Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . remost among the worldsgreat discoveries. FOLLOW-UP LETTERS The victim was informed that by answering the ques-tions on the blanks sent him the company would be able tostudy his case from the standpoint of successful specialists. IS Ql YCKERY If no reply was received to this letter, the company againwrote the prospective patient, urging him to send in thequestion blank properly filled out, immediately, and im-pressing on him the da
Nostrums and quackery; articles on the nostrum evil and quackery reprinted, with additions and modifications, from The Journal of the American Medical Association . remost among the worldsgreat discoveries. FOLLOW-UP LETTERS The victim was informed that by answering the ques-tions on the blanks sent him the company would be able tostudy his case from the standpoint of successful specialists. IS Ql YCKERY If no reply was received to this letter, the company againwrote the prospective patient, urging him to send in thequestion blank properly filled out, immediately, and im-pressing on him the danger of delay. If this brought noanswer another letter was sent to him telling him that thecompany had taken a deep-seated interest in his ease andfelt certain that it could cure him. If a reply was still notforthcoming, another letter was sent, asking the patient toexplain the delay and telling him that he probably would havebeen cured months ago if he had but cast aside prejudice andanswered the questions submitted to him. LOMC BUTHNCI TtLI OB INOttNOtNI tO«t HLf««-OnI , ?—-*?*•/* ° a- ™* ^~*9 •B^ y °* 1DU CAM x»V( THt UOIOOl. THE CURRY SANITARIUM AND OFFICES *0U«J>( wtl£0IE*«THt •JdnTMlunAT HUT HC Wt *5« tWkf IOU it WBl WOl£ US « Esq. , Dear Sir: We are in receipt of your inquiry, requesting information asto our metnod of treatment for cancer. It certainly gives us pleasureto be able to say to you that we have a positive cure lor this, one oftne most dreadful diseases that afrilcte the human race. We are sendingyou free the necessary information that will show you how to cure your-self at home in from 10 to 20 days ^ithou Photographic reproduction of one of Currys form letters.* Notethe claim to cure cancer in from To to 20 (lays. In those cases in which the question blank was filled out,the company sent the victim a letter in which it stated thatit could cure him permanently by its treatment in from tento twenty days at a cost of $25. I
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