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286 impressions, scores rush to the cities with all the funds they can muster, to see some matchless savan, and be cured. Or if it is not convenient for the invalid to go in person, a description of the case in writing, accompanied with the money, and forwarded by mail or otherwise, will be sufficient to bring the cure. In this way these miscreants often succeed in picking the pockets of many honest individuals. The public ought to be on their guard against the machinations of such men; their practice is empirical and dangerous, and not unfrequently positively injurious. No skilful and worthy men ever issue such advertisements; and whenever such papers are found, they should be considered as evidence of fraud and chicanery. They are snares set to catch the silly, and prudent men should avoid them.