
an inflammation Of the mucous membrane OK the
heart case" What do you think OF that, on ye
genuine followers OF Esculapiusi This disease, she
declared, was very rare, only occurring In persons
very susceptible to outside Influences. give tins
twaddle re7ibdtn.
A fearful responsibility does, indeed rest with the
educators OF our girls. Mental culture has been IN
All the past d0led out TO them most grudginRly.
Taught before they are out OF pantaets that some
man with open arms stands ready TO receive them,
and that smattering OF French and an operate
sonata all that necessary for life education
what wonder that they shipper and faint consult
mediums and drift into all manner OF foolishnessf
Give your girls something to do-not walt until they
are eighteen and then thrust husbands upon them,
and the cares OF matrimony, which, from lack OF
previous mental discipline they are totally unpre
pared for. on for some law to drive humbuggery
from our midst; another regulating marriage, and,
my word on IT. there would be less casting VI b0ro-
aonlf ovwa