The morning call., 1892-09-09
THE PILL Box Man.
He Prescribes for The Calp
Reporters.
HOW HE GOT A DIPLOMA.
It Came From the "Ccllege of Magnetics" Of
New York and It Cost the Doctor"
a Small Sum.
HOW HE GOT A DIPLOMA.


is the alluring sign that hangs in front of
"the PHI Box" new drugstore on Market
street.
The idea is that "Dr." Forster, who runs
the Pill Box, will diagnose the disease of the
patrons of his store and charge them only
for the medicine he prescribes.
But "Dr." Forster is not physician, that
is in the sense Of the word as generally
used.
lie is doctor of magnetics," whatever
that may be, and has no more right under
the law to prescribe for suffering humanity
than the driver Of dump cart.
He is well qualified pharmacist, IL his
diplomas are genuine, but druggists and
drug clerks are not allowed to practice
medicine in this State and hence the "doc-
tor" has only his magnetic diploma 10 rely
upon.
Forster came to this country from the
town of Mackay, Queensland. Australia,
two years ago.
When he arrived hare he went to work
as drug clerk with Lengfeld 81 Co.. and,
later on, as an assistant in a Marknt-street
drugstore. While filling the latter position,
Forster, who is married man with chill
dren. met party with money, and shortly
after the Pill Box was opened under the
name Of Forster g. Co.
Forster had conceived a scheme by VIII ich
the trade of the new store could be vastly
augmented with but little cost and no
come doct0r-druggist, without taking the
necessary course in medicine physicians are
supposed to take. He had no money and
no inclination 10 spend three or four years
in college. but hunted up short cut and
found it in 1.-The College of Magnetics" of
New York. an institution without standing
in the medical world, and whose graduates
are nowhere recognized as physicians.
The doctors course was brief, but as
thorough as the college gives anyone of its
patrons.
just how the doctor was educated as
physician is best described in the following
letter from the college which gave him the
only diploma as doctor" that he has. 1t
reads as follows:
July 49, '91.
The New York College of Mo0netics, H. D.
Rabbit, ~. d.. Dean, 10 East 10Th street Nes0
Y0rk-DEAR MIR. FORSTER: Reed your so all
right, and simultaneously with this forward
Walkers Physiology and my Human Culture and
Cure, part ST, In all 81 worth.
This will be all you viii need just now, but will
send my Principles OF Light and Color, II you
| wish IT,.
II would be well enough to study some larger
wor X on physiology, etc, when you have time,
but Walkers Is an admirable c0mpend and our
course will take You into deeper principles Than
any OF these works can Impart.
send you, inclOsed the full series OF questions
for tie course. You need not answer them III
the presence of another, but study up a column
or page at a time, aud then aside from all books
otter help answer them and send me the
answers, which Will revise aud return TO you.
am glad that you are mediumistle, as you can
receive eur truths all the Detler.
My English workers stand side by side with the
foremost American students, only.one American,
and that lady of Pittsburg, having given better
answers. bur she had studied practiced and
written on chromopathy for several years. aud
so she had an advantage.
l. myself, am guided daily by one OF your
noble English physicians, DR.. ElliotsoD, formerly
physician TO the Queen, and a prominent author.
He has helped me work out some OF these won
drrJul principles, and when it needed still higher
wisdom. one of The grand old Grecians, who was
able 10 the working Of atoms and The cleo
trical and chemical forces. came aud revealed
tile marvellous principles OF chemical affinity,
etc.. which must Inevitably TeyoluiioniZe all
systems OF medicine ana all systems of force.
These are embodied In my principles OF light and
color, aud partly IL the philosophy OF cure which
/ send you.
will send your scholarship when you remit
the other S32 OF the course.
Mr.. Jeffrey Hilton, an Englishman. whose adj
dress is Marysvilie, Snohomish County, WASH,
has just graduated, and VIII send his diploma
He is not highly educated, but has clear head
E. d. BABBITr.
doctor" Forster evidently didn't ''have
time" to study any larger works on medicine
and physiology and he concluded that the
sooner be hung out his single and went to
prescribing for an unsuSpectiDg public the
sooner the Pill Box would begin to make
money.
He secured his magnetic diploma and
went to work
On Sunday and Monday "Dr." Forster
prescribed for several CALL reporters for
different diseases.
One OF them. man in excellent health,
represented himself as suffering from heart
disease, was examined by the doctor, told
he was in a serious condition and was given
bottle of medicine and some pills.
The medicine has taste that is enough
| TO drive a man TO strong drink.
Another "waS all broken down" and he,
too. was prescribed for, while a third told
| the doctor of diseases enough to beat even
old jobs record ana was assured he had
every complaint he had mentioned.
When CALL reporter questioned Forster
| and asked him howl 1t was that he was play
| ing doctor and was not a registered phySi-
| clan nor graduate of any recognized school
| of medicine the doctor became indig-
| nant, and said:
81 am doctor of magnetics. / call N.Y.
self doctor the same as minister can call
himself doctor of divinity"
AT the Health Office the officials readily
said that no certificate of death seEt them
by Forster or any man OF his kind would
be recognized, and it is Just possible some
of the medical fraternities here will take up
the doctors case and see what can be
done with him, as he is clearly violating the
law, il doing nothing worse.
A rather peculiar feature about the labels
on the medicine bottles containing the
medicines that DR.. Forster prescribes is that
he omits to mention the name (his OWN of
the doctor prescribing the mixture; the
blank where the doctors name should occur,
rs in all prescription label blanks, being
filled up with the date.
The official register of the physicians and
surgeons in the State Of California, which
contains the full list of the allopathic,
Homeopathic and eclectic registered physi-
clans, does not contain the doctors name,
nor can any trace be found of his magnetic
alma mater in New York.