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proofread, but needs to be validated.  Dr. Marshall Hall, F. R.
S. :—  "Thousands are annually slaughtered in the quiet sick-
room."  Dr. Adam Smith :—  "The chief cause of quackery outside
the profession is the real quackery in the profession."  Prof.
Oilman :—  "The things that are administered for the cure of
scarlet fever and measles kill far more than those diseases
kill."  Prof. Barker, of New York Medical College :—  "The drugs
that are administered for the cure of scarlet fever kill far
more patients than the disease does."  Prof. Parker :—  "As we
place more confidence in nature, and less in preparations of the
apothecary, mortality diminishes."  The examining physician of a
large insurance company in New York said to a Mercury reporter:—
" The primary cause of so many cases of la grippe in this and
other cities is the almost universal habit of drug taking from
the milder tonics