Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-04-02
NO MORE ss-2YSsC.
Doctors Routed and PHI Esags
AnnisailatGG.

Some queer freak OF pFoVlueoce
brought to this city last week IA man
from Ponea, by the name of Vim, 3
Douthit who visited this place as ar
agent for a work he has written, of which
not ice appeared in the COURIER several
weeks ago. He is a bitter enemy of
doctors, being fully convinced in what
miud he las that it is a profession con.
ceiycd ia iguoral zee, nuytured in STA, and
practiced for moiey. Nothing so dis
gusts him as physic; his brain abhors
q%uiniae, aud the machinery OF his stomach
is avorse 10 pills and salts.
So, to hear his views orally on the
subject, a large number of our people
hired a hall aid advertised him for a
lecture last Friday night. At an carly
hour the ball was filed with fun loving
people to listen to his lecture. He WAS
introduced to the audience by Hon. Alex.
Hughes, who did it in a happy style.
The lecturer began with a scorclGing
| TRADE on the doctors, aud spoke for
| about half AN hour. TO describe his adj
dress would be mpossible-to say that
it was ridiculous would be expressing it
lightly. He wandered back to the year
three huhdred, aud nude a grand leap
of over fifteen centuries to bear down OF
the medical fraternity. He gave the
origin of the whooping cough, humps,
measles, small pox, yellow fever, and
some other other diseases We have forgot
ten. at the close OF his speech he want
ed the doctors to defend themselves.
Just as an attorney of this city was ma
king a plea in defence of medicine a
large Thunderstorm came up, aud the
audience pulled for home. He was per-
suadei to wait a day longer and deliver
a lecture Saturday evening. AT Il very
early hour every inch of sitting room in
the hall was occupied. The fun Satur-
day evening was immense. MI. Douthitt
began his address by stating that he bad
come to deliver the people from the
dal kness of centuries, and then began by
shooting grape and canister at the doc
tors. He said he knew all they did and
what he knew besides" aud called then
frauds and receptions. He again began
to describe disease, aud said that "~caloric
heat was the cause. In case of fever h,
said that the blood became "caliariiied
and ceased to flow in puritential streams
through the perforated interior to th'
inner coatiug OF the exterior known q
the skin"
When he had finished his address al
opportunity was offered to any wht
wished to take issue with him on hi
theories. One gentleman argued tina
the liver was an opaque substance put il
to balance the heart. Another gentle
: man asked him to explain how like cure
. like, and another wanted q recipe from
+ the speaker how tn make people tax
the whooping cough. The most redic,
, lous questions were asked, all of whic
were taken by the speaker in dead cal
n nest. When any one would advance a
! idea contradicting some Of his assertion
he would jump up and RIP and tear, an
quite often say some real sharp things.
l At Que time Mr.. Douthitt may hav
possessed far above average inteiligeuc,
but he has abused his mind, and is real
" insane OF the subject IF medicin,
: We pity the man in his affection, bt
u with all the sport made Of HIM III til
city he was well paid for the way h
j made the people laugh. and should fe,
good to know that liz made more none
than many purely sane men have mad
U for b last ak WEAka.