who took it regularly, and who
was so enamored of its favorable action that he gave up his
business to conduct an agency for its sale. It was not long
after he had entered upon his new vocation that I received word
of his death, due to pulmonary hemorrhage."

The "returned missionary" fraud has been exposed by different druggists'
papers, among them the _New Idea_. The "missionary" would advertise a
"free cure," if people would send to him. The "cure" would be in the
form of a prescription. There being no drugs in any drugstore bearing
the names given in the prescription, the dupe was expected to pay an
exorbitant price for them to the philanthropic "missionary." In one case
of this kind the "medicinal plants brought from South America, the only
place where they grew," were upon examination by chemists of the _New
Idea_ found to be ordinary drugs, not one of which comes from South
America.

The same paper tells of another "South American" fraud, 60,000 bottles
of which were said to be sold in Detroit in a few weeks, by an
itinerating vendor.

A certain liver, and kidney, and constipation cure, sold in the form of
herbs, is said by _New Idea_ to be chiefly couch grass, and senna
leaves. Yet it sells for 25 cents for a small package.

To this paper the public is also indebted for the information that a
kind of wafer advertised to "cure in a few days all coughs, colds,
irritation of the uvula and tonsils, influenza, bronchitis, asthma, sore
throat, consumption, and all diseases of the lungs and chest" was found
to consist wholly of sugar and corn starch!

_Medical World_ recently told of the investigation of "H----" by Prof.
John Uri Lloyd of Cincinnati. It was advertised as a plant discovered by
a doctor traveling in Florida. Its juices were said to be antidotal to
snake poisoning, and would also cure the opium habit. Prof. Lloyd found
it to be a liquid consisting of a solution of sulphate of morphine and
salicylic acid, in alcohol and glycerine, with suitable coloring matter.

Another fraud exposed by _New Idea_ was a "cure" for the peculiar ills
of women. The cure is put up in the form of little oblong blocks about a
half inch in length.

"A circular accompanies them, and is well calculated to produce
alarm in the young. It is another sample of the demoralizing
documents which unscrupulous quacks are continually circulating
among the laity, in order to create alarm, and profit by