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February 22, 1868.] THE TOMAHAWK. 81
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« the most shamef would ul : 1 sight in the
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AN IMPUDENT QUACK! YOU may remember that...
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A LOVE OF A JOKE!
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festival Considering held last week that...
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The " Daily Telegraph "—Its Sentiments.—...
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February 22, 1868.] The Tomahawk. 81
February 22 , 1868 . ] THE TOMAHAWK . 81
« The Most Shamef Would Ul : 1 Sight In The
« the most shamef would ul : sight in the
An Impudent Quack! You May Remember That...
AN IMPUDENT QUACK ! YOU may remember that last week I protested against a inuendo certain ) anatomical of its presume museum d proprietor , lifted up , did my my voice utmost in to attack call the ( by attention of the police and the public to the existence of the scandal of Tichborne street . But I was fighting in the dark .
antecedents I had seen the of " " institution Dr . Kahn " " and were knew a mystery that it was to bad me . , but I was the forced to conclude my article by saying " I know nothing of be c Dr the . Kahn case , ' ) he or may an impudent be an excellent quack physician ( which I ( which pray to I hope God may may but not ) could . " I was not be obl hel iged ped to . However admit my , a ignorance great many —it things was a p may ity , be done in a week , as most of us know—we may learn French
or in in a a fall week week desperatel , , or or start start y a a in b b love ubble ubble , or company comoanv quietly . , die or or and lose lose get a a fortune fortune buried at at . cards cards Well ., , during the past week I have not been idle , but have ascertained and a great am now many facts d concerning to ive an our inion very about " good him . Samaritan I then , " without the least prepare fear of the g libel op court , that our dear friend say , " Dr . " Kahn is an Impudent Quack !
soft I don words ' t mince and choose matters sweet and beat ressions about but the I bush , I lainl don ' t and use frankly , using as you will see exp , capital letters , for say the p purpose y , that our dear friend " Dr . " Kahn is an Impudent Quack ! Do There , you know see wh I have ? No repeated ! Well the I will libel tel . l . Many of the
you y , you readers one of a of very this dull publication series , which may onl pass y a over stern this sense article of duty , —it forms could have induced me to commence ; and I am particularly anxious that at any rate they may learn my opinion of " Dr . " Kahn ; so now I have what printed am I in going capital to s do twice 1 Wh what y , I I am think going about to commit him . And the offence a third time ( the figure three is lucky you know ) b
writing our dear friend , y " Dr . " Kahn is an Impudent Quack ! And now for my explanation . First , I will tell you why he is him " impudent a quack . j" and , secondly , I will tell you why I have called " ^ Dr ^^^^^ ^ b . 9 " Kah HW - ^ " V ^^ p ^* . K ^ n b ^^ ^ is ^ ^^ " impudent W db ^^ ^ V n ^ ^^ r ^ f ^ v ^ v ^^ p ^™ ^ " ^^ " ¦ ( ^ i after ™ ^ h ^ v *^^ ^^ a ° " ™~™ " certain ~^^ *^^^ ^* ^^ ^ v ^ p ^ b J ^ ^ v expose ^^ " " ^ ^^^ ^^ V ^ S ^ which W W ^™ ^ V ^ h ^^ * 1 m M * took Vp ^^^ ^^^ 4 h ^ M
p street lace , in when 1857 ) he , when permits he allows his praises his name to to be appear sung in in the Tichborn quack e pamp If he has hlets left which the country are sold ( for as I him ' m told at the by some top of of the my Haymarket correspon- . his dents wretched is the case presti ) , then ge , those are not who onl have y impudent assumed , but his name fraudulent , and man quacks < who ; and would let take it be upo clearly n his understood shoulders such that a I dirty assert garment t / wt a Kahn i % cast cast off / cloak cioaKmust be ittdeed inaeea scoundrel
as as " ur Dr * " . ann ' s s oj ^ ^ muse oe a a scounarec— — indeed and now a quack I have / to So deal much with , then his quackery , for " Dr . . " Kahn ' s impudence , Since the appearance of my article of last week headed " A Good Samaritan 1 " I have received letters from a score of corpublic respondents feeling , thanking seems to me be greatl and y offering opposed me to advice " Dr . " . Kahn Certainl and y i his it r- v . shameless Among h b h - ^ v ihk others and shameful I have received " v Museum 1 great , " and assistance I am glad from to hear the
^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^* ^^^^—^^ * v - ^ - ^ m ^^ V ^^ ^^^ ^^ V ^^ ^ V ^^>^ V -W - ^^ T ^^ ^^^^ ^ - V - ^^ ^ V-W ^^^ V ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ Editor of the principal medical journal in England — I may sincerest say the thanks worl . d , On and app to lication this gentleman he promptl I wish y furnished to offer my me with a printed report of a certain case which was tried at the was Bloomsbury an action County brought Court by the on Juty plaintiff 30 , , 1 a 857 clerk . " in a mercantile v . Kahn " Anatomical house — ¦¦¦ v ^ v-w ^ m ^ t ^ , ^* against ^ ^^^ v v ^ v Museum to ^ * ^ mm ^ w hav the ^ i ^ ^^* ^^ v ^ ^ defendant *¦ been ^ in * ^ ^ m Coventry ^^ t ^ ^ t ^ v ^ w ^ , Josep ^ f street *^ ^ ^ h *^^ ^^ Kahn V , V to ^ *™^ , recover fr ^^ proprietor ^ tf ^ M # r V ^^^ ** the W V V v ^ ^ sum v of ^ r % ^ « B ¦> the of ^ b ^ ^
^ 20 alleged e fraudulently obtained . It appeared onl in the y treated course his of patient this singular as onl case y a greed that y " quack Dr . " Kahn would had treat not a gains victim , , threatened but actuall to y make that when a false asked accusation to refund at the his expense ill-gotten of his " True dupe or ' s not character true , it ! would Said be the a monstrous Deputy Jud thing ge ( for Mr . a Lefroy medical ) : man to make such an accusation . " And the remark was greeted
by the " court crowded with spectators , among whom were several siastic cheering eminent . medical practitioners , " with a burst of enthucase Without , I will entering give the summing into further up details of Mr . ab Lefroy out this as reported dis / graceful in the Lancet of August 8 th , 1857 : the The slightest Deputy doubt Jud upon ge delivsred this case ; that gment it is a as case follows for damages : —" I , have and that not
the the plaintiff plaintiff is is entitled entitled to to recover recover the the whole whole of of the the sum sum claimed claimed . . II think to it is come highl into y creditable court and to the plaintiff this that transaction he had the and moral as to cou the - agency rage , the assistant , whoever expose he may be , has certainl ; y committed a gross practised fraud . , At and the one same cannot time hel one p feeling cannot warml help y seeing that this that fraud as to was Dr . stratagem Kahn not having to secure been himself present against at the the consequences interviews , that of this being is broug a mere ht ditable into a court to the of defendant justice . The and whole the laintiff of the is case entitled , I think to the , is jud very gment discre
the most amount discreditable sued for and . One , disgusting canno , t and help I say shal ing l allow that the the whole highest case ex is - penses to the witnesses . " After such a decision I think we may fairly call our friend finding " Dr . " Kahn ourselves not onl in the y a quack libel court , but . an And impudent now having quack , disposed without of of the Kahn Anat v the v ~ omical " doctor Museum , " I want v r v . to deal with Kahn , the proprietor ^^ ^^ v ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ v ^ ^^^^^^ ^ v ^*^ ^— ^^ ^— ^— ^ w ^*^ v ^^ 9 ^ * ^^ fe ^^^ p ^^ ^^^ r v * v ^ ^^ ^
without There becoming is a saying denied to the . effect For my that part one I cannot hope the touch saying pitch is false pitch , in for the the course gods know of these that articles I have . had But a you good see deal the to composi do with - tion its healing of medicine aid . is All nauseous our doctors , and can yet we do cannot is to make get on the without medihave cine as tried pleasant to do with to the the palate medicine as possible I have , administered and that is what to the I public 4 . Guarded language kk and hvHV a conscientious rt Vl ^ r ¦ ¦ > I i trust K
hav W' ^ r W ^* W *^ P e « B * ^ led ^ F V me ^^^^™ ^ V ^^ ™^^* ^ successfull * V ^ V ^ W ^^^^ b ^^ ^^^ V ^ K ^ B VH ^ ^^*^^ ^ y ^^ throug ^^^ T ^^ p ^& ^^^^ h ^ V ^ V ^^^ all F ^^^ r ^ m ^ b ^^ V my ^^^^ ^^ ^^ rf ^ V ^ difficulties B V ^^ ^^^ ^ " ^* ^^^ purpose W ^^ ^^^ . ^^^ a ^^ ^ But ^ ^^ ^ still ^^^ r - ^^ r ^ v the task is painful , and so I willingly make an extract from a leading article which appeared in the Lancet of August 30 th , 1857 : it is '' Lastl no less y , ) as , advertised to that den as of Kahn obscenity ' Museum ( for , in its present principall form y used and uses as a trap b * ML / to ^* mT catch ^^ V ^ V ^<»* victims * AV V ^^ Af for * V ^» fc a - *» fate JM >\ , ^ similar kJAl » 41 ii | A & or * - * i worse TV V / i tj ^ than 1 , I H 1 ¦ > I that V *** 4 > V of *¦* * the W **^* p k ^^ lain V *»* l -
after tiff in the the exposures case alread made y allud concerning ed to , —we it , definitel any one y is state fool our enoug belief h to that enter if , terminedl its doors , y he arranged merits for his the fate purposes . So disgusting of depraving and the immora minds l , so of de the - i exhibition gnorant and should unwary be , suppressed are the contents by those of who this pretend place , that to guard their public public which the morals nature district and and to respect the tendency museum public of its is decency contents allowed . . to The As exist Vestry good , are citizens of perfectl St . , James y as aware fathers ' s , in of their having duty sons no liable less to than temptation their interest , as guardians to dU of ess public an exhibition % morality t 4 , that it is
VA 1 V < 11 N-fc V * . V J , J *** - * * V «* 5 tJ I 11 VV 11 IUV'I * tlthV * VOVI , t ^ T suppr yj W & V »»* J » J *^ V &«> V <& - * fc ^*^ - # a fc « . »& V «> V if contains the vestry such will a mass do nothing of abomination ( and there . is We not contend much to , mor be hoped eover , from that those ceed unchecked who permit ) , the there nig is abundant y abominations ground to of warrant the Haymarket the interference to proof cating the S its ociety claims for to the Suppression title . Worry of ing Vice the , if H reall olywell y desiroiis street v of endor vindi s is - the good heads sport of en H oug ydra h , — but a fresh scarcel crop y more spring su ing ccessful immediatel than mer y . e Surel ly lopp y an ex off - deservin hibition such of their as w attention e have described as being , without calculated any to exaggeration engender that , is mise more
rable depravity g of mind which , induces men to purchase the poison vended by the traders in obscene publications . "Museum And this " is article still appeared open ! What eleven more years can ago be , said and yet in , utter the condemnation of Bumbledom !
A Love Of A Joke!
A LOVE OF A JOKE !
Festival Considering Held Last Week That...
festival Considering held last week that , Cup on id the is 14 said th of to February have presided , we might over surel the y talk of " Valentine and Arson . " There are few of us who have not had our hearts " set on fire " by the " Rosy God " at some time or other !
The " Daily Telegraph "—Its Sentiments.—...
The " Daily Telegraph "—Its Sentiments . — " Say 'bo ' to a goose—id est' bosh * to a public ! "
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Tomahawk (1867-1870), Feb. 22, 1868, page 81, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_22021868/page/8/
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