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Chas. D. Dixon, M. D.
Case No. 28.
"Dr. Goldberg." This van-dyke prince albert coon, as
he was of the negro variety, claimed to be from the City
of Jerusalem, and to have obtained his healing proclivities
from the tombs of the ancient temple of Soloman, and the
apostles. His method of treatment was to anoint the patient
with sweet oil and praying. He treated a little picaninny
for gonorrheal opthalmia by anointing its eye with sweet
oil and praying, for which he demanded the sum of twenty-
five dollars, and informed the mother of the babe that if
she did not pay the bill he would swipe the whole family off
the face of the earth. We had this sweet smelling geranium
from Jerusalem arrested for practicing medicine without
a license. The jury assessed a fine of $200 and sixty days
in the county jail. He was placed out on the chain gang
to work the county road, and one night he took French
leave, and on being arrested in the city the next day stated
that he was not trying to run away, that he was just com-
ing in to "splain to the jedge that the doctors did not treat
him right."
Case No. 29.
"Dr." Pool. This old blatherskite was making San An-
tonio his headquarters and made the small towns in the
country as an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist. We had
him arrested for practicing medicine without a license, and
upon his plea of guilty he was fined $50 and one hour in
the county jail.85
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Dixon, Chas. D. (Charles D.). The Menace, an Exposition of Quackery Nostrum Exploitation and Reminiscences of a Country Doctor, book, 1914; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143569/m1/103/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.