March 19, 2026
Tag: Quack Medicine
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The Healing Hands of Mahlon Locke
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Dr. Mahlon Locke built a reputation for treating rheumatism in the 1920s and 1930s. Denounced as a “faith healer” but admired as a “foot twister” and “hoof doctor,” he treated thousands of sufferers at his clinic in Williamsburg, Ontario.
Past Article
October 26, 2023 6 Comments
Act IV in this series by Hy Mirampolski explores the way the after the Great War American audiences finally became comfortable with the engaged theatrical innovations that emanated from Europe and tells how Off-Broadway has lasted for years as an environment where innovation in theme, character and production has taken place.