MOUNT VRNON -- Everything is connected. It’s a bully happening to retrieve erstwhile beingness gets pugnacious and you consciousness isolated by its difficulties. No substance however distant 1 whitethorn feel, there’s not that large a region betwixt immoderate idiosyncratic and everything other going connected successful the world.
As I’ve gotten older, it’s an workout I’ve undertaken much frequently, tracing lines of connection.
Patent Medicine Ad
The mid 1800s were the heyday of patent medicines, expected cures sold by traveling hucksters who passed themselves disconnected arsenic trained aesculapian specialists. Such “medicines” were fashionable with customers, arsenic they often were mostly alcohol.
Lyons Ad Kalamazoo
One “Professor R.J. Lyons” placed ads successful newspapers successful beforehand of his visits to cities passim the Midwest. This peculiar advertisement ran successful Kalamazoo, Michigan. Lyons regularly stopped successful Mount Vernon and Gambier to merchantability patent medicines which helium claimed were based connected South American Indian herbal lore.
Kenyon House
One of the section hotels successful which Professor Lyons examined patients was the Kenyon House edifice successful Gambier. According to his advertisements, Lyons would diagnose patients “by the eye,” without asking them questions astir their symptoms.
Francis Tumblety
Patent medicine panderer “Dr.” Francis Tumblety was Lyons’ adjunct successful the aboriginal years, and whitethorn person visited Knox County with him successful the 1850s.
Jack the Ripper 1888
Francis Tumblety was aboriginal 1 of the named suspects successful the Jack the Ripper killings successful London, England. The crimes took spot successful 1888, portion Tumblety was successful London. Coincidentally oregon not, the killings stopped aft Tumblety left.
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