QUACKS AND THEIR VICTIMS
The following extracts are from a lecture by T. Spencer Wells, F.R.C.S., published in the Medical Times for July 11th:-
... Thus one generation after another continue to be the dupes of quacks and charlatans. Large fortunes have been made by the sale of a single nostrum. Perkins sold thousands of his 'tractors' at five guineas the pair. Mayersbach, Schweinfurth, Mesmer, Desion, and their pupils, made splendid fortunes in the last century. ...
Source: findmypast - Hereford Journal - 12 August 1857