The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-04
DR.. |. H. LONGDoN
MEDICAL QUACKERY
Facts with which tho Sick should be Well
Acquainted.

In these times Of 70 much Reiio1l speculation and
qilekTy, II Is but right that tho invalid public
should b9 well fortified against all Attempa At In.
position and FRAUD Tho sick Should bO carefully
guarded against every utopian theory and deceptive
system Of medical practice which transcend tho
bounds Of reason When they BC0 In the peWSTa.
papers or elsewhere pfctenSlohs 10 woldcrous learn
Ing and skill In The treatment Of disease, by men
having no abiding hOma Or permanent hdbtlrilOH,
ltinCraung from city 10 city, u may safely DO eel
down 10 Tho account Of medical brokerage and Ipec.
uLlii0n. Such CUnnlngly devised publications, IN.
dit1iiIemeHb arc well calculated TO deceive; but
tllCsG protenSons seldom lave any foundation IN
truth or lust claim 10 confidence, no matter with
how much paFude Of learning or poaitVeneas Of as
sertlOn they are made. II this DO 10, prudent man
will consider well before Ventring his ilCalth-nAy
moro, his llle-n such hands FdlsuS In ufO, IkF4l
IN Onnibs--tAse In one hingy false In eterythtHg-
Is sniC maxim, and those who disregard II may bo
cruelty deceived. For years our country has wit.
messed the boldest, most inpudent and niOnSttoul
mpOSiOns In the way Of travelling seli.sLyled ply.
Rlclans Tho Prophet Of "AiOdlcatOd Inhalatlonh
claims that this treatment, NJ 40 hdMdJ, cures al
dgcase9 Of the lung, Notwithstanding IL utter
failure 10 Ito 30 has been fully demonstrated by tho
whole medical profession, both Of this country and
Europe. Yet Ills dcxtrouS and rhetorical MLAtlefSh
and "CardS' arc vol calculated 10 mlSleod the pull.
mQnary invalid, and the speculation for time, and
only for time, succeeds Money flows In, but, alas
moi ohe Of oil tho thousand Victims Of the tlufitt
practice u eter cured; willis not ioW sink more
mpldiy AtItl certainly 10 Tho grave, Who docs not
remember tue career Of OLeafy, Fuller, Lyons
Stenrns and numerous oher1 Of ttIs class and their
fearful linpOsitlOnS oil the Wheeling publlc2 Nine.
tenthS0f these mon arc rs ignorant Of The anatomy
Of tho human bOly anil is organs, the nature Of
disease and lS treatment IA monkey Is Of iluxlonA
and tho dlfercrtal calculus yet they have tho hat.
dlhoOd and HnbIuthih1 i1pHdenoe 10 pirate Of skill
and experience, superior 10 regular and well-Oducl.
ted physicians and deal out lilo most reckless abuse
10 tho best mon IN 10 profession. 10 give them.
selves caste and !hOg u medical learning, they
talk Of thCt connection With "IhsituteS 'lfOspi.
tails" and "lnArmAfiCS" that never had an exls.
tciicO. Tho Howard Association" baltimore
lOck Hospital" nGlrafd Medical Dispcnnry,n
TP1TTSDORG1t THROAT AND LUNG 1NSfI.
TUTE" each composed Of ora man, arc all nyiht
existing only In ndms. We will pay On6 lhoSand
todrt ior the prpQf Of any one Of these bogus lnStu-
tons 10 the fTeHSont Of their Sclfconitltulel au-
thotst and we df(v any ono Of the travelling doctors
In The United States 10 show well.aH Authenticated
Diploma from any respectable Medical College III
thlA country or elsewhere
N0rk-Dr. tongdOn 10 permanently e4kattLsaed
ID Wheeling and may DO relied on for professional
Integrity and skill. ffo dCyote9 special attention
10 oil Chronic diseases, embracing CAlafrh, Sore
ihR6al nFNNnbtllR AstkHAa 1NH H1n6Nt, fIInF, at3d