A Protest
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Sir,?In to-day's issue of a Calcutta daily paper I find the enclosed advertisement sandwiched in between an advertisement for enamel paints and another for furniture: Dr.'s -Wonderful Discovery.?Specific for Hydrocele, guaranteed to cure any nature and of any standing by using this medicine externally. Price, Its. 2-8. Apply to , Calcutta. A Government big officer of Central Provinces writes:?" Seems to have been now quite absorbed by your medicine, and. I am much pleased at the result, the part being quite reduced to its natural size." Having no desire to advertise this " remedy," I have erased the " doctor's " name and that of the shop at which it is sold. What can be the qualifications of such a man to call himself a doctor ? Why should he degrade the medical profession in such a vile manner 1 If he is a qualified man, why does not the University or licensing body which gave him the qualification interfere? If he is not qualified, is there no Medical Corporation that will come forward to
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 29 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016