Nostrums and quackery : articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Date:: [1911]

Credit: Nostrums and quackery : articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$fited; that his hearing was very poor at the time of tlie iiitei\ iev j that it was so had he did not dare to go to work at the stockyards for fear of being run over and killed from inability to hear anything; that Mr. Turner received letters from various people who wrote him regarding his testi- SUCCES^FULLY tREAtED. A typical case of this kind is that of Mr. John Turner, 2126 East 23rd street, Kansas City, Mo., who says: “I contracted cold dur- ing the civil war. It grew worse from year to year. Finally my eyesight began to fail; my eyes became wat- ery; I could not dis- tinguish a man across the street. My ears began to close and my hearing to fail. I had distracting head noises. I was worse in changeable v/eather. My throat was dry; my ears felt full; I could hear sounds, but could not distinguish the words. Finally I got so deaf I could not hear the clock or doorbell. I went to Dr. 'Branaman, a very skeptic man. I had no faith in doctors. I began the treatment, with excellent results. My head became clear; the noises began to subside; my eyes gained and I Boon I was all right, my hearing perfect.’^ My Electro-Magnetic Absorbent System of jVeating Catarr^ ^eafness, Head Photographic reproduction of the Turner testimonial that appeared in the booklet “The Now Treatment That Cures.” monial; that those letters he took to Dr. Branaman’s ofhce and gave to Dr. Branaman; and that ]\Ir. Turner was unable to read or write. “Dr. Branaman stated that he had talked with Mr. Turner about tv o or three weeks before the hearing and that at that$