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Title: Daydreams of a doctor..
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Barlow, Columbus. (from old catalog)
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e of some people. Then, as I understand you, the spirit of the code isoccasionally overridden. Yes, but not nearly so often as in former times.The black arts will continue to be practiced, however, bysome of the members of this learned profession for ail timeto corne. The ways of the charlatan are devious andfull 01 cunning. They are resolved to be cunning ; letothers run the hazard of being sincère. I believe I hâvethe advertisement of one Doctor Crook, who visits ourtown at regular intervais, and who carries off almost asmuch money as a first-class circus. He is a graduate ofa médical collège, and the state board of health actuallyallows him to continue his nefarious practice, which, tosay the least, is certainly sufnciently unprofessional to givegood and potent reasons for revoking his certificate. You are now well beyond the outskirts of the city anddriving along a quiet country road. Passing you the reinsfor a moment, the doctor takes from his pocket a localpaper, and reads :
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You are either a fool or a knave. Doctor Crook 141 Doctor Crook, formerly of New York city, now of Chicago, iscoming! Miracles in medicine ! Monstrous tumors melt away! Thelame throw away their crutches and walk ! Cancer, consumption, andchronic troubles cured in a mysterious manner! After more in the same strain there follows a long listof testimonials, amongst which the doctor reads the fol-lowing : About a year ago I visited Doctor Crook. I was then helpless,in a paralyzed condition. Went on crutches whenever I went out. Aterrible tumor increased my already abnormal size rapidly. I measuredover four and one half feet around the waist, and over four feet from hipto hip. The disease had settled in one limb, and I had no use of it.Was also fast losing my eyesight. My nerves were shattered, and I hadno memory. Not one of my friends thought I could be helped. Thephysicians had given me up as incurable. Doctor Crook had told memy troubles without asking me a question or how they came upo

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