Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-04-18

! ascertain the real status OF one WHO Hdf
for some time been advertising himself
as Dr. Foot, Jr During his stay, how
ever, DR.. Foote, Sr, will be pleased tc
see his old friends and patients and read
ers of his well-known works, "Plain Home
Talk, =" Medical Common Sense, "
"Science in Story" ETC., etc. AS DIR.
Foote, Senior, has an established practice
at home, which he cannot leave without
great inconvenience, this visit is unusual
and affords rare opportunity to those OF
his friends and readers who wish to con-
suit him to do so without mourning the
expense of a trip to New York. Mean
while, let us inquire
WHO rs DR.. FOOT, JR. ?
DR.. E. B. Foote, ST., has a son who has
been for ten years associated with him IN
conducting large special practice in the
city of New York. DIR. E. B. FOOte, Jr.,
has won reputation for himself as a
lecturer, writer and inventor. Several
well-known publications bear his name as
author, and for years he has been famil-
iarly known as Dr. Foote, Jr., not only
in New York but throughout the United
pItlCS dIll MllCIC
tons have been widely circulated and as
widely read, or where DIR. Foote'S Health
Monthly is taken. 1t was, therefore, a
matter of startling surprise not only to
DIR. Foote, Senior and Junior in the East,
but to many of their friends, patients and
readers in the West, when, in the sum-
mer of 1884, DIR. FoOte, Jr., was an
nounced in a Dakota newspaper and later
in the papers of Salt Lake City. For in
stance, The Leader, of Bismarck, Dakota,
said in its editorial columns:
''The Leader inadvertently neglected on Sat
urday to mention the arrival in this CITY of Dr.
E. B. Foote, Jr., of New York. DR.. F0ote has
taken rooms at the Merchants Hotel where he
will be pleased to receive calls from suffering
humanity and cheerfully give advice and>treat
ment. The Doctor is a son and the professional
partner of Dr. E. B. Foote of New York of
Medical Common Sense fame, and is said to be
one OF the very best specialists of the age His ia
Their has long been known as the very best au-
thority on the diseases of women, and the Doctor
is said to have inherited his parents knowledge
to remarkable degree"
Now, if it was an inadvertence on the
part of the editor that this remarkable
announcement was made, it was clearly
the duty OF the CDR. Foot. Jr." referred
to In the article, to correct the mistake.
and if he had believed that he could lose
caste or professional standing by having
his name associated, he would have
made haste to do 50. Drs. FoOte, Sr.
and Junior, of New York, at once took
pains to acquaint the editor that a mis-
take had been made Soon after this the
so-called DIR. Foot, Jr., made his an
nouncements in the papers at Helena,
Montana, to which place he seemed to
have gone from Dakota. At once a
special edition of The Health Monthlv was
prepared and sent to the addresses of all
our Helena friends and correspondents,
informing them than the self-styled CDR.
Foot, Jr.,' had no connection with our
selves. After this expose, we were soon
informed that Z" DIR. Foot, Jr.'' had
opened an office in Salt Lake City and
styled his place ''Dr Foot's Medical and
Surgical Institute, No. q" Now,
WHERE is DR. FOOTE'S INSTITUTE NO. 10?
If there is any noted place which can
bear this name except our own. at 12O
Lexington Ave-, New York. we have
never heard of it. If there is one. whv
have not our correspondents asked us
about 1t? No sooner had this so-called
Institute No. 2 been opened and an
than letters were received from
our friends in the West, making INQUIRIES |
about 1t. In one instance thew were
about to tender the use of a hall TO "Dr
Foot, Jr., thinking he was the Junior of
the Well-known author and practitioner,
Or. Il. b. Foote, Sr., of New York. If.
then, we are so quickly informed of 'Tn-
5tltute No. 90 bearing our name, with
only the terminal letter ''e'' at the end
Of the name Foote omitted, why has there
been no inquiry of us respecting Institute
No. l, If there be such an institution out
side of our office in New York. AS a
sample of the inquiries received we ap-
pend the following from Ogden, Utah:
81 send an Ogden City Herald with an adver-
lsement of DR.. Foot Jr. Who is he? I thouebt
I was our Or. Foote at first, and was about in
0okIng more infinitely found my mistake. l
hink however, there seems to be an intent IN
Iecelye. should like to know"
On receiving this and similar letters.
We sought to obtain a Utah Directory for
he purpose of notifying the people of
Utah that the "Dr. Foot, Jr" announced
n their papers was not in any way con-
ected IN kin or business with DIR. F. r
cote, ST., of New York.
Not many weeks after, we received
rom Kane Co., Utah, from a postmaster
Tho is subscriber to The Health MontbIU. I
ne following missive, which he wrote !
anne to him by mail: !
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. !
Mr.. P. NJ, Dear Sir: Pleaseinform me ifanv l
r. FoOte of New York City haswritten for q totv3 I
city DIRECTORY or list of inhabitance" mote
le spelIIng( Please don't let him have anv
me will WI mo- 1000 your r O. with Matchmaking
e libel law will pay as much as he offers r
ID you will be doing just act i.
keep his letters: Please let me hear from I
~ SUM anu greatly oDIge DR.. FooT, y
Clerk No. 2" s
While thus attempting to prevent us u
ON dlsclalming all connection with him r
Nv did he treat letters of inquiry adj, {
'essed to him. A letter was sent from il
IN francisco lately, inquiring if he was b
e son OF the well-known DIR. Foote. of II
ew York. Here is the response, and 0
e reader will note the equivocation: Il
'DR. Foor's
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE No o II
Salt Lake City, Utah, Mar Is, 1885, t;
Rs B. HENLY- n
Dear Ndddm:-In answer to your inorirr N
~ S say ohat am ne son Of DR.. Foot, of Nei1
"a; Wg Hote0 specialist, but not the adyertiS. +
Dr. Foot who was once a newspaner mon p
ma ne has gained quite a reputation in tha ts
st Dut mas none in the East whatever" ST
M
de then goes on to speak of the advan-
yes OF his institute, but gives no further al
ut on the main question asked him W
ny did not this man give his fathers 81
me, and his own name in full, and in q
5 way ne could have made if very ia ia
I'm that he did not want to ho I,nIay IL