The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-30
HOW THE QUACK DOCTORS
GET RID OF THEIR DOPE

l'Id rather take SIS Off q rich plnnter
by cleaning his cistern They cant
afford il, the niggers cant But what's
Ia man gong 10 do? IA rather make a
dollar talking fifteen minutes than
work all day for ~ wouldn't your
Laws Against Medicine Pedders
! one mcdicine.maker whose pictures
of women appear in most country and
/ city papers, has man selling medi-
cine in the della country The man
/ wears a black broadcloth coat, with
4 $40 gold pieces for buttons, and Il pint
OF diamonds. He is attended by re-
t'nue OF negroes in uniform 4 Minis
trel. who plays half a dozen musical
/ instruments. draws the crowd, and
then the man with the coin buttons
talks. When the crowd is assembled,
! the "spieer" announces Thar ha viii
| sell medicine for only ten or fifteen
minutes. Never more than fifteen He
( describes the medicine in norid Ian
guage. and then lays down his watch
while the negroes gather closer
around. Finally he says.
NOW buy
< Thereupon ensues a rush Of listen
+ ers TO huy No change is made, only
silver dollars are taken. and, good 10
4 his word the agent stops selling on
Inc last minute This was done in
Memphis and the method has proved
50 successful throughout the negro ro-
gion hundreds OF BOTTLES being sold
at some stands.
! On complaint Of Ne druggist sharp
flaws against the medicine paldle.s
have been enacted in Mississippi and
They are enforced. II is evaded by tha
medic ne men getting a druggist 10
/ handle the stuff for t~o or three days
while he medicia man backed by n
punch and Judy show OF playing Of
music eXtols the stuff in. public places
There is one "sheep- kin' doctor on
the rivera Or. White s5n OF Mem.
phis yellow fever martyr OF the late
'7as. lie is graduate Of the t'nycr-
sity of Pennsylvania and Of tha Mem.
piis Medical COLLEGE He perform.
operations. treats cancers and ives tn
cabin boat p feet long ana T feet
wide Money Is no object 10 him When
he needs it fer provision, ar clothes
be stops a few days at a landing
builds up a little practice, gets his
money and then moves on TO the next
Town.
one curious man old, Dctorf Patti,
Is known from Caro- 70 New Orleans
He has been on the river for sixty
years. coming down in war times as
well a. in peace re had a tent on
vacant lat a Helena, Ark for
months laet year TWISTED roots.
harbs, elucihles and curious shaped
jars were q part Of his outfit He
charged s. for "malaral treatment"
and his tent was visited by both the
negroes and whites every day. He
yentured the assertion that he would
cure a patient OF any disease for So
in advance.
One Of his circulars is remarkable nj
says.
When You read this circular you
viii probably be seized with an ir
rastible desire 10 make fool of your
self and brand a botanic physician as
quack. Before you do this, remem-
Der one or two facts Of history Nor
curry was introduced as Medicine by
Paracelsus Of Switzerland about 500
years ago. II was called "quack sil-
yer" by the Germans and all who
used it were called Quacks Those who
prescribe mercury are the only quacks
at this late day, since 1t ha- Killed
hundreds of thousands"
Doesn', "Practice Medicine"
DR. Patti .s wcazened white /
haired long whiskered man, whosc
upper lin shows red under HIS mus
tache. The labels on his concoctions
cad: Made cu my Cabin Boat"
y do not practice medicine be .
joll the writer II do nor have TO prac- .
ti-e any morr don't have TO- tor I /
know how The doctors here m /
town don't like me They say I spoil /
their practice That is why they DO
not like me cure The pcopl they (
wanf 70 practice en-
An old fisherman. with whom ! re- /
manned awhile. patronized him After /
two days use Of the pills and liquids /
the fisherman was sick IN bed
The river med cine rsafters" are l
aiding in the Introduction OF cocaine /