TWO RICHMONDS IN THE FIELD.

NZ Truth, Issue 97, 27 April 1907, Page 8

TWO RICHMONDS IN THE FIELD.

Stanten Has a Brother at Palmerston North.

It seems that our friend W. Stanton is not the only genius of the family, as a brother has turned up m Palmer ston North, where he hangs out Ms shingle as J. Stanton, Magnetic healer. This gentleman is evidently as big a fraud as his Christohurch brother, that is, if they are brother?, and not merely trading under the name for business purposes. He has issued a list of cures effected by his system, and the majority of them are cancer. A quack who has the brazen impudence to declaive tliat^he can cure cases of cancer without the add of knife or drugs should be pinched by the police as a public menace. It is mostly on people who are suffering from some incurable disease that these bloodsuckers live. There are two classes on which they fatten and batten— the hopeless incurable* and the victim of morbid temperament. The former go to the 'quack because the doctors have given them up, and they are ready to experiment with anvthwig that promises to 'bring relief, and often times these people delude themselves at least, that 'they are recovering, only to discover later .that the diseass has been tdkins; a 'firmer' root, an-d they are more hopeless and helpless than ever. The other class are eternally imagining that there is something wrong; with them. They are healthy enough, except m mind, and it only wants a

A -PLAUSIBLE FRAUD of the Stanton stamp to talk to them for a little while, and they- can fee persuaded that they are possessed of all the diseases under the sun. Once these ueople have th&ir fears properly played upon they become fully convinced that they have some frightful malady, and are -quite willing to Pa* the quack for .effect-frog a cure. Of course, as there is no disease there cair be' no cure, but the quack knows better than to say anything like that. He tells the patient that he is getting along Vicely, and he takes fine care that he shall keep on gettin ; better so lone; as his purse' holds out. When the ' silver runs short then the patient is fold he is all right, and as there never was anything wrong with him . of course he is all right, and believes himself cured. It js from this class that these frauds draw their lying testimonials. The publication of theae tes"ttm'oniars should be' prohibited. Weakminded people are often led, on. seeing that some fellow sufferer has been cured of cancer or rheumatism', or something else, by a man advertising himself as a faith 'healer, or magnetic healer without the use of drugs or the application of the knife, to take to the ' quack an ailment that only a sMlled medican man could diagnose ai;d cure. Such wicked piffle aass s this fellow Stanton is circulating round Palmerston is beneath contempt, and were it not for the fact that this country is only too full effi weak-minded fools who have to be saved from themselves it would be superfluous to direct public attention to such palpable quackery. The following is a copy of the circular that is being distributed .—

NOTICE. Mr J. Stanton, Magnetic Healer Opposite Show Grounds. Cuba-street, Palmerston North.;

When you have read this pass it on to some one m need. Patients .treated on Sundays as well as any other days- The Palmer ston establishment is under the management of Mr J. Stanton the Magnetic Healer, whose reputation as a healer is favorably known far and wide. Consultation free. Most diseases treated without the knife, and no/ injurious medicines used. (Then follows a list of most extraordinary cures of what arq generally incurable diseases.) If you are. troubled' with Palpitation- of the Heart, Dizziness m the Head, Shortness of Breath, Blind, Bleeding or Itching Piles, with Cold Feet, Varicose Veins or an over red or ■ 'blue complexion, of any of the above symptoms, do not delay but consult J. Stanton, the. Magnetic Healer.i If you are a distance away, send for, . a Question Form.

Males and females, if you have sore legs that will not heal, consult J. Stanton, the Magnetic Healer. Rich and poor, when you are "affected with' diseases that have baffled ordinary medical skill, consult J. Stanton, the Magnetic Healer, whose medicines never fail if you come m time.

The Ohristohurch address is given as Wm. Stanton, 62 Worcester-street.

The question form accompanies the circular and contains the following questions :— Are you Married ? Have you a Family? Is your Complexion Florid or Yellow ■? Are Lips and Gums Rod or White?' Have you Hard' Lumps m any part of your Body? Ifl so, Where? Have you any Open Sores; that will not Heal? if so, Where?. Have you any Shooting or Darting Pains? If so, Where 1 ? Is your Circulation Rapid! Are you very Sensitive? Are you of a Lively Disposition? Is your Skin Smooth? Have you Palpitation of the Heart? Are you troubled with Piles? Have you Varicose Veins? Are you inclined to Giddiness? Are you troubled with Hemorrhage? If "so, Where? How do you Sleep? Are you troubled Avith Sore Throat? Have you Chest Disease? Are you afflicted with constipation? Is the circulation of your Blood Sluggish? Is your Digestion Good? How is your Appetite? Are you liable to Colds? Any Skin Dis-

ease? Have you Cold Extremities? Have you any Pricking Sensations? Where do you feel Pain? What is the colour of you Water? Are you troubled with .—Rheumatism? Neuralgia? Sciatica.? Lumbago? Stifi-Joints? Swollen Joints? Cough? Any I>ifficulty m Breathing? Shortness of Breath? Suffer from Weariness? Have you been under Medical Treatment? What did your Dootor. treat you for?

Such sickening slimy slush and silly nonsense is enough to make us wonder whether it was not intended for circuiaftion inside a lunatic asylum, and e.ven the lunies would think twice before being taken m with such specious, rot. ''Most diseases" he says are treated without > the knife. Does the impudent bounder mean to infer ■ that he would have the infernal obcek to attempt to use the knife on ANY disease ? If "most" diseases are treated without the knife the only inference is that some are treated with 1 the knife, and that this magnetic man ds capable of handline: the scalpel and also presumably of ad-mi-msteriTig anaesthetics. He should be punished and promptly iugged if ever he tries- Perhaps he and his precious partner brother m Christchurch will strike a. few more G-reaney cases and incidently strike trouble m the shape of a nice secluded little cell m one of the Government free boarding houses.