The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-13
DR.. |. H. L0NGD0N
ON
MEDICAL 0UACKERY !
Facts with which the Sick Should
be Well Acquainted.

In these times of so much medical SpecuId-
tiDD and gtdckerV, il is but right that the In
valid public should be well fortified
against all attempts at imposition anu
fully guarded against every ITO
MAN theory and deceptive system of
medical practice which transcend the
bounds of reason. When they see IN the
newspapers or elsewhere, pretenSlohs 10
wonderous learning and skill in the treat
mcnt of disease, by men having no abiding
home or permanent hdGudtion, itineratlng
from city to city, II may safely be set DOWN
To the account Of medical brokerage ana
x,,,cuI1tigH, such cunningly devised publ
cations, under the plausible head OF Let
t.rS" but paid for rs advertisements, are
well calculated TO deceive; but these pre-
tensions seldom have any foundation III
truth or Just claim 10 confidence, no mat
Ter with how much parade OF learning or
poSitivencss OF assertion they are made. ii
This be so, a prudent man VIII consider
well before venturlng his nealth-nay,
more, his lite-in such hands. FdtSuS w
uuo EulslLS in OmHt6uS-falSc in one hng,
false in creJ.ythiHg-iS a safe maxim, ana
those who disregard il may be cruelty de-
ccivcd For years our country has witness
ed the boldeSt, most impudent ana mon
StrouS impOSitionS in the way OF travelling
sclf-Stylcd physicians. The ihoPhet OF
.'Medicated Inhalation" claims that tins
treatment, IN his hands, cures all diseases Oh
the lungs, Notwithstanding It's utter iall-
urc to do so has been fully demonstrated
Nv the whole medical profession, Doth OF
this country and Europe. Yet his dcX-
trouS and rhetorical Letters and "Cards'
are well calculated to miSlead the pulmO-
nary invalid, and the speculation iOr
time. and OHly j0r Il time, succeeds. Money
flows in, but, alas, not One of all the thOu-
sand victims of the WiLSire practice ~ erer
curcd: while not Il few sink more rapidly
and certainly To the grave. VINO does not
remember the career of O'Leary, ruler,
Lyons, Stcarns, and numerous others oil
this class, and their fearful impoSltions on
the Wheeling public" Nlne-tentns OF
these men are rs ignorant of the anatomy
nature of disease and its treatment, as Il
monkey is of fluXlons and the ditlerential
calculus; yet they have the hardlhood anu
ulIbiUshing trnpndcnce To pirate oi skill ana
experience, superior to regular ana Well
educated physicians, and deal out the most
reckless abuse to the best men in the pro-
frSSiOn. TO give themselves caste ana Il
ShDU of medical learning, they talk OF thelr
| connection with Constitutes, '"HOSpltals'
! and "IuiirmaricS" that never had an eXls-
! tencc. The Howard Association "Balti-
! more Lock Hospital" "Girard Medical
! DiSpenSary." "PITTSBURGH THROAT
| AND LUNG INSTITUTE" each compos-
| cd of one man, are all myths, existing only
/ in name. We will pay One thousand dDHG'S
| for the prOOj of any one of these bogus m
| StitutiOnS to the pr'tenSiOnS OF their sell
constituted authors; and we dStH any one
of the travelling doctors in the United
states To show Il wcll-authcnticated Dlplo-
ma from any respectable Medical IolIeSe
in this country or elsewhere.