Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-14
or,AcKERy DENOUNCED.
A Feeling Of rneasincss over the Number
~ nuncL uncfnrs In the CITY.

of Ouack Doctors liz the ttty.
For the mast few months pill push
ers,i and "paregoric sharps' have been
crowding to the city with remarkable
p.rsistency, and n feeling Of uneasiness
prevails lest damage may befall the
Ignorant through their Vaccinations.
At the present time there i no less
than six Of these charlatans In the
city, and each Of them Is plying
his vocation with zeal. They
belong to class Of imposteIs who
hold as the first object in life the ac-
cumulation of money without work
aud failure to return value received
for the same. The men referred 10
here belong to that class OF imposters
who. claiming knowledge Il the
hcalitg att, advertise in flaming letters
under some one of the numerous titles
of quackery and .charlatouism. But
recently the state OF Illinois, aud be il
said much to her credit, enacted a law
through her legislature declining to
recognize the diplomas granted by
certain schouls of medicine, oil the
ground that these so-called schools OF
medicine Issued diplomas TO all appli-
cants who paid for the same the requi-
site amount of money, regardless Of the
applicants ability to practice his pro-
fession. la the enforcement of this
and other laws pertaining 10 the prac-
tice, she has driven beyond her border
hundreds Of incompetent men who to-
day are filling the towns and hamlets
Of Texas and other states. \ few
days ago one Of our most eminent ply
sicians was called TO see an unfortunate
woman who had fallen into the hands
of one OF these sharps and as the. re-
suit of the shamefully ignorant treat
ment she received, the doctor found her
in truly pitiable condition and nearly
crazed.--In such cases, when sense
less claimants OF medical knowledge
endanger the lives Of ignorant people,
and feed with vulture-like greed on
the very life blood of poverty, the
strong arm of the law should interfere
and protect that class cf the coumu-
nifty which must aud viii suffer at the
hands Of these base and unprincipled
impostors. Ii has been truly said that
the scum of the medical profession is
the scum of Gods creation, but when
the scum of charlatons and Quacks in
wade US, il is time for us to look out
An intelligent and public spirited
citizen yesterday called the attention
of a GAZETTE representative 10 this
growing danger in our midst, and sug-
gested that the attention of the proper
authorities be called To the abuse. He
recited few instances TO show that he
was frightened by no bubble.
A negro, with sore toe
that under ordinary surgical treatment
would be cured in two weeks, had his
foot amputated from the instep, by one
of these fellows 10 whom lie applied
for aid. \ woman with Il sore on her
leg was informed by another of them
that he could cure her in two weeks.
She submitted to his treatment, and
he applied some villainous acids 10 the
sore that created horrible
series of burns and reeking wounds all
over her body. 4 regular surgeon
was called in, and were it not for his
timely assistance the woman would
have been dead in two days. AS il is
she Is still In pitiable condition and
will not have fully recovered for
month. Other instances are not
wanting. Neither are tales of rob
berry and eXtortion. The sharps cater to
Ignorance aud bled their victims
freely. Complaints are made all over
the city, and under the circumstances
IL behooves the officers of the law to
see whether some means cannot be
adopted tn abate the nuisance.