Of the means by which I endeavor to alleviate suffering and to enlighten doubt, it is impossible to speak intelligibly within the limits of an advertisement.

I can only offer to submit my system to public inquiry, without exacting any preliminary fee from ladies and gentlemen who may honor me with a visit.

Those who see sufficient reason to trust me, after personal experience, will find a money-box fixed on the waiting-room table, into which they can drop their offerings according to their means.

Those whom I am not fortunate enough to satisfy will be pleased to accept the expression of my regret, and will not be expected to give anything.

I shall be found at home every evening between the hours of six and ten." Toward the close of the year 1816 this strange advertisement became a general topic of conversation among educated people in London.