Evening journal., 1891-11-11
"STAFF OF EMINENT SURGEONS.

Fleeing the Poor and AFFLICTED People
by the score-''Frso Service" the LurIug
BAtt-rhe "Medicine" Comes Very
High.
A trio Of men advertising themselves
as 1.-The Staff of Eminent Surgeons.
with an office at the southwest corner Of
Eleventh and Market streets, are playing
big confidence game in this city, gath.
ering In piles Of money from people suf
feriug with physical sffl ctions, to whom
is held out the false promise Of speedy
cure aud the Turing fiction OF free ser
vice. This trinity OF medical bush
whackers have been operating here about
month, fleeing invalids by the score,
after deluding them with the belize that
their ailments can be corrected by the
medicine prescribed from the eminent"
shop Within the past ten days numerous
complaints have reached Every Evening,
and the officials Of the courts regarding
the plot Of the glittering imposters and
this paper has devoted considerable effort
in order to acquaint itself and inform
the public definitely as to the plans pur-
sued by which the unwary are tricked
out Of their money
The eminent surgeons" have plaus.
ible but very bald scheme with which 10
capture the patronage of afflicted ones.
Free service is the bait they offer the
public, and advertise this feature of
their projsct big The unthinking ones
naturally are captured by this generous
offer and never learn that they have bit
ten costly hook until they come te pay
for the medicine W hich this so called free
service requires The medicine" must
come from the same shop as the treat.
ment, and while the latter Is without
price the former merit is all in its cost.
A trifing little phial of liquid mixture,
soming from the shop Of the "Eminent
Surgeons, costs from 50 to S., accord
ing to the means Of the delude
purchaser II has she sole merit Of be-
ing harmless, and is, as we'll, entirely
valusless Medicine for chronic invalids, "
the lame or halt, is supplied by contract
at from $40 per month upward.
The personnel Of che eminent sta Fl"
is Dr. ]. H. Lukens, "Dr." Davis and
"Dr. Martin The former holds certi
fcate Of graduation from a defunct in.
stitute where the eclectic dogma of medi-
cine WAS taught. This diplomas only
value Is that 1t enables Dr. Lukens TO
register as a doctor of medicine IN der the
provisions of our lax laws relating to the
practice OF this profession Neither
'Drs" Martin nor Davis are registered
with the clerk of the peace for the
naturally inferred reason that they are
Even without queer diploma. Lukens is
the chief dispenser Of this trio Of bur.
lesque doctors Davis is the assistant
and Martin is the advanced courier. who
selects new fields for operations after the
duped people begin to realize chat they
have been Aeeced Il is prudent to have a
new claim staked out ready for quick
/ location.
The eminent surgeons" have operated
/ in Philadelphia on South Ninth street
and In New York on West Fourteenth
street. Two months in each city
brought swarms Of their duped victims
clamorously about their ears and the,
moved from the former to the latte
city.
Every Evening has in its possession
numerous facts, fully substantisted, tC
establish beyond a doubt that these
eminent surgeons" are arrant hum
bugs They impose upon that class OF
people whose means are limited and are
first lured to their shop by the 6ckle
/ promise of free service. Then upon the
false promise to cure their suffer
ings and heal their ills, the af.
hicted often make great sacrifices
in the happy but vain hope that health
may be theirs again; that their deliver
ance is at hand. II is pathetic bit OF
deviltry; literally robbing the poor,
already oppressed by their illness, dis
abling them from gaining more than a
livelihood, giving up their all to buy q
worthless concoction
Unfortunately there Is no provision
under the state law by which they can be
sent to New Castle jail, or the attorney
general would have given their case his
personal attention, as complaints have
been lodged with the justices by several
victims. 1t is case of swlndling for
which the state has no penalty to ft the
cri me. Every Evening,