Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-04-30
KEEP YOUR MONEY!
Prejudice and partlaIitY Will Out. How
Hard Is to See Our Own Sins,

A new fake consumption
cure is born every week, and
as some one said, a sucker il
born every minute. Supply
and demand, in these two
instances, seem to run a riot
The supply of unfortunate
consumptives and the de.
mand for these false "cures'
are rivals. The race is mir
and tuck.
But how are we going tc
head off such a race? Pure
food and drug laws get an
occasional fakir, but is only
an occasional one, scarcely a
drop in the bucket. AS all
"consumptive cures" are
founded on fraud and -four
ishing on fear, the ever hope>
full but susceptible consump>
tive is robbed of his money
and robbed of his chance of
life. But what care the
consumption cure" compan>
les? 1t is good business.
The only prevention for
such wholesale robbery is
education. Yes, just that.
Education will Danish the old
superstition that for every
ailment there is a "specific. !"
Education will teach those
having consumption that
their only assurance of a cure
lies in their strict obedience
to the laws of hygiene, with
unlimited fresh air, and food.
After this is done there will
be no more demand for
patent medicine consumption
cures, and the dastardly busi~
ness will stop. But we must
educate, and the only way to
do this effectively is through
health departments, town,
county and State.
The above is a bulletin sent
out by the N. G. Board of
Health under the direction
of DIR. Rankin. Quite a
number Of splendid articles
have appeared in this paper
on the prevention and cure
of consumption and other
subjects from the same
source, but this one, while no
doubt as good as any and
worthy of all acceptation,
causes one to stop and tn nix
who constitutes the fakirs
and consumption cure COM
panies." Can the good doctor
be Intentionally partial,
thougbtless, or does he in~
clude the medical profession
with the fakirs and ICONS
panies?" For instance, how
many doctors are there in
North Carolina, or elsewhere,
who would fail to prescribe
and make a charge for treat
ing a consumptive? Is there
one? If there is no remedy
for consumption is the physi-
clan who writes a prescription
knowing his drugs will do no
good any less a fakir than
the druggist or patent medi>
cine man who sells a worth>
less concoction? No doubt the
average doctor aud patent
medicine man is honest and
sincerely hopes his remedy
will give relief. We believe
some of the most valuable
remedies known were the pro>
ducts of unprofessionals and
that it is as likely for a prac-
tical remedy to be produced
in the laboratory Of a patent
medicine concern as it is to
come from other sources. In
fact to pick up a medical
journal and run over the adj
vertisements one would al
most be forced to believe that
there are few remedies not Of
the "patent' variety. 60 to
a drug store and note the ar
ray of patent medicines, many
of which are kept in stock by
special request of physicians
who make constant use of
them in their daily practice.
Yet this is not a reflection,
but more generally indicates
the watchfulness, broadmind>
edness and up~to>dateness Of
the profession.
When it comes to a matter
of skill and ability TIL
| WATcHMAN is ready to give
Justice to all comers ano
takes very little stock in the
class whose actions indicate
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