| Show Latest Styles in Quackery Shown AtM Do D. Review tailed Ring Monkey Rejuvenators Radium Drinking Wa Water tel and Gen Gentle tIe Art of Hear Making Deaf Post Hear by Ra Rattlesnake ke Oil Are Expounded x DALLAS Tex April 2 20 AP AP- AP The American Americ n Medical association today went on record in favor of I the purchase of all whisky supplies by the government in the event that regulations governing medicinal liquor are declared unconstitutional DALLAS Tex April 20 AP AP- AP St Styles les in quackery exist In the twilight twilight twilight twi twi- light z zone ne of medical practice and beyond Dr Arthur J. J Cramp di director director director di- di rector of the bureau of ot Investigation tion of the American Medical association association asso asso- clatIon told the organization at its se ent seventy seventh seventh annual convention here toda today Under the title tithe of ot Aural Quackery Quack Quack- ery and Pseudo Medicine he gave an illustrated address In which he said that the prevailing modes of quackery are the rejuvenators which h range in composition from the glandular substance of ot ring ring- tailed failed monkeys s to alleged radium emanation dissolved in drinking water v vOLD I OLD STANDBYS I Among the old standbys and well established lines of ot pseudo medicine and quackery he said the alleged cures for deafness come comewell well to the front Considering Consider Consider- ing Its rather specialized nature the number of fa faddists and fakirs in inthe inthe inthe the deafness cure field is large some of them attempt to do business business bustness busi bust ness through the United States mails malls some are Itinerant quacks some dispose of their preparation preparations through the drug store A A few years ago a quack at Kansas Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas City exploited an nn alleged deafness deafness deafness deaf deaf- ness cure through the malls mails He had an magnetic electro head cap which was said to revivify the nerves The postal authorities finally finally fin fin- all ally put an end to this business by declaring the thing a fraud DEAFNESS CURE More recently there h has s been another another another an- an other fraudulent d deafness cure r y h i a Tattle Tattle- le- le shake It fae contained no rattlesnake oil oU Not th that t It would make an any difference if it had had What It did contain was some oil of ot eucalyptus and c camphor foot oil and oil of mustard T Te e postal lOStal authorities got around to this fake some months montis ago ago Then there are on the market a number of so-called so artificial ear eardrums eardrums eardrums drums or ear phones There are also oils that are sold under the claim that If they ar are applied to the back of ot the ear they will cure deafness PUBLIC IGNORANT Deafness euro curo quackery like all other forms of quackery will continue continue con con- to flourish Just so long as the public Is Ignorant of the facts It ItIs Itis itis is a lack rack of ot knowledge rather than thana a lack of intelligence that breeds credulity The house of delegates of the association continued Its business sessions today considering a number num num- her ber of ot important resolutions A A- number of reports were were presented One of these was the report of the i committee for the protection of m medical research dealing with animal animal ani ani- I mal experimentation The report said PAIN MINIMIZED As a consequence of the efforts of the committee committe during the last seventeen years it may fairly b be stated that medical research Involving in involving In- In use of ot lower animals Is Isnow Isnow isnow now safeguarded We Ve are assured that the laboratory procedures are conducted carefully so that discomfort discomfort discomfort dis dis- dis- dis comfort and pain are minimized The public suspicion has been al allayed allayed allayed al- al by adoption of ot humane regulations regulations reg reg- and the declaration of the open door policy The public has b been n made aware of the great benefits to mankind which have come come t trough through l labora- labora Continued on page 8 8 8 LATEST STYLES IN QUACKERY SHOWN AT M. M D. D REVIEW Continued from froin page 1 tory invest Investigations The fundamental fundamental fundamental funda funda- mental work done about fifteen years ago laid a basis on effective ef et- research could be conducted The work In recent years has been chiefly that of watching carefully the activities of ot the anti antl vIvisectionists vivisectionists and bringing our forces Into action wherever action was prudent So uniformly successful have we we ben In defeating attempts to In Interfere interfere in- in with research that hat the danger danger danger dan dan- In-I In ger of Interference has become less and less as years years have passed The committee In charge of this work Is Dr Walter Valter B. B Cannon Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton chairman Dr Joseph A. A Capps Chicago Dr Harvey CushIng Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- Dr David L. L Edsall Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia Dr Simon Flexner New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Dr Reid H Hunt nj Washington D. D C C. and Dr Herbert C. C San Francisco |
