The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-19

dIssimllarlty between IT. 4. I. HooinSon.
the fees OF the lawyer aud those OF the
doctor Lawyers devote most OF their time
to prOmulgating the idea that the advice Of
man Of the law is thing precious almost
beyond price, and therefore comes high at
all times.
A paper read by DR.. Winslow Anderson
on the "Aduteration of Foods" was of A
startling character, and would be liable to
cause the average mortal 10 miss a meal or
two If sprung at the proper time.
After paying his respects to the patent
medicines by stating that one--a popular
and generally supposed to be harmless
syrup for children, which he named-had
caused the death Of 1900 children in New
York In one year. DR.. Anderson took up
the adulteraton of The different foods.
lie told how some coffee is made in coffee
factory instead Of being raised on a coffee
plant; he gave receipt for making butter
out of nearly everything except milk; lard
is made from tallow, potatoes and other
miscellaneous things; cheese Is made Of
tall0w. cotton-seed oil. the juice of red
carrots and red ocher, sugar contains sand,
plaster of paris, glucose and a few other
things. and chocolate may be made OF soap
and brickdust.
Coming down TO those things more gen.
orally used, he stated that beer when made
and sold pure, and as beer ought to be made
and sold, only yielded 10000 per cent of
profit, so the manufacturers have got 10
mixing in nux vonica, powdered oyster
shells. arsenic and other drugs. Cham
payne Is often made entirely from goose
berries and poisonous drugs.
Tobacco can be manufactured in various
ways. but some Of the first things to use are
apple skins. sea weed. coal dust, cabbage,
old clothes and other vegetable
DR.. John w. RObertson's paper on 1.-THE
Kelley Treatment of Alcoholism" was q
severe criticism of TIE so-calied bchloride
of gold cure and the Kelley institutes.
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subject with no definite results. as the opin-
ions as 10 the merits Of the gold cure were
about equally divided.
The point raised by DR.. Robertson In his
criticism of the Kelley method was that the
cure, if 1t can be recognized as a cure. is
simply brought about by suggestive hypno-
tism, and that the fraud Insists in spread
ing the belief that the cure is the result of
drugs bypodermcaly injected and taken
into the stomach. lie said that the so-called
remedies were useful 10 the cure only by
creating nausea for alcohol and alcoholic
drinks. The influence Of the SURROUNDING
was not the least Of the agents employed in
the cure.
In OBJ osition to the stand taken BY DR.,
Robertson it was argued that If suggestive
hypnotlsm could be successfully employed
as jag eXterminaroT" the medical profess
sion would be placed in very bad predica-
ment by attempting to oppose it on the
ground that it cured without the aid of
drugs.
DIR. Robertson, replying to this, in defense
of his position, said that the most powerful
part of the remedy used in the cure was
strychniDe, the most perfect nerve tonic
known TO science, but dangerous as we'll.
This was demonstrated by the numerous
cases Of death and insanity resulting from
its use at the Kelley institutes.
DIR. Taylor, the president of the society.
was quick and determined in his denuncia.
ton OF what he called the quaekery of the
Kelley cures. His stand was opposed by
Dr. Ellis, who stated that while the cure
had been known 10 do much good the yerv
worst it could do was to kill the patent.
which reminded him Of the old woman who
knew that her yeast cakes were good be-
cause they either sank or foated when
placed in the water, and she had forgotten
which.
The attendance upon the evening session
was somewhat smaller than at those of the
morning and afternoon, owing to the fact.
perhaps, that some of the learned medical
men preferred the various other attractions
which the city offered to the attraction
which scientific discussions OF abnormal
bnnions and their cure and the statistics of
relraetlons (whatever that may be) affords.
a supplemental report to the report Of the
committee on GEOLOGY was presented by DR..