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The "Great Nerve Specialist"--The Professional Witness a Jonah--The "Railway Spine"--Is it Lack of Fairness and Honesty or Lack of Skill and Learning?--Destruction of Fine Herds of Cattle Without Compensation--Koch's Dictum and Denial--Koch's Tuberculin--The Serum Tribe--Stupendous Sale of Nostrums--Druggist's Arguments--Use of Proprietary Medicines Stimulates Sale of Nostrums.