Revelations of quacks and quackery / a series of letters by 'Detector'.

  • Courtenay, Francis Burdett, 1811-1886.
Date:
1885
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Credit: Revelations of quacks and quackery / a series of letters by 'Detector'. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    HY AEE THE YOUKG NEEVOUS AND THE MIDDLE-AGED DEBILITATED ?—This is now ex- plained in a Medical Work, and a Safe Mode of Treatment for the Restoration of Health and Vigour fully stated. Avoid Galvanic Appliances and Quackery. A single copy post free on receipt of stamped envelope. Address ^' Secretary, Institute of Anatomy, Birmingham. The Author, A M. Button, M.R.C.S., L.S.A, will send advice, free of charge, to all applicants who send details of their cases, and may be consulted daily at 44 Great Charles •Street, Birmingham. I was unable to ascertain positively that tlie A. M. Button referred to in the above, was associated, as it would appear, with the notorious Hunters, whose pro- ceedings are fully exposed at page 108 of the Keve- lations ; but, if the fact was so, then I have no hesitation in thus publically saying that in my opinion he was a more infamous wretch than his vile employer or employers. I remember, however, that some years ago a gang of quacks obtained by purchase the diploma of a deceased member of the College of Surgeons named Sargeant, and caused one of their number to get himself registered as the veritable Sergeant, and for a considerable period successfully carried on a quack practice, till at last the cheat was detected, and the parties were prosecuted at the Old Bailey, convicted and imprisoned. Now it maybe that in the instance I have been referring: to some such dodo^e was beino^ O CD O practised, and if so the A. M. Button whose name may have been associated with the Institute of Anatomy was perhaps perfectly innocent of any connexion therewith. There is another subject which has been a frequent matter of complaint with several patients—it is the galvanic belt dodge, the asserted self-cure-without-