The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-02

this system except 10 open once. negotiate for
diploma imported from Europe and nled out with
without further ceremony. IL might be advisable,
perhaps, TO have on hand copy Of the "pispen-
that handy Volume may be dispensed with until the
candidate has accumulated practlce. Really tho
only two III .ngs absolutely needed are 10 rent an
ONCE and import a diploma unless It be the trlv.s
matter OF q sgnboard announcing, "Pill Pundlt,
D." Anew more hse e as tor sn Of capas
would look learned. ana, as capita, ie.eers ", 10
no, ,,e on m aS o. m es are 20
easily got nowadays that there 10 really no reason
why one should not have dozen OF them, espe-
IL NAV be added, however, that the dav has not
come for anything more than limited success IN
taken win manifest misgivings. making the bush
ness really Improbable from want OF demand; ana,
as matter OF no practical Importance sne Topic
based-so saIa-upon the idea OF importing Old
diplomas and altering the names, which. OF Course
oUAOKERY IN sPECIALTTEs.
The most fruitful source OF qusckesy in the medi-
uon Of specalties, and especially the specially OF
obstetrc surgery. The specially has liz mastorsE
Meos aFe and Sr two or p others If
ton al scientific masters-but, as = rule larger
class Of quacks have betaken themselves 70 tnis
specially than 10 any other, aId 0bstetri0
surgery and practice has become In some cases q
synonym Tor pretence without corresponding So
idity. In fact there are to-day practising In this
Speciality not less than 100 quacss witnn Iae MetrO-
politn District VINO are empires OF me worst class.
besides being oflen Ia league with wee aud crini-
nalty How many times cases OF malpractice
ntentlonal covered By the diploma Ut the spe-
cast question upon when We ueed not enter.
since the greater number OF the most criminal
quacks IN the city are to be found mere, as tho
dozens OF deaths by malpractice testify. Ihese men
are to tue eye however, dip onaed men, ana seem
TO be engaged In legitimate practice; onIy could one
get look oenind the scenes and ascertain exactly
what their large fees are for different story thero
would be 10 DC told. The surface III these cases ID
nothing; the undercurrent everytn ng; ald yet with
frequently occurring cases coroners nnd IL dlmculC
TO receive evidence OF actual ma practice sufficient
10 commit tue culprit. In FACT win NJ LEASH
score Of cases per year snoecea 70 Tue
ton has occurred for the past three or four years.
the dicnlIy fferreting out tine real circumstances
OF the decease. surrounded as tile practitioner ID
with minons being too great to be ove come
AS rule the larger proportion Of this class are
buzZards Ia the purIeus or vice ana iasten tnere-
uoon as real buzzards atten upon carrion-drawng
thereirom their sustenance and support. Ia these
locations and IN the poorer sections Oi the citysee
East Broadway and BeecKer street.-the worst class
OF empires Ia to be found IN swarns, anu yet noSt
OF them are dpioma-armed, anu can only De ous.eu
for demonstrated malpractce-a thln4 very dincult
TO demonstrate, as mas Deen proved ny frequent IN.
| quests These are to the medical profession whae
Iomps shyster is to the legallts Iepers and I'M
clean, whom 10 come IN contact with Is 10 al VIC
TIM. The emprcism Of the clan Is easily demonstra-
ted. Not long since an article appeared In leading
| medical journal advocating the u,e OF eesamn In
fevers, and detailing cases In which II had been al
mnistered with great dement, Inc bleecker st,ees
deadest poison In the materia medica III cases OF
local affections and IL was not until tue 60 oaer mao
| been supplied with case or two aud sensation
had occurred that they desisted from their murder
Gus experiments.
more than q passing norce. Ausion Is made to the
xAGSRrIoo-HrALING INsTIrUTEs,
OF which q couple have already sprung up In the
cily-one IN University place and one IN Great Jones'
sIreetberetofore specified as tnoronshiare OF tne
magnetic phase OF quacKery, "a East broadway aud
Bieecker street are thoroughfares Of another
and equally disreputable phase. Tnis system:
| 40 far as can be ascertalned upon superficial
examination was invented by certain Mr.. Newton,
| OF Rhode island, supposed to be physician or az
| FROM Maine to California in the dissemination Of his
| special healing HOBBY for the scientific basis Oh
mentary enough to the Apostles 70 aiaace them a.
proofs that something may be done " the laying on
| Of hands. The doctor disisiDs all drugs. votes
the materia medica an invention OF the devil, ana
insists that he Is just as specially gted IN shat sort
OF way as Saviour was. In tact, having special
| mission, the doctor turns ma penny thereby and
deals for q consideration personally both
to the crucinxion OF poverty, which 10 DAD enough
ana the crucinxion OF the Cross WHICH Is fatal,
| though perhaps sometimes deserved even In these
The Great Jones street system 10 q somewhat modi-
| Ned form of that OF the wandering apostle ai0re-
| said, the notifications consisting Ia pretence Of
adopting the materia medica 70 toe magnetic hobby
ootomy 30 Tar rs the patient Is concerned. In .
word In Great Jones street the patient made pro.
ia rnmored, TO the extent Of 5000 or $4,000 for
| single laying on OF hands.
Attention ought to be called 70 the abuses prac-
| ticed by these s0caled institutions anu others o.
ike import Not few OF them are literally dens OF
| villany, adding the av0cation OF the procuree9
| 10 that or the professional Quack, or IN othef
cases obtaining possession Of facts detrimental y
the reputation Of the over confdlng patient di@
vulgcd and picking him IS vulture picks CARTON.
by means Of threats Of exposure. q. science, how
art thou made 70 cover more sins san the 0raaseae
hy to what latuites wiit thou not lend ear IA ny
absurd passion for the marvellous O. bLlitersd
Doctor what fOies ere not com mitted IN thy mama
a 4 a.
lect Of ducks and practice Of doctors what u 70 -
thy next tune upon the profitable eddie string 81
popular credulttyf The magnetic healing fiction u
ten years DID, and has gone TO seed In the narborip4
ana evolution Of VICE. TRY something new OoO4
reddn Of the historical laws Of medical quacK-
cry, as Is demonstrated by historical investigation
Of it, career in New York.