titutional) cancer in the mouth or
throat, have been treated with complete success; while, in reality,
the cases, _if they ever existed_, (of which I have considerable
doubt) were either of a scrofulous nature, or the remains of a certain
disease. I am confident the pretender NEVER saw a _real case_ of
cancer of the mouth and throat; and the very assertion that portions
of bone have been exfoliated in these cases, gives the lie direct to
the whole, for it is a fact that cancer never causes bone to
_exfoliate_, and in this I am borne out by every medical authority. It
may cause the long bones to become fragile, so that the patient may
have a fractured limb from a very slight cause, or it may convert bone
into a dense carcinomatous structure; but _exfoliation will never take
place_. Then as to the occurrence of _confirmed_ cancer in the mouth
and throat, I have no hesitation in stating that it _rarely if ever
occurs_, and that if it ever did, it was a perfectly incurable
disease; and I could cite a host of authorities to prove my assertion.
And who is to oppose these great authorities? What man with experience
so extensive--with knowledge so profound--with sagacity so
searching--with learning so deep--shall declare that he himself has
seen and treated sixty cases of _true carcinomatous disease_ of the
mouth and throat? Who is this Goliah of Surgery? Who is the judge in
this matter to whose opinion he commands us to bow? Reader! the fact
is, that the assertion is so glaringly false, that if only a particle
of shame enter into his composition, it must betray its existence.

This, however, is only one part of the fabricated statements which
have been delusively put forth to deceive and misguide the public; but
I presume it would be a waste of time to attempt to prove the
abominable practices of these empirics; not that it would be a
difficult matter to do so, for were I so disposed I could adduce such
a body of evidence as would demolish their empty pretensions with as
much ease as the sun dispels the morning vapours. But I think my
readers will agree with me that I have displayed enough of their
charlatanry to satisfy any man who lays claim to anything like common
sense.

Leaving, then, these literary delinquents to their HONEST
_reflections_, I have merely to observe, that the medicines and
applications which I am in the habit of using, are principally
selected from indigenous plants; and I cannot but regret that the
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