QUACKS AND PATENT MEDICINES 
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regular physicians, and cease patronizing the quacks and 
patent medicines, one of the sources of much sickness and 
suffering would be destroyed. 
Our government through its enforcement of the Food and 
Drugs Act is doing a great deal to protect those who do not 
understand about disease and its cure. This Act is too 
limited and should be revised and its scope broadened; for 
Note how differently the pressure comes on the parts of this foot as 
compared with that shown in Figure 429. 
we find since its passage that there has been an increase in 
the number of remedies sold as “ curesfor epilepsy. The 
main drug in these fakes is bromide of potassium, which is 
harmful to the patient, especially in the large doses recom¬ 
mended. While this drug has the power to suppress tem¬ 
porarily the epileptic attack, it leaves the sufferer in a worse 
condition. 
The number of “ deafness cures ” is legion. The middle 
and inner ear, where all diseases of the ear are located, is 
separated from the brain by a thin partition of bone and it 
