Do I make myself clear?
"I have no doubt," Burton murmured, "that I shall understand presently." "Once convince a man," Mr.Bomford continued, "that you are offering him something which will improve his health, and he is yours, or rather his money is--his two and sixpence or whatever particular sum you may have designed to relieve him of.

It is for that reason that you see the pages of the magazines and newspapers filled with advertisements of new cures for ancient diseases.

There is more money in the country than there has ever been, but there are just the same number of real and fancied diseases.

Mankind is, if possible, more credulous to-day than at any epoch during our history.

There are millions who will snatch at the slightest chance of getting rid of some real or fancied ailment.
Great journals have endeavored to persuade us that you can attain perfect health by standing on your head in the bathroom for ten minutes before breakfast.