THE QUACK'S VICTIMS.
i A medical writer tells this story' of a j celebrated quack. He was once visited j by an old acquaintance from the country, B who addressed him as "Zam." t " I'm glad to see thee st got on so finely Zam," said the rubtic, " But hmv j is't man 1 Tiie knuw'st thee never had , no more brains than a bumpkin." Taking him to a window, the quack bade him count tho passers-by. " How many have passed!" asked the quack after a few minutes. " Ninety or ut hundred." " And how many wise men do you suppose were among this hundred 1" ! " Mayhap oue." j "Well, all the rest are mine."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 658, 4 January 1881, Page 3
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114THE QUACK'S VICTIMS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 658, 4 January 1881, Page 3
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