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February 15, 1868.] THE TOMAHAWK. - 71
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« THE MOST SHAMEFUL SIGHT IJST THE WORLD...
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A Good Samaritan ! Now it is pleasant in...
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February 15, 1868.] The Tomahawk. - 71
February 15 , 1868 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . - 71
« The Most Shameful Sight Ijst The World...
« THE MOST SHAMEFUL SIGHT IJST THE WORLD . "
A Good Samaritan ! Now It Is Pleasant In...
A Good Samaritan ! Now it is pleasant indeed to meet a philanthropist in the rambles realms of about vice . a Not very onl dismal y pleasant spot , I but have encourag found ing such . a In man my . Yes , within , a hundred yards of the ' locale of the " Shameful a our Si public ght" dwells midst reward a doing , noble a monument - good hearted b . individual stealth This ge performing , ntleman who . deserves has the live best a titl d in of e ,
very , y , actions he has received in secresy no , tor reward weeks save , months the inestimable , —years . During income this derived time wealthy from the circle possession of customers of a clear ! conscience Good and , generous and a numerous philanthro and - prints pist , we published should scarcel his advertisements y have heard of now him and had again not the . Like public a flower born to bloom unseen ( except between , the hours of 11 a air . m ! . and Fortunatel 8 p . m . ) , he however would have for the lost world his fragrance at large on certain the desert
well-conducted papers y , have , lent their columns to , extend very his words fame , and ! his name is as familiar in our mouths as household It is not to be expected that many like unto him are to be found " two-pennyworths in this wicked " world of charity . Good are Samaritans scarcer . However are scarce , , as and I ponder o ' er the past I can just remember the career of a man
who adoration , in some . If respect my memory s , resembled does not the p subject lay me false of my he sket too ch kep and t a repository for the wonders of nature and art . He too called upon of their the way wicked to to his repent consulting of their room evil lives . He , and too to was make beautifull the best y pathetic about the follies of youth and the false delicacy of budding " hours of manhood business . " He of a too doctor had . the But heart here of an the angel resemblance and the
subject stopped . of my Instead sketch of , gaining he was the comp respect letely of misunderstood the world , like . the He was unlucky enough to have a " difficulty" with one of his throp numerous ist , after prot spending £ g € s , and oceans was " of hunte money d down upon . " an Poor exhibition philanof open the free British to the Press public ! , to To be see hunted all his down schemes by the for bloodhounds the world's lows regeneration the cause tumbled in the destruction to the ground of a as house rapidl built y as of the lay effect cards fol- !
To hear his name coupled with thief and quack , scoundrel p and Jew too unkind ! Oh , ! it was And too yet much so it ! was Too . cruel After — the too " unchristian difficulty " , with and hunted the man him he down had benefited ! He was , obli the ged Press to gather took the together matter his up beauti and - had ful and to decamp soothing . models His little * of p books leasing ( the human produce peculiarities of hours and of p then
leasant toil and holy reflection ) were thrust rapidly into their boxes and Haymarket carted away , to the ! fields Away of from the the country pleasant , to the Strand land , and of the innocent sweetvoiced nightingale ! I hope most sincerely he is at rest now that shed he his is far away nose-blood from the would busy have hum of laced men his who noble would form have in the — — — ^^ cramping -w * . «^<«* very F ^ ^^^^^ «> fixtures * 4 KWW «* ***** ^ of ** the , « r **^^ k stocks ^ a *^^^^ F » k ^ J p
Happier , however , has been the fate of my philanthropist . and He is admired at large . , and His flourishing advertisements , appreciated are welcomed at his with proper loud valu ac e - , clamations by the publishers of "respectable" newspapers ; his his " pretty scientific little institution works ( so " full is thronged of morality with and eager advice sight ) are -seers trea- ; who sured would and dare read to by doubt thousands his word —if we on are any to point believe )—by him hundreds ( and of
gigantic thousands work ! of Good charity and : let hol me y man trust , — that he is g engaged igantic work upon will a some day receive its proper reward ! To tell the truth , I had got sick of the " Most Shameful for the Sight air very in in the the atmosp atmosp World here , " here of and the of all vice plague its , misery and -stricken prayed , and to spot my the sou 1 gods l I loathed gasped most earnestly for a mouthful of virtue . I did not pray long , for which soon my seemed eyes to rested me the upon abode a noble of -looking all that establishment was holand , blazing intellectual adv . ertis No ement catch o - ve penny very r the d display oor , —but outside merely a inside dozen or ; no so
attention of coloured of lamps savans shining and an over illuminated the facia fountain , just to in attract the hall the pursuits evidently ! intended Plain , simp to , le excite , and the worth curiosity y of an of honest men of practitioner scientific , in a noble profession ! tered Deli the ghted hall at , paid discovering a shilling a well ( which of water I suppose in the found desert its , I way enmining vid my the philanthrop marvels of ist Nature ' s hands disp to the layed poor for -box ) , especial and began benefit exa- .
^ M vb ^ t ^ k « v ^ v ^ b ^ m ^ m v ^ k ^ tf ^ b ^ b ^^^ f ** ^ k ^ b ^ b ^>*^ k V ^ b ^ F ^ V ^^^~ ^^^ r ^ V > ^^ ~ ^ V ^ . ^ V ^^ V ^^ ^ m ^ F ^^ ' ^ k <^ k ^^ r C ^^ ' ^* ^ W W ^ b ^ r ^^ F ^ b ¦ 4 h ^¦* b ^ my ^^ ^ b ^^ ^^^ ^^ v V <^ F ^ V ^ ^^^ ^ v ^^*^ v ^^ ^*^ r ^^ w ^ ^^ ^~ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ r before To understand me , a respectable fully the causes -looking that man lead , who to the was singular dressed " cases some " - what after the fashion of a bankrupt park-keeper , who , in fact , assistants was clothed , gave in me the an costume unpretending generally little adopted work which by doctors made * everything I began admiring as plain the as wo day nders -light of to Science me . Armed , Nature with , and this Art work . , And what were they ? y
form Why divine I will , of tell the you ear . , the There head were , the a brain few model , & c . s of After the human I had seen these , my eyes ' rested upon a series of the most horrible of and genuine loathsome is subjects objects . " purporting I will not say to be that waxen these fearful reproductions things were exaggerated or highly coloured . I will allow for the sake clever clever of argument anatomical anatomical , that they studies studies were . . wh But But at what what they pretended I I will will sav is is to be this this —merely in in mv say , my
opinion , these loathsome models were unfit for public , view , were calculated to fill the minds of youths with terror and des" pair highl , to y respectable drive them " practitioners in horror to . I the will " say consulting , thatjout rooms of the hos " of - never pitals have and medical been exhibited schools , in that my they opinion could , these do no model possible s should good , and might cause a frightful amount of harm . Moreover , I say ,
that derance in my was opinion given for to such " cases an " exhibition calculated , a to very terrif undue y youths prepon and - young men . I was horrified myself at the objects set before have me , and on men I can many quite years imagine my junior what . effect I say the also exhibition that the would handwould book supp certainl lied to have me contained terrified the pages nervous of matter . I , which that on on perusal leav- , ing the museum y I was offered for a shilling say a book , entitled
" The Philosophy , of Marriage , " from which I , make the , following extract : — 2 'hefollowing instructions are given for the purpose of facilitating Invalids in obtaining Dr . Kaluis ' advice : — His hours of consultation are from 11 in the Morning till 8 in the borne Evening street , at , Haymarket Consulting , London Rooms . attached to the Museum , 3
Tichthe Patients following who instractions desire to be : — treated by correspondence should observe follow 1 . — Their certain letters directions should . ] contain full particulars as to age . [ Here with 2 . — his The own letters name may or an , at assumed the option one , of or initials the patient , as the , be circumstances either signed ma Consultation y render expedient Fee of One , and Guinea must . contain a remittance of Dr . Kaiin's called 3 . — for The rep lie s will other be manner addressed desired either but dire ct , or to case post- office e address , till
to which , they are to y be forwarded should ; be clearl every y indicated , and fully and legibly written . the 4 . par —In t of small the patient towns or to villages the name , where of Dr . there Kahn may being be an seen objection on a letter on market addresse , London to him , , W he .- may direct to L . J . K ., 3 Tichborne street , Haya packed cc 5 ording . —The , and t remedies o sc reened instructions can from be forwarded o e rvation the pat to , i and ent all , parts will which be of instructions the addressed world , carefull stri should ctly y be clear and unmistakcablc
. 6 . —Dr . Kahn wishes to impress upon all patients -with whom it is at b all intervi y pr the acticable ew increased , as , the the advantages certainty importan and ce resulting of c affording elerity to them of him the from at trea l such t east ment a , course more pers will than onal , repay them the trouble and expense thereby occasioned . of I " s Dr ay . , Kahn as I relinquish . " That he my may pen be , that an excellent I know nothing physician whatever ( which I hope may be the case ) , or an impudent quack , ( which I pray
honestly to to God God and may mav trul not not y ) ) inscribed but but that that , and what what that I I I have have must put written written the matter above above in is is the hands of the public , leaving it to them to draw from my articles their own conclusions .
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 15, 1868, page 71, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_15021868/page/9/
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