Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-02-12
. An Indian Doctor.
HOW THE PUBLIC Is swINDLED BY ouACKs.


Boston Globe.
| The doctor has retired now on comforta-
Bile competency, at As years of age or therea-
bouts, and this is the story he tells of his
career as treater of the ills of mankind.
For years his hair streamed down his back,
and there was poised upon hi. head SOM
brero, but now his hair is cut, the sombrero
displaced by silk hat, and he also has re-
formed his Western pronunciation. He is
over six feet tall, broad d-shouIdered, full
| chested with a rounded face which invaria-
| bly, wears pleasing smile. and his well-de-
! yeioped head contains much knowledge Of
| current events.
I'm a Down easter said he, land
rather fatter myself a cute one. went in
to drugstore in Portland when was
boy and soon go, so that | could pu, up
prescription. One day fne turnout
stopped at the store and finely dressed wo-
man came in hurredy and complained of
pain of some kind. didn't know anything
abou, the proper remedies, but | grabbed
graduate and poure.l little first from one
! bottle and then from another until | had
good dose, which handed over. and she
drank it. BY George it helped her, too,
and afterwards gave her the prescription
set me to thinking that a haphazard mode of
| docioring might be successful, provided, of
! course YOU handled no poisons or dangerous
| drugs. Then | commenced to read up for
| certain effects for. Of course, knew some
| thing about the deceptlons practised upon
| the people.
| Not month from that time | struck
| partner. but he lacked the force 10 put it
~ I II. >,
| be great on street hawking. We started out
| travelling BY team from town to town. and
hawked her Up something after this style. all
/ the time allowing my hair TO grow longer
I for future effects, don't you
/ My friends, were YOU aware Of the fac,
/ that the Indian of the far West never has
/ fever of any nature? that that bane Of the
/ Fast. consumption, is not known to the no.
/ bic red man Yet, such Is the absolute fact
/ Of tn. case, and defy contradiction Why
( are they not heirs to many of the Ills of man
/ kind Simply because they 90 10 nature for
( their All and assistance when anyways in
| disposed. They are purely natures chill
4 dren understanding natures works much
I better IN their simplicity than We do with
/ our boasted intelligence
| Then would expatlate about certain
1 Will flower that grew IN great pT3tu,lor
/ about the Rocky Mountains, which the In
| dians gathered and preserved cure
/ against colds. feycrs and bronchial difficult
/ ties, embellishIng everything a. | went
I along then would announce that:
] 4 hold Ia my hand pack age OF that self
! same flower seed, which II planted about
/ your house, will grow. nni when ~ bloom
I throughout the summer months II take. up
/ and ahs1rhs those Notwithstanding proper
1 ties those death,y gases which generate yolr
/ malaria. snur te,ers, etc.
/ Bite Never knew crowd 10 fail In
( my talk had fuli speech with all the point,
! Apwn fine What I've given YOU is Just 20
+ shoa the drift. | tel, you this Indian child
/ Of nature and medicine business has been A
grca, on,, / .rca, one. sir. followed that
I for Two wears On, forgot, what sold
was mustard, cabbage lettuce seed. some
thing Ike that. Well | followed this for
two wears then came out as al Indian
doctor. had got tired Of street hawking.
I hIi nv agent visit town. bill me Ike
circus. hire suite of rooms at a hOtel-a
pabIlc room, constitution room and labor.
tory. Nv circuIat- would convince we'll
man that ne SICK. ST dog1 and wait
for them 10 droD ia the only thing .
I dp-and they would drop in. TOO. would
lake patient into NV consultation room.
( and always give them seat from when
they could commnnl good view ofmy labor
atnry, which was fitted up with bottles, Was
/ erallatrs. medicines, surgical Instruments
and 80 on. Consuitatlon wis always free.
| would take patients ana BY general dag
no,is could tell them ust about how they
+ felt Or hit It near enough 10 inspire conf
I deHce. Then vas the time that | would
reach the liver. which always mad- the
( seat Of all tr0ublP, un.es- II Vas something
Z wherr the d.tficuiis was located elsewhere
I too apparently 10 deceive the patient then
! | would OF course be there. Nv Inyarla-
7 hic rule WAS where neither Of Is knew VIA,
{ the matter vas 20 lav it 10 tina, innocent ua-
[ ,uspec;tng liver. \ prescription was de
sired after my seeming understanding OF the
case, and never let chance 70 ny 10 give
( one price 3.
( Wei, here comes the funny part Of the
snap. | would 20 into my laboratory. par
l italy close the door, rattle round among the
bottles for moment, come ont ASK the pa
tent two or three questions, return and close
the door, then 20 TO keg and draw out my
medicine which would be a mild tonic
sweetenei 10 taste. and not bit harmful.
: Consumption, soft corn or what not, the
{ medicine vas all drawn from tina, same keg.
/ \ week in town enough.
The greatest scheme of several that have
{ been engaged in was my Great Herbal
Remedy made up POO kinds of medl-
( cine, to cure ANYTHING from toothache 20 the
/ last stage of consumption. The cure for
1 each disease was in its own bottle one med
4 icine wouldn't cure half dozen diseases
\ not much. gave the gullbles TO under
! stand that those who claimed that such was
I the case for their remedies were mpos,ors.
1 but that had made certain diseases and
\ their remedies special study. and that this
I study combined with the knowledge Of herbs
I received from an Indian father. enabled me
/ 10 cure them WAY. mad some remedies
/ for which got S25 bottle. This price was
| to paw for an herbal remedy that came from
/ the borders of Lake Ujji in Africa, aud
which could be gathered only during the
month Of August. That scheme Just caught
them. | had for my higher-priced remedies
| a special quarter of the world from which
/ they must be procured, the farther off the
| higher the price. With my experience and
| knowledge Of the weaknesses of human ma
| ture can 60 into town with barrel Of
rain water, color il little. bottle it, deal il
| out TO patients and get Al Testimonials pro-
! claiming that have furnished relief which
no regular physician had ever succeeded in
| doing.
What is the secreto Imagination, my
dear sir-imagination. Doesn't it show on
the surface that it is just that and nothing
| more?
| One of the gold mines that | struck was
the liver pad racket There il is again.
The same poor old suspected liver. sold
500 one night at 8 apiece. Announced to
stay il. the place two weeks and said that
any person who bought one and failed to
| find relief could have their money refunded.
| They went wild over 1t in one place. Tes-
,imoniaIs poured in, and one man was so
enthusiastic that he put communication in