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Chas. O'Hagan Laughinghouse, M. D. 39 of our town, he concluded his harangue by saying, "my friends, before bidding you good-bye, I want to say for Pitt County, that its people have more money and less sense than the inhabitants of any section of Eastern Carolina." His remarks would not be inappropriate if applied to the whole State so far as purchasing medicine is concerned. Have we, as guardians of the public health, taken enough pains to impress upon our lay friends, the danger of allowing and encouraging this baneful patronage of patent medicine fakes. The above may also apply to the irregulars and quacks, both in the profession and out of it. The newspapers are filled with all sorts of spurious medical advertisements bent only on getting money without knowledge, knowing nothing and caring nothing about curing. When the public sees in the papers an account of some marvelleus operation performed by some sneaking advertiser in the profession or some pompous nonsense about professional matters, they flock immediately in answer to the advertisement, forgetting that the advertiser is directly in collusion with the newspaper reporter and that his opinion upon medical questions is scientifically valueless. Strange beyond all strangeness is the love of the public generally for being duped. Quackery may be likened to an artificial eye, everybody sees through it except the patient. Should we censure or pity, should we abuse or instruct our friends outside the profession for allowing and supporting this highway medical robbery, not of the profession but of themselves? At whose doors shall we lay the cause? The public, of course, will have to bear its part but they are to some extent excused on account of ignorance. The profession is responsible to some extent for not raising its voice more powerfully against this menace to public health; but the Press, that powerful organ for good or ill, will at the final judgment, have few sins more heinous to answer for than the crime of poisoning the minds of an unsespecting public with what they know to be absolute lies. Papers, pamphlets and magazines,almost every sheet upon which type is pressed, is to some extent responsible for the success of these social vampires. Even the "Biblical Recorder" and "N. C. Christian Advo-
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-16: Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1897 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-044 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 44 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 39 |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1897 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-044-0043 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 44 |
Page Number | 39 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | Chas. O'Hagan Laughinghouse, M. D. 39 of our town, he concluded his harangue by saying, "my friends, before bidding you good-bye, I want to say for Pitt County, that its people have more money and less sense than the inhabitants of any section of Eastern Carolina." His remarks would not be inappropriate if applied to the whole State so far as purchasing medicine is concerned. Have we, as guardians of the public health, taken enough pains to impress upon our lay friends, the danger of allowing and encouraging this baneful patronage of patent medicine fakes. The above may also apply to the irregulars and quacks, both in the profession and out of it. The newspapers are filled with all sorts of spurious medical advertisements bent only on getting money without knowledge, knowing nothing and caring nothing about curing. When the public sees in the papers an account of some marvelleus operation performed by some sneaking advertiser in the profession or some pompous nonsense about professional matters, they flock immediately in answer to the advertisement, forgetting that the advertiser is directly in collusion with the newspaper reporter and that his opinion upon medical questions is scientifically valueless. Strange beyond all strangeness is the love of the public generally for being duped. Quackery may be likened to an artificial eye, everybody sees through it except the patient. Should we censure or pity, should we abuse or instruct our friends outside the profession for allowing and supporting this highway medical robbery, not of the profession but of themselves? At whose doors shall we lay the cause? The public, of course, will have to bear its part but they are to some extent excused on account of ignorance. The profession is responsible to some extent for not raising its voice more powerfully against this menace to public health; but the Press, that powerful organ for good or ill, will at the final judgment, have few sins more heinous to answer for than the crime of poisoning the minds of an unsespecting public with what they know to be absolute lies. Papers, pamphlets and magazines,almost every sheet upon which type is pressed, is to some extent responsible for the success of these social vampires. Even the "Biblical Recorder" and "N. C. Christian Advo- |
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Article Title | Annual Oration A Few Hints In Medico-Social Ethics |
Article Author | Chas. O ' Hagan Laughinghouse |
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