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

Date:
[1911]
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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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    lie refused to do and liis lefiisal l)i'oug])t from the company one of those strictly private, i)ersonal and confidential, heart- to-heart circular letters rvliich play so important a part in the quack’s armamentarium. The “letter” was signed by Dr. T. Frank Lynott. As to the company’s ability, reliability and responsibility, Dr. Lynott referred the victim to “the editor of any Chicago newspaper.” Dr. Lynott pointed out. further, that the cost of the “whole treatment of medicine” was “simply the price of a single visit to any reputable physi- cian” and that “T charge nothing extra for my professional services.” Photographic reproduction (greatly reduced) of a small portion of a Turnock Medical Co.’s advertisement. From Spare Moments Magazine. The argument, of course, is not a strong one, as the rela- tion between “any t'epuiahle physician” and Dr. Turnock’s Clenuine Discovery as administered bv Dr. Lvnott is not clear. 8o, evidently, the patient thought, for he wrote to the editor of one of the Chicago newspapers. Unfortunately for the medical company, it was the Chicago Tribune that was con- sulted and this paper responded to the inquiry with a columu writeup of the Turnock Medical Company. It showed that some other “references” given by the concern in its advertis- ing matter were equally unaiithorized. The names of an