Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . ed ol one of a seriesof Lung Germine advertisements which have appeared within the past few months. This advertisement in the original by 15 inches. an order, a third form letter follows in two weeks time inwhich the reduced price of $ is made. Eleven days the money is still not enticed out of the victims pocket,comes form letter No. 4 in which he is urged to deposit $ Ill) <jl ICKERY with his local b
Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . ed ol one of a seriesof Lung Germine advertisements which have appeared within the past few months. This advertisement in the original by 15 inches. an order, a third form letter follows in two weeks time inwhich the reduced price of $ is made. Eleven days the money is still not enticed out of the victims pocket,comes form letter No. 4 in which he is urged to deposit $ Ill) <jl ICKERY with his local banker to bo held in trust for one month andto be returned at the end of that time if he has not notedbenefit or favorable changes* in that time. In three moreweeks the last attempt to get the patients money is made bymeans of Eorm letter No. 5. In this the company states thatit is going to do something which is absolutely against ourbusiness principles, in one more effort to introduce LungGermine in your locality. The something is an offer toaccept a mere $ for one full months treatment of LungGermine, the regular price of which would otherwise be $ A photographic reproduction of the guarantee which, whilelegally is probably valid, is actually worthless and but an addedbait for the unwary and easily gulled consumptive. The sameguarantee would be au equally safe commercial proposition to theexploiter of mere hydrant water, if such water were sold under thesame specious promises as this nostrum. If this doesnt bring the money the Lung Germine Companycharges the form letters, postage and free trial treatmentup to profit and loss and closes the account. THE WORTHLESS GUARANTEE With the first letter and trial treatment a positiveguarantee blank is sent, of which the company makes , it guarantees that the company will return themoney paid for the first months treatment provided that••no benefit or favorable changes are made in the patientscondition during th
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