Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-16
DIR. L. DIX'S
PRIVATE MEDICAL. OFFICE

PRIVATE MEDICAL OFFICE,
Il EEDIoorr STREET, Bos7oE, MAsss
o ar "a nsed that patients never hear or SOS
Zach other. Recoilect, the only entranes TO his
'ftice is No. 81, having no connection Nth his
residence, consequently tamily interruption,
% that on no account csa any person hesitats
applying at his office,
1sidly ssserts, land it cannot be cOntradicted,
sept by quacks, who viii gay or do anything even
Ieriure themselves, f. impose upon pstients<
hat he
rs THE ONLY REsuLAR GRADUATE PHYSICIAN
ADVERTISING BOTTOM.
TWENTY WEARS
tngaged In treatment Of Special Diseases, fact
% well knoEn TO many citizens. publishers, mer
recommended, and pa rticulsriy 10
sThANGEKsAND TRAVELLERS.
To avoid and escape impositian OF foreign ana
iative quscks. more numerous IN Boston than
'ther large cities,
Jroudiy refers 60 prOfesar- and respectable phys.
eians-many OF whom who consult him in criti-
al cases. because of his acknowledged skin and
-eputstiOn, attained through so long experience
Practice and observation.
AFFLICTED AND UNFORTUHATF,
De not robbed, and add 20 your sufferings In being
deceived by the lying boasts misreYresents tons,
'slse promises and pretensions Of
FOREIGN AND NATIVE oUACKs,
gho know little of the nature and character of
special Diseases, and Less az to their cure. Some
xhibit forged diplomas Of institutions or colleges
shicb never existed IN sny part Of the world /;
theirs exhibit diplomas of the dead, how obtained
Unknown; not ONLY assn ming and advertising
n names Of those inserted in the diplomas, but TO
rurtheT their imposition assume names Of other
celebrated physicians long since dead. Neither be
deceived by
oUACK NosTRUM-MAKERs,
through false certificates and references, and re-
concentrations of their medicines by the dead
Fho cannot expose or contradict them; or who,
Desides, TO further their impositions, copy from
nedicsl books much that IL written Of the orsli-
les and effects of different herbs and plants, and
scribe all the same TO their pills. extracts specf
&C., most of which, if not all, contain mercury
because Of the ancient belief of its ''curing every
hing" but nov known to 'skill more than is
ured," and those not killed, constitutionally in
IGNORANCE OF oUACK DOCTORS AND
NOSTRUM-MAKERs.
Through the ignorance Of the Quack Doctor,
moving no other remedy he relies upon Mercury
and gives it to all his patients in pills. drops &c.
50 the nostrum-maker, equally ignorant, adds to
his so-cslled extracts specific, antidete, &C., both
'eiying upon It's effects IN curing few in hund,
he land but, alas nothing lie said of the ksI-
snce some Of whom die, others grow worse and
are left TO inger or suffer for months or years,un.
III relieved or cured, il possible, by competent
physicians.
BUT ALL QUACKs ARE NOT IGNORANT.
Notwithstanding the foregoing facts are
known to some qusck doctors and nos
srrm-makers, yet, regardless of the life
and health of others, there are those among thsm
vho will even periure themselves, contrsdicting
giving mercury to their patients, that il is con-
aimed In their nostrums, 30 that the "usasI feen
may be obtained for professedly curing, or ssths
iollar," or "fraction of il" may be obtained for
he nostrum. II is thus that many are deceived,
Also and uselessly spend large amounts for erpers
tments with quackery,
DR. L. DIX'E
charges are very moderate. Communicate ns
.acredly confidential, and all may rely on him
vith the strictest secresy and confidence, what
ever may be the disease, condition or situation OF
any one, married or single.
Medicines sent by mail or express to all parts Of
the United States.
All letters requiring advice must contain one
iellaY 60 insure an answer.
Address Dr.. L. Dix, No. Il Enaieott street,
Boston, Mass.
Boston. 1871. feb9deodawlyr.