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Evening Star, Issue 4044, 11 February 1876, Page 3

A patent medicine man rec ;ntly pitted handbills on a'l the gravestones in a cemetery in Massachuset s.

One of the most audacio ,s quacks that ever lived was J. Hanison Curtis, "aurist." He knew almost absolutely nothin ■ of the profession that he adopted, but lis got something < f a reputation, and was once j-ummoned to attend Sir Robert Peel, who was suffcr'n* from temporary deafness. He w< nt provided with two watches', one that ticked very weakly, and another that made as much noise as a clock. Peel began to question him as to his mode of treatment, but Curtis, giving him a dig with a syringe, told l.im that if he dMn'n hold his tongue some injivy woald t efall him, Th» quack at fist ap.li d the we.k-ticking wa'ch to Sir Robert's ear, and of cou .«e he couldn't hear anything; but after w riling for s me time he applied t'">e other, ai-d Peel could Lear perfectly \\\ll! It ws a maiv llous cure.