The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-16
DR.. |. H. L0NGD0N
ON
MEDICAL QUACKERY!
Facts with which the Sick should
be Well Acquainted.

I'm th.seti times OF so much medical SpecuId-
,f1, ana GnTrEo,y, itiS but right that the m
valid public should be well iorhhed
against all attempts al imposition anu
fuIly guarded against every Ito-
MAN theory and deceptive system OF
medical practice which transcend tnc
bounds of reason. When they see in the
newspapers or elsewhere, PTeltnHloilS I"
wondcrnuS learning and skill in the treat
mcnt of disease, by men having no dGtdthg
Lol,s or pcJJadHtN, hGbtntlOn, ltlncratlnS
from city 10 city, il may safely De set down
To the account OF meticdt OrOEcrdge ana
,u.cJ,Igiiyu, such cunninglN devised publ.
Intinns, under the plausible head of Let
tcrS," but paid for rs advertisements are
well calculated To deceive; but these pre-
tensions seldom have any foundation III
truth or lust claim to confidence, no mat
ter with how much parade OF learning or
ppsitivcncSS OF assertion they are made. II
This be so, Il prudent man VIII cohSldoF
well before Vcnturing ms hcailn-haN'
more, his liie-in such hands. fdLSuS III
,inO 6iiSLS in OHNibu-taISe Ill one H'H'y,
false in Trcrythmg-iS safe maxim, ana
those who disregard ii may be- cruelty de-
ccivcd For years our country has witness
cd the boldest, most impudent and mon
strouS impu>itiOnS in the way Oh traNeilhS
Sclf-Stylcd physicians. The fhnphtl oI
"Ncdicntcd inhalation claims lhat thlS
treatment in has hdnCiS, cures all diseases OF
the lungs Notwithstanding It's utter iitil,
urr to do so has been fully demonstrated
nv the whole medical profession, both OF
this country and Europe. Yet ms dGN,
irons and rhetorical Letters ana Iarun
are well calculated TO miSlcad me puliho-
| nary invalid, and the speculation lot
| time, and OAiy jar Il time, succeeds, money
/ flows in, but, alas, mol one oi All me thou-
sand victims of the Wudtc practice IS eyer
ruycd: while not "A few sink more faplulE
and certainly TO the grave. no does hoU
remember the career of OLeary, fuller,
LYONS, Stcarns, and numerous DINERS OF
this class, and their fearful llnposltlohs on
the Wheeling public? Nlnt-trnthS OF
these men are rs ignorant OF tne anatomy
of the human body and lis organs, the
nature of disease and its treatment. aS 4
monkey is of tluXiOnS and the dlilcrential
calculus: vet they have the hardihood ana
i,uIyuSbftIg i,nUruicncs To pirate OF skill ana
| rXprricncc, superior to regular ana we'll
| educated physicians, ana deal out Tue LlosI
/ reckless abuse To the best men IN the pro-
/ f. s,iOn. To give themselves caste ana u
! yEO,r of medical learning, they talR Oh thGir
1 connection with Constitutes, hospitals
| and "lnfrmari"S" that never iiau an tx ~
| fence. The Howard Association, " Balti-
/ nnrr Lock Hospital" "Girard Medical
/ DiSpcusarv." "PITTSBURGH THROAT
! AND Ii 81 INSTITUTE" each compos-
! ed of ono man are all myths existing only
| i'm name. We Will pay on" thousand d""d'S
! for the Droyf OF any one Of these ODgnS m
I StitutiOnS to the JrctenSlDhS OF their SELF
| constituted authors; and we dcig any one
| of the travelling doctors in the lniteu
/ STATES 10 show Il wcll-authculicated Dlplo-
/ ma from any respectable Medical College
! I'm This country or elsewhere.