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Show QUACKS AND SUCKERSThe SUCKERS SUCKERSThe The ease with which v.h.fch vh.fch vhfch ahlch . . charlatans of all aU kin . kinparticularly JJ.nds JJnds JJ.ndsparticularly kindsparticularly ds particularly medical medlc11 . ' quacks , defraud the public woule woul woulebe woulbe woulcbe be Incredible were it not for the evidences to be sceI1 sceI1on see seeon seeron on every eveIj ' hand . . A few of the schemes . whereby v.hereby vhereby thereby thE thEgullible thgullible th thgullible ( gullible and superstitious have been separated fron- fron from fro frotheir frontheir - -their their - ' money by these S\\ S swindlers Sindlers \ indlers are mentioned intartlcle in an anarUc1e anarticle arUc1e tartlcle by Dr . , Morris F1.shbeinSoon FishbeinSoon . Fishbein F1.shbein F1shbein FishbeinSoon Soon after Franklin made his famous kite kitedemonstration kit kitdemonstration kitedemonstration demonstration in electricity electricItj ' , . evcrvone e\crone e crone eteryone ecroneas \ ) \ was \\as as discussing discussingthe discussin discussinthe discussingthe ( y the wonderful new ne\\ ne neforce \ force , . A doctor named Ehsha E sha Pcr-kins Pcr kins Per- Per Perkins Per Perkilns - kins kilns manufactured a lot of short metal rods , . v.hjch vhjch v.hjchbe chic chiche . whichhe h be he claimed cIa1mcd clairrred v t , were ere charged with electriC1t electricity . and there there- thererore therefore therefore - fore rore capable 6f 6 r drawin drawing disease from the human huma humanbody humabody humanbody n body , . He sold many of ot the rods-one rods one - rods - one pair to George GeorgeWashington Geor GeorWashington GeorgeWashington GeorgeWashingtonElectnc Washington WashingtonElectnc WashingtonElectric Electnc Electric belts and similar sinular appliances appl1ances have been beenwId bee beesold beentold n wId sold by y he millions milUons , net one of which , , . of course , . had hadany ha haany hadany d any curative valuehateer value whatever \\hate\er hate er whateserl whateserlA \ \ . . A few years ago agowidely a awidely awidely widely advertised ad\ertised ad ertised \ product call Sanatogen Sanatogcn had an en- en enormous enormous en enormous - ormous sale and testimonials testlmomals a \ were ere em obtained from frommany fro fromany frommany m many persons of prominence The stuff stu1I was com- com composed composed com composed - posed of 95 per cent cottage cheese and the remain remam- remam remain- remainder remamder remainder - der glycerine phosphate ph05phate , neither of any medicalvalue medical medicalvalue 'Value Value " ' . , One promoter acknowledged making mah.ing mahing . $ $45,600 45600 $45.600 45.600 $ , . prolIt pro- pro proDt pro profit - fit Dt lIt in a year from the . .sale sale . of a "che che "chemical chemical " c\1 c 1 . ' \ ring ' ' sup'POSed supposed sup- sup supIposed - , } : ' ' Iposed 'POSed POSed to cure dise diseases s of the blood , . but in reality no noI nomore ) I ) more efficacious efUca.cious efUcacious . than a t\\ t tne twine \ ne string tied aroundt aroundcme.s.1inger around t , one's/finger one's ones finger cme.s.1inger cmes.1inger cmes1inger one'sfhnger onesfhnger ' . / . , : , . - . But Butv.e Butwe But . we v.e ve c can n hardly hardJj ' wonder at the success of ofquackery ofquackery ofquackery quackery in a state of civilization which still st11l accepts accep acceps accepts-a accepts a acceptsI is gospelI .a a . - s mass of medical and other superstition as gospel gospeltruth gospeltruth I ' " -truth truth 1ruth - . . \ |