THE " QUACK " AND THE GEESE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 12188, 8 June 1907, Page 7

THE " QUACK " AND THE GEESE.

The knowledge oi the weakness of hi* fellows j« the ctrn.'srth or the rascal, and no beitfi- illustration could be gjiven than a story told on a recent Saturday evening by Dr Lyman B. bperry, an American lecturer, in anaddrchs at the V.M.C.A. room-, (Sydney) on "Quatks an I Quackery."' He explained how "owr in London' there was :i shoemaker who, ftudiiifj that hi* trade had smaller profits than "he desired, commenced in a small way as a vendor ot quack medicines. By decrees his business incased until he was so rich that he was sought as a member ot a public committee. Another member of tho committee was one oi the moqt able of the local medical practitioners, and it happened that on the day fixed for a meeting of the committee these two were first in the appointed room, which overlooked one of the busiest of the city streets. The quack who was a fellow of tremendous impudence, greeted the physician effusively, and m the subsequent conversation asked a simple question in physiology. "Do you mean to tell me that you don't know that " queried the doctor. -No," replied the charlatan, "I never studied it; I used t« be a .shoemaker, y' know." Having answered the question the physician asked his companion how it was that one who knew nothing of the things which the medical profession considered essential to the success of the calling had made such a fortune, while he (the physician), for instance, after years and years of study was still plodding along for a living. "See here answered the quack, drawing his questioner to the window, and pointing to the endless stream of humanity below, tell me what percentage of those people you would judge to »c intelligent, honest, logical thinkers— men capable of giving a sound judgment on matters snch as you mention. The physician considered that about one man in 100 might be so described. AH right," .aid the quack, "thai 's your fellow— the rest are mine !"

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