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“…fistulous slave…”
“…the Daily Delta.”
“…forced to print a retraction.”
“…succumbing to the cancer…”
“…accounts of the method were never specific…”
“…a mitigating treatment…”
“…the impression of effective treatment.”
“…thousands of poor patients.”
“…a feeble widow…”
“…a boy who begged his way…”
“…Captain Miguel Lopez…”
“Wealthy landowners…”
“…fistulous slave…”
See “…a fistulous slave…,” above.
“…the Daily Delta.”
See “…Tilghman Tucker…,” above.
“…forced to print a retraction.”
The Daily Delta (New Orleans, LA), February 12, 1851, p. 2.
“…succumbing to the cancer…”
Tucker died in 1859, of unspecified causes.
https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000404
“…accounts of the method were never specific…”
Gilbert’s ads specified only that he achieved his cures without the use of the knife.
The New York Times (New York, NY), July 12, 1853, p. 6.
“…a mitigating treatment…”
By the time Thomas Addis Emmet published his book, caustics were already on their way out.
Emmet, T. A. (1879). The principles and practice of gynaecology. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, p. 131.
“…the impression of effective treatment.”
See “Sims first heard of Gilbert’s practice…,” above.
“…thousands of poor patients.”
The Daily Delta (New Orleans, LA), May 30, 1852, p. 4.
“…a feeble widow…”
The Daily Delta (New Orleans, LA), May 30, 1852, p. 4.
“…a boy who begged his way…”
The Daily Delta (New Orleans, LA), May 30, 1852, p. 4.
“…Captain Miguel Lopez…”
The Daily Delta (New Orleans, LA), July 12, 1851, p. 2.
“Wealthy landowners…”
The Daily Delta (New Orleans, LA), March 4, 1852, p. 2.
