January 15, 2025
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.
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July 14, 2021 1 Comment
One day in the mid-19th century some lucky person, probably someplace in metropolitan London, received the first birthday card. It most likely amused and confused the recipient, but they liked it and kept it in a drawer. Could it possibly matter how many birthday cards have been sent since?