The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-06
RUNNING DOWN THE OCACkS.
II Isn't u Pleasant Business for the Agents
of the Dental Society.

W 'hc Soc.e'J.
It is now about fifteen years since the Mcd-
cal Society OF the County of New York began
n crusade against Quacks. 1t went to work at
first in small way. with very little favorable
legislation behind it and rather crude meth
dds Of carrying out its purpose. but little by
little it has gained strength until 1t now has
undertaken the task of keeping quack doc
tors out OF the city. About two years after the
County Medical Society began this sort Of
work the State Dental Association joined the
hunt. and now both societies are in it hand
in glove to rid the town OF illegal practi-
TONERS.
The Dental Society has naturally enough tho
harder Job. Besides the men who pull teeth
without diploma. 1t has to watch the BARRIERS
and the black smiths Then. from the nature
OF tho case. the peculiar kind Of detective
needed for convicting this sort Of lawbreuker
is n rarsr article from tho dental point OF view
than from the medical. The detective is
obliged to go to the person charged with ir-
regular practice and be treated Now. the doc
tors detective need only have the medicine
prescribed lit is not necessary to take it-hut
the dentists agent has a tooth pulled or filed
ii very different matter.
There is no scarcity OF detectives. however,
Most OF them are women, and often they serve
Schadcr. who has done well in both lines.
Miss schader is a pretty. innocent-lookinE.
German girl, nut she Knows almost enough
medicine to be a doctor. and she has one
Society she was invaluable There We're few
Diseases bertha coud n't have. She knew the
symptoms OF almost all OF them and described
them gllbly. Then the luack told Bertha what
all cd her with more or less accuracy. and gave
her some medicine. to be arrested next day on
Bertha 8 complaint and fined from $50 to 5000.
In Il dental way Miss Schader was very use
full. and all on one TOOTH She let one uuack
put cement in 1t: then she had him arrested.
Then she went around the corner a day OF so
atterwarh and let quack NUM- Der two change
the cement for amalgam filling. This cost
q similar sum for changing tho amalgam MI
ing for gold. and then an officer OF the Dental
Society untitled Bortha's tooth and it was
ready for business again. Bertha almost
cleaned out Brooklyn for the society. but at
last she came to be known and some Of the
quacks refu sed to treat her.
:. Another useful detective has been Mrs. Caro-
line Hoffman,. Most Of hef teeth had to be
drawn and she went to DR.. William Carr. tho
censor, of the Dental Society for this. judicial
district. DR.. Carr proposed to pay her 80 IL
tooth for her bad mnlars. Mrs. HOFFMAN, ac-
uuacks for the first installment. Since then
Mrs. Hoffman, has parted with six more mo-
lars for one conviction each. and has caused
two men to be fined twice.
or course. q detective with n convenient
cavity Is tho more useful. a. a tooth can
found M adequate successor to Miss Srhaler
IN her line. Agent Loring stands them in good
stead. but his ma n talents 60 for the doctors.
sick baby at homo is his specially. The
guacks usually refuse to como. but prescribe
but the detectives keep watch for strange
shingles.