The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-06
DR.. |. H.. LONGDON
MEDICAL \ OUACRE i !;
Facts with which the Sick should BIO Well
Acquainted.

In these times Of ~ much BiallNA speculation aEi
quackCrV II II hut right that tho lHVald public
should BY we'll fortified alPNst all lttunIa VI I'm
position aud fraud, Tho sick should h. carefully
guarded asaIna eyGry nIOplan Theory and deceptive
syStel' Of medical praCIleoI which transcend tho
bounds Of reason, When they @e IN The EcwslHl-
papers OF elsewhere, prHlensOli 10 wordeFDns learn.
Ing aud skill IN ilI treatment VI disease, by nen
having no lbkIiaV home Or ptrRqNrAI habildiiOg,
itincrllllg from city to city, may MIely le SOt
down 10 Tho accInntOi melitli brokerage aid SIEc-
Hldiign. such Cnnnlngly deVisnl publications un-
der tbs plausible head ui "LeitfFI,h but pa Or Us
aincriiItmcaiI, am well calculated TO deceive; hut
lllpe ITGiChsiOns seldom have lny foundation In
truth or lust claim to onAdpncP no matter with
how much parable Oi learning Or pOsltiVcnes Of u.s.
aTllOn they arc made. II this le NJ, prudent man
viii consider well before yCntuFng his lRlth-nay,
nOTe, his llie-in such hands. EilIuI In HllO GiIng
IN ORlHibHS-lalSI In QUE hiHg Ialsn In ereryhhg-
Is sale maxim, aud lhOSO who disregard Il may h.
cruelty deceived, For yGlfs or country Inns vii.
nGSsctl Tho bOldGSt, mUsl impnlrnt and INDUSTRIOUS
mpOsltOns IN tic way VI travelling slI.stylCd ply
siClana Tho Prophet Of "Aletllcel lnhalaiiOlln
claims that this treatment, ~ hS hands CIlrVs all
diseases Ol the lungs, Notwithstanding its NtlDr
failure 10 to N has beCn fully demonstrated by the
whole medical profession, bOll Of this country and
Europe, Yet Ills dOxtruus anil rhetorical "lGllGrS'
aIl "CanlB aTe well calculated 10 lnlScOd tho pull
m0nary invalid, and tue speculation for time, aud
only Jar iinE succeeds, AlOIOy llOWS n hut, nlas,
wv uHt VI VII wv liuuSlul NWtlHh VI Nuu lNuStiN
pnlctlCO IL Fret cured while nut few sink mOrO
nmlly AlLh certainly 10 the grave. Who docs not
remember the career VI Wle1ry, Fuller, Lyons,
Slearls nhd numerous 0trn Ol This class and their
fearful mpOsltOns on tho Wheeling public? Nine
entsOi these men are ~ ignorant II tho anatomy
Of the human hdy aud liz OrgulS, the nature Of
disease and la treatment, as monkey isOi inxiOnS
Ninl The rGntlnl calculus; yet they have the har.
IL hUO,l and NHAHIhing tAPhdence 10 pirate VI skill
AMI pXperence, shIGTlpT to regular aud Tel.elnc-
ted phySCialls, and deal ont tho most reckless abue
to the bCst men In hD prOiessiUn. TO give them.
selves caste aud IhOlb Of mClIcal learning, they
talk Of their connection with "lnsilnlCS," "llOspi-
tails nnl "lnlrnarics" TINT never had an exit
tenCG. The Howard Association "lhllinlote
lARk llNspllal,n "GiFanl Medical DIspensary,"
"plTTSB0 roll TIIROAT AND LUNG INSTI-
FVTE" each composed Of me man, arc all myths,
existing only In name. WO will pay one ihONAIai
dollars for Tile prof Of any one 81 these bogus nSti-
tons 10 the IreieHiOi II thDlr ACOnslltuiNl HIl-
lhoAi and We icfV any one Ol The travelling doctor.
In the United States 10 show Well.aulhgnl lCatrl
Diploma FROM hny respectable Mellcal College III
THIS country Or elsewhere.