Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-04-07
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March Is, 1899.

Yours of the 9th, received. Mr..
Green Is not at home and don't
know when he will be but as know
all about thecase / will answer by
return mail.
About the first OF last March
person representing himself as d
doctor, came to our house, selling
medicine for rheumatism, which he
applied himself, and it was not la
belled. Several, here, allowed him
to treat them, and the result was
was painful sores, and wherever
the medicine came in contact with
clothing, they were burned, as if
with hot iron. He had but two
patients who took his medicine in
ternally--Mrs. ]. A. Bradley, and q
Mr.. George Kinsley who lived at our
house. He came here from st. Joe.
Mo-, for his health, and was feeling
badly when this DR.. ~ came, had a
disagreeable cough and had only
taken home remedies, and was able
to do light work around the ranch.
The old Dr., as he represented him
self to be, told Kinsley he could
cure him and would for $500. in adj
vance, which Kinsley wouldn't do,
but offered him S.. down and $95.
when cured. Foglesong claimed
need of money and would take $40
down and a contract for $50 after
cure. While Mr.. Green was writ
ing the contract Foglesong stated
verbally that he had no diploma
and couldn't collect q Dr.'s fee by
law. He then went to Lewiston,
to prepare the medicine, was gone
week or ten days, and in the mean
time, Kinslev had been blowing and
working in the garden. Foglesong
came back on Easter Sunday ready
to treat him, wanted him to eat no
supper or breakfast and that he
would then give him a dose for tape
worm. Monday morning he gave
him three doses at half-hour inter-
walls and after the last dose he
rinsed the bottle out thoroughly
and, when asked why he did so,
gave the eyasiye answer, that, "bot
ties were scarce in an out of the
way place like this" The first dose
made Kinsley look terrible and l
tried to persuade him to take no
more, but Foglesong said it would
not hurt him, only. make him very
sick, and shortly after he had taken
the last dose he looked like dead
man and suffered terribly. We
thought he couldn't live the day
out, judging from his appeafence,
and from that time on he was new
err able to work and scarcely able
to be out of bed. The Dr.(?) left
the same day and went to Paradise
where he reported s'Kinsley cured'
but he never returned to collect his
$50, He left some other medicine,
of which Kinsley took some, but
found he was getting worse right
along, so finally quit taking it.
Just after taking the tape-worm
medicine his throat became sore.
We did everything we could but
nothing seemed to affect it. He
would have no Dr., as he thought
his throat would get better soon, but
he grew steadily worse and wasn't
able to be up when we decided he
must have Dr., and the last day o.
May we sent for DIR. Fulton, Of
Asotin, who pronounced him past
curing, said he had Pulmonary
Consumption or Consumption o
the throat. A short time after, W.
sent for DR.. Shaft, of Lewiston
who said he had Laryngitis. Kins
ley grew steadily worse and dice
the first day of July, after suffering
terribly, as he could swallow moth
ing until we gave something t.
deaden the sense Of feeling in hi
throat. I would refer you to eithe
Fulton or Shaft. Although Kins
lesy was not well, probably h
would have lived very many wear
longer but we think that the Fogle
song medicine without doubt hast
ened his death. Everyone acquaint
ed with the circumstances thin
the same and Kinsley felt very bit
ter toward Foelesong. This quac'
never came back to see his patients
He had boarded at J. A. Bradley
while here, and treated his wife
she however didn't take much c
the stuff. enough though to max
her worse, but not enough to hun
her. seriously. In Paradise he me
an acquaintance OF ours, who ha
the rheumatism.
He treated him once and said h
would cure him for $780,, but tn
man was too poor to pay so mucl
Eoglesong said he would take til
bill of sale of COW and when h
affected cure would take the CO.
or her value. He took the bill &
sale, went right from there to Ana
tone, sold the COW to w. J. Clemar
who sent after her, also sent bill
sale, but didn't get her. coul
tell of of several such cases br
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