him of the name "Winslow" in connection with the article, claimed that a variety of soothing syrup prior to 1843, called "Winslow's soothing syrup for children," was manufactured, prepared and sold by John M. Winslow, a druggist of the city of Rochester, and that printed circulars bearing the name of such medicine had been extensively circulated; that he purchased the formula of John M. Winslow, who was the original and first manufacturer.

The Court said:

"I am entirely satisfied that this claim of the defendant, under the proof in the case, is wholly unfounded and is fraudulently put forth. In support of his claim the defendant ("Bryan") distributed a circular signed by John M. Winslow, and purporting to be subscribed by the Mayor and City Attorney of Rochester, the County Judge and District Attorney of Monroe County, and by several druggists of the City of Rochester."

The affidavits of these men were filed, and each swore that the use of their names was unauthorized, and that it was a fraud on the public. John M. Winslow, in his affidavit, repudiates this trickster, and the Court made the injunction permanent. Thus we have him branded officially as a fraud as far back as 1867, and to-day he lives and flourishes upon the revenue derived from the sick and suffering whom he deceives, by his pamphlets and circulars distributed on the street and otherwise.

The reader can imagine his position when he was asked to describe the appearance, and whereabouts of these different "M. D.'s," who composed the Board of Trustees of his Institute:

As a specimen chip we give a part of Bryan's examination, taken from the stenographer's notes, concerning his own standing as an M. D.:

Q. Did you ever graduate at any medical college? A. I have. Q. Where? A. I decline to tell now; it is not pertinent. Q. I ask you where? A. I do not think it is necessary to ask anything of the kind. Q. Where did you graduate? A. I do not think I need answer that. Q. Why do you decline to answer? A. I do not think it is anything in this case. Q. That is not for you to judge, you can refuse to answer on another ground. A. My first diploma that I had was from a Birmingham College in England. Q. Where was that college? A. In Birmingham, England. Q. What was the name of the college? A. That I forget now. Q. Where is your diploma? A. It has been destroyed. Q. Who were the faculty of the college? A. I do not recol

lect now. I was a student of one of the parties connected with it. Q. Did you ever graduate from any other institution? A. I have been examined and have my diploma. Q. For what? A. I have been examined for a College in Havana, Cuba. Q. Do you speak Spanish? A. No, I do not. Q. Did you go through any course of studies at this College in Havana? A. I did not. Q. How did you obtain this diploma? A. By examination. Q. Who examined you? A. Dr. E. Gonzales. Q. What was the name of the college? A. I do not know its exact name; it is a Spanish name. Q. What year were you in Havana? A. I have never been in Havana at all.

This man Gonzales was in Bryan's employ, and run the Philadelphia branch, and had but a short time before absconded, as Bryan testified, with his money.

But Bryan was not to be put down so. He had a fertile mind for schemes, and an elastic conscience for swearing, if his own testimony is to be believed.

ELECTIC COLLEGE.

Q. That is the only college you ever graduated from? A. Yes, I have another from the Pennsylvania College. Q. What college is that? A. The Electic College. Q. Who were the preceptors there? A. I cannot call to mind. Q. Did you pursue a course of studies there? A. I did not. Q. How did you obtain your diploma? A. By examination. Q. By whom? A. By two college graduates. Q. Give me the names? A. Dr. Park is one and Dr. Saunders; an honorary diploma.

Andrew J. Parks was the full name of Dr. Parks, and he was then in Bryan's employ at the Institute, while Saunders had been sent from here to take charge of the Philadelphia Branch, at 249 South 13th street, after Dr. Gonzales had absconded.

This examination covered over one hundred pages of legal cap, and is a sworn medical curiosity. But what must the world expect when a 12mo Board of Trustees and whole Medical Institute undertakes to swear himself through at all hazards.

But this was not done to answer the slanders he had uttered, nor punish his plots and conspiracies. It was a blow necessary to show up this scoundrel, and protect the sick and afflicted from the impositions practiced upon them, and secure evidence sufficient to break up this Institute.

In face of their opposition, we began another suit in the Supreme Court at Albany, through the Attorney-General, which

resulted, on the 25th day of January, 1877, in the following judgment:

Supreme Court of the State of New York, by Judge T. R. Westbrook.

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"It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the paper writings purporting to be certificates of incorporation of the defendants (Clinton Medical and Surgical Institute), filed in the office of the Clerk of the City and County of New York, on the 17th day of July, 1873, and in the office of the Secretary of State ** are and each of them is fraudulent and void, and that they and each of them be cancelled, annulled and discharged in each of said offices." "And it is further ordered and adjudged, that James Bryan, one of the individuals whose name is affixed to said certificate, his agents, servants, and all persons acting for or with him, be and he and they are perpetually enjoined and restrained from further exercising, or assuming to exercise the powers or franchise of a body corporate under said certificate, and from publishing in the State of New York, any notice, circulars or advertisements, under the name of the Clinton Medical and Surgical Institute, or in any manner holding himself or themselves out to the public, or representing himself or themselves to be the said body corporate described in said certificate, or the agents thereof, and from using or causing to be used said name, 'Clinton Medical and Surgical Institute,' in any manner whatsoever as a body corporate."

It was worth all it cost of time, money and personal feeling to accomplish such victories for the suffering and sick.

Let it not be supposed that this is the only concern of like character in the land. They exist everywhere-not always incorporated with a "board of twelve trustees;" but an office, a sign and a title "M. D.," and the name of some reputable physician, backed by the flaming advertisement, the little nasty pamphlet, or the more imposing looking book, to laud the quack-these dens to aggravate the suffering, to rob the sick, to extort from the timid ones, are in every city almost, and their advertisements flood the country.

Read on page 321 what the Illinois State Medical Convention says of the advertising Doctor, at their last meeting at Chicago.

CHAPTER XIX.

THE QUACK.

Health. Of all the blessings of this life, none exceed in value good health. Without it, the capacity to enjoy life is imperfect. Wealth, position or friends, without good health, cannot be enjoyed to the full measure that one in perfect health realizes. Pain, disease, or the weaknesses that follow in their wake, detract from the enjoyments of life, and the luxuries of the rich only serve to ease and comfort the afflicted. A robust frame, a strong constitution free from hereditary disease, is a fortune that enables us to extract to the full the pleasures of earth, and is a strong help to a cheerful, useful, Christian life. The mathematician cannot compute its value, neither can you collect treasures enough to purchase it. It is invaluable. A young man may realize his fondest dream of a successful business future, and yet hereditary disease or the results of wrong living may, either of them, embitter his life so that he would gladly exchange all his possessions to be freed from pain, or restored to health.

Thousands of people, scattered throughout the land, are to-day suffering from ill health. No city, town or hamlet in this broad country can say, "sickness and pain are unknown here." Not only this, but it is almost equally true that everywhere those who are chronically ill may be found. There are also many, many young people who, because of a lack of proper training in childhood and youth by their parents, or, more properly, from lack of any training, have been led into practices that have enervated their bodies and brought weaknesses and disease. Of these ills the youth dares not speak to his nearest friends. He shrinks from allowing his most intimate friend to know or suspect his trouble. Oftentimes these are simple troubles to which, if the right remedy were applied, speedy restoration to health would follow; but, neglected, soon run into

a chronic disorder that causes the victim to become more and more loath to consult any one, even his family physician.

There is a vast army of invalids that are moving to and fro throughout the land in search of health. Boiling, sulphur and mineral springs are visited, sanitariums are crowded, the most skillful physicians in all parts of the world are consulted, millions are spent annually in search of health. "O! to be well again!" is the plaintive cry of the sick and afflicted in all lands.

What man can engage in business and expect to compete with the active men in trade with a broken-down constitution? Who will plan for the future with the despondency that comes from a discased and weakened body? A body racked with pain, or distorted with inflammation, is no help to business or pleasure.

As the shark swims about among the smaller fishes in the sea, only to seize and devour them; as the panther lies low upon the limb of the tree awaiting the approach of his victim to crush the life out of him; so

THE QUACK,

by his lying advertisements and worthless nostrums, traversing the legitimate channels of trade-the newspapers and mails-comes upon these suffering and afflicted ones, not only to deceive and heartlessly rob them, but to add to their sufferings. What would be thought of the man or woman who should invite a starving and famished person into some luxurious home and spread a table before him, and when the dishes were uncovered they should be filled with bits of coal or stones? or when a man was drowning, should throw a rope to him while struggling in the water for life, and then, when he had seized the rope and was nearly saved, should let go the rope and stand coldly by and see him drown? Or again, where a house was on fire, and the women and children were rushing down stairs for their lives, and some wretch should close the door of exit and prevent their escaping? And so we might go on imagining heartless and cruel things to the end of the chapter, and we could picture nothing more heartless, more relentlessly cruel, than these ghouls and vampires who prey upon and rob the sick and afflicted. By