Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-25
DR. L. DIX'S

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PRIVATE MEDICAL OFFICE,
81 ErpIoorI STREET, BosrSS, MASS.
ar "a nged that patients never hear or see
each other Recoilect, the only entrance TO his
Office il No. 81, having connection with his
residence, consequently no family interruption,
so that on no account can any person hesitate
applying at his Office.
boldly asserts land it cannot be contradcted, e1-
cept by quacks, who will say or do anything, even
that he
Is THE ONLY REGULAR Graduate PHYSICIAN
ADVERTISING IN BOSTON.
TWENTY YEARS
engaged in treatment Of Special Diseases, fact
so well known to many citizens, publishers, mei
chsnts hotel proprietors, &C., that he is much
recommended, and pa rtieulsrly TO
sTRANGERsAND TRAVELLERS
To avoid and escape imposition of foreign and
native quacks. more numerous IN Boston Thai
otheriarEe Cities DR DIX ..
proudly refers to professors and respectable phys
icians-many of whom who consult him in crit
al ca because of his acknowledged skill and
reputation, attained through 30 long experience
p'"' AFFLICTED AND UNFORTUNATE,
4 robbed, and add to your sufferings in beint
be q. ~ the lying boasts, misrepresentation
false promise I'D NATIVE oUACKs,
~no tnoa Iitts Of the aatuIe and character
Special Diseases, and less g. >-tions or colleges
exhibit forged diplomas Of inst,s> the vsrld
which never existed in any part -btaipei
others exhibit diplomas of the dead, how '-'ns
unknown; not only assn ming and sdvertaA
in names Of those inserted in the diplomas, but
further their imposition assume names Of other
celebrated physicians long since dead. Neither be
oUACK NosTRUM-MAKERs,
through false certificates and references, and re
Communications OF their medicines by the dead
who cannot expose or contradict them; or who
besides to further their impositions, copy from
medical books much that is written of the quail
ties and effects of different herbs and plants and
sscrbe all the same to their pills, extracts specif
les, &C., most Of which, if not all, contain mercury,
because Of the ancient belief of ts "curing every
thina,o but nov known to s'kill more than is
cured" and those not killed, constitutionally in
1f SsT iSl OF oUACK DOCTORS AND
Observation-Disclosures.
Through the ignor lance Of the ouaek Doctor,
knowing no other remedy he relies upon Mercury
and gives it to all his patients in pills, drops, &C.,
90 the nostrum-makeI, equally ignorant, adds TO
his so-caled extracts specific, antidete, &C. both
relying upon its effects in curing few in hund,
red, it is trumpeted in various ways throughout
the land but, alas nothing Is SAID OF the bal.
are left to inger suffer for months or year, un-
til relieved OF cured, il possible, by competent
RHys,' ALL ouACKs ARE NOT IGNORANT
Notwithstanding the foregoing facts
known to some Quack doctors and
yet, regardless Of the life
and health Of others, there are those among thsn
Who will even periure themselves, contradictins
giving mercury TO their PATIENTS or that it is
Sained In their nostrums, that the "usasl fee"
NAV be obtained for professedly curing, s'ths
dollar or "fraction of it, may be obtained for
the nestrum 1t is thusthst many are deceived,
Also and uselessly spend large amounts for exper.
iments with Quackery. ......
DR.. l.. DIX'S
charges are very moderate. Communications
sacredly confidential, and all may rely on him
with the strictest secresy and confidence, what
ever may be the disease, condition situation o.
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
dellar to insure an answer.
Address DR.. L. Dix, No. Fl EDdicett street,
Boston, Mass.
Boston. 1871. feb9deod&wlyT-