The morning call., 1893-02-03
THE NEEDLE CURE.
HE NEEDLE CORE.
What Doctors Say of the
Jackson Case.
1T IS DANGEROUS QUACKERY.
Notwithstanding Apt to Set in From
the PriCking and Cause
Death.
1T IS DANGEROUS QUACKERY.

"Is needle pricking from head to foot a
cure for anything?" was asked of several
physicians yesterday.
The question was in reference to the case
Of Mrs. T. B. Jackson. who was treated
with the needle cure" by DIR" j. i. Rem
ken of Oakland as reported In yesterdays
CALL.
The physicians characterized the treat
me0t Mrs. jackson was subjected to as
nothing but vulgar quackery and not only
cruer but ridiculous.
DR.. Stallard did not hesitate to express his
opinion vigorously.
ION yes" he said, 81 know all about
Baunschedts method, and l also know
that many people have been killed by try
ing it.
st is nothing but piece of damnable
quackery and humtug, and it is surprising
that people can be gulled into believing
in suclAa thing.
cit is impossible to keep the needl es
clean, and when people are punctured erup-
tons arise. blood-poisoning sets in and very
often death follows.
"lhere may have been cases requiring
heroic treatment and the patient may have
been restored to health. but that does not
alter the fact that it is piece Of hum
buggery.
1T is not unlike st. John Longs He
operated in England about the beginning of
this century.
''He profe5sed to be able to cure all the
Ills that flesh is heir to. His method was
10 stick powerful plasteTs on the bodies Of
patients, which caused fearful eruption
and brought, as he said, all The impurities
out Of the system.
HE was tried for manslaughter and,
although hundreds came forward at the
trial. including Dukes and Lords and dear
knows what, TO testify to the beneficial
effects Of his treatment. that did not alter
the fact that he had caused many deaths by
his treatment also"
'Dr. Renken says that his system lmbbes
the impurities thrown off the patients sys-
tenn. What do you think about that d &C.
tor?" was asked.
stuff and nonsense" said DR.. StalIard,
angrlly. How can a man utter anything
so absurd?
ut amuses me-" he continued. reflect
lively. how simple and easily duped some
people are. OIL remember Miss Anna Run
pert VINO was here about year ago?
Well, am 10 deliver a lecture at Stanford
University on 'Quacks and QuackeTy,' and
ain going to instance her case.
''She pre- fessed 10 make women beautiful
forever by her cosmetics and coined for
tune. After making all the women here
beautiful she went to Berlin, engaged a
suite Of apartments in the Inter den Lin
den, the fashionable th0Toughfare and be-
gan operations.
''She had only been there few days when
an advertisement appeared in the papers
notifying the public OF her arrival, that she
was prepared TO make the ladies' beautiful
forever by her cnsmeti s. The advertise
ment went on to describe the ingredients in
her cosmetics, and closed by stating that the
charge for a box OF the lotion was eleven
marks, but that the actual cost was only
thraa fAfa 1ipn IA dunr fiso mt
signed by tile Chief OF Police and had the
effect intended.
1T would seem as If these Quacks nova
days were impressed with the belief that
people Will believe anything. i see now
that a professed doctor IN Paris solemnly
asserts that he treated lady patient. who
was seated in a yelret-cusbiOned chair, and
she left so much constituencies In the chair
that by touching it he could make her
scream no matter where she was"
DR.. Mclean expressed the opinion that
the best way to treat these quacks was with
silent contempt. There could be only one
opinion as to Mrs. Jackson's case. The
pity was there were so many similar cases.
Il don't know this Dr. Renken," said DR..
Lovelace. but he must be some vulgar
quaek. The mode OF treatment he adopts
in prlcklng the patient with needles AMI
rubbing croton oil into the punctures is
not only exceedingly cruel but Supremacy
ridiculous.
1T is 10 be deplored that there are too
many people who seem 10 like that sort of
thing and have TO suffer the dire conSe-
quences afterward.
Unfortunately, there are people credu-
lous enough to believe anything, and this
puncturing with needles is an eminent Illus
traton."
Then you don't think the treatment eff
caeious, doctor?" was asked.
'Efficacious! Yes, IL is efiicacious in
sending the patient 10 The grave"