The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

250 THE HEALTH BULLETIN.a way, don't you? And yet, when heloses his money, we just say, "A fooland his money are soon parted." Butwhat about the scoundrel that getsaway with this poor fellow's hardearned cash? What do we think ofhim? What do we think of all his accomplices?The prison is too goodfor them, and they are rarely ever sentthere, any way.But w^here thereis one gold brick inbusiness there area dozen in health.Where there is onefellow selling miningstock that willnever mine, or realestate that is notreal (lots in LongIsland Sound, outin the ocean, or insome river bed),there are a score ofscoundrelstheirandaccomplices,several shades blacker than thegold brick shark, who are not onlyfilching the hard earned money fromour people and giving them nothingfor it in return, but they are actuallyrobbing them of their most preciouspersonal possession, their lives andhealth.Whom do I mean by the scoundrelsand their accomplices? I refer to th?great host of patent medicine fraudsand fakes, and the accomplices arenone other than a great lot of thenewspapers and religious papers whichexploit the advertisements of thesefrauds. Of all papers that should beclean from cover to cover, that shouldbend every effort to make sure thatGOLD BRICKS IN HEALTHHow Fools are Soon Parted from their Money, Lives and HealthWabrex H. Booker, C.E.What do you think of a fellow that what is advertised in their papers isbites on a gold brick swindle these what it is claimed to be, it certainlydays? Feel kind o' sorry for him in devolves upon the religious press toLOOK OVER THE ADS IN YOURFAMILY PAPERS THIS EVENING.IF YOU FIND PATENT MEDICINEADVERTISEMENTS, JUST DROPA LINE TO THE EDITOR ANDTELL HIM WHAT YOU THINK OFSUCH ADVERTISEMENTS. THEONLY WAY TO STOP SUCHTHINGS IS TO LET THE FOLKSPUBLISHING THESE PAPERSKNOW WHERE YOU STAND ONSUCH MATTERS.set an example and, above all, to behonest with their readers.You would never think of lettingsome one thrust a loaded revolver intoyour hand, put your finger to the trigger,aim the gun at one of your friendsand commit murder for you, whileyou deliberately turned your head inanother direction. Did it ever occurto you that that isjust what takesplace when a paper,religious or secular,sells its advertisingspace to suchfrauds? It is themodern way of sellingour birthrightfor a mess of pottage.Was Judasmuch more to beblamed for betrayinginnocent bloodforsilverthirty pieces ofthan we are,if we betray our fellow man by beingparty to a plot to rob him of his moneyand give him, at best, some worthlessdrugs? Perhaps we also give him ashove and a kick down the road of illhealth toward a premature gravesometimes from the dangerous characterof the drug, more often becausethe promises made delude the victimand keep him from getting genuinemedical relief.To be concrete, witness the followingincident. The accompanying pictureshows a man who saw "Nature'sCreation" advertised in a paper. Accordingto the advertisement, themedicine will cure consumption. Itsells for $5.00 a bottle. The poor.I