The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-09-22
AIRY MAGAZINE

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treated alleged cancer by escharotic pastes and
pasters which plug as deeply as they
epermtted to burn. The plug that is removed
is designated the core and the fibres and
strings OF tissue hanging to it are it's legs The
class OF cancer specialists that | mention en-
deavor to create the impression that a cancerous
growth is very similar to huge spider para
site that continues to burrow deeper and deeper
until it has eaten into vital organs.
7 SAW much quackery round about me that
was becoming pretty we'll tinctured with it, al
though detested such petty, commonplace prac
tees l observed There We're great POSSIBLE
ties thought in deceiving people about their
health if it were ony done artistically for it is
not difficult to fool most of the people part of the
time and part OF the people most OF the time
resolved on the first opportunity to make few
little tests in applied psychology. Until now had
had no desire to take anybody's money without
giving him slight if not adequate return therefor
My ideals were now, however, getting pretty we'll
dried up did not have long wait for chance
to get some OF my ideas working basis.
Joe Bowers, a wealthy and rather penurous
widower, came in day and asked to give
him something to cure him from chewing tobacco.
Joe known to me to be paying court to
worthy young and it was surprising
that he should want to divorce himself from
filthy habit. Under the circumstances knew that
it would not be difficult to effect cure at least
during the ante nuptia period. | blush in
"maideny' shame chronicle that experience.
Joe" said don't you know that there are
only few remedies for the tobacco habit and that
they pretty hgh?"
Il know it, replied my close-fisted acquaintance
defantly, but haven't l got all kinds OF money?
All you've got to do is to name your price"
II learned of this remedy from old German
professor and paid him hundred dollars for the
secret explained. It's always winner lug
in an old German doctor under any circumstance
People also like to hear of fabulous price being
paid for some remedy realizing that
the best things known to the medical and scientific
world are as free as water.
then went to tell the that | was just
out of the remedy and would be obliged to order
some OF it from Heidelburg. In few days Joe
came in and rather npetuousy asked for his med
cine l told him that it had arrived forgetting
for the moment that only week had elapsed
since it had been ordered from foreign shore
But no questions asked and the pacebo that
| gave him effected a A placebo by the
way, is medicine that is sure to kill you even
if it doesn't do any good.
WIHEN quit pouring out good advice to sick peo-
" pie and began to act as if / knew great deal
more than ever hope really to know they seemed
to have more confidence in and when DR..
Kelley died | acquired large practice. But
that things were coming my way, they did APP
peal to me they did. The apple just be-
You'd our grasp always looks the best
now located in larger town--a city in fact.
The name of it is irrelevant the story An at
tractive office fitted up with what little money
/ had. 1t
that made my
grand slide into