Medical and surgical science in the United States, specialties, empiricism, &C : enlarged from an article published in the New Orleans Picayune of Feb. 14, 1860 / by F.A. von Moschzisker.

  • Moschzisker, F. A. von (Franz Adolph)
Date:
1860
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Credit: Medical and surgical science in the United States, specialties, empiricism, &C : enlarged from an article published in the New Orleans Picayune of Feb. 14, 1860 / by F.A. von Moschzisker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 16] show in what immense danger yon are, un- less you swallow liis nostrums, and so keep his pocket (between which and yonr disease there is an enormous sympathy) from be- comiug empty. Dandy Jack will take hold of your fantastic toe, and tell yon that yon are in danger to be carried off in a galloping consumption, unless he extracts every root of the corn, soft or hard, on yonr foot, each root of which he places before you on a table, and, miraculous to relate, each root turns into a gold piece of the value of ten dollars, and you may depend on a good crop being made out of your corns. The regular faculty become indifferent, and men of eminence and science in their profession, who have spared neither time nor expense in acquiring a thorough knowl- edge of medicince and snrgery, become disgust- ed with the whole business, leaving everything in the hands of the ignorant and unprincipled. To such an extent has this practice of puff- ing and blowing obtained in this country, that the man of worth and science, who has really something of value to communicate to the public, hesitates abont employing the same means which the unprincipled use to ob- tain notoriety. This should not be. Let them remember the motto: Fortes scutum salus dacum.* • A strong shield is the safety of commanders.