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Description
Photograph of an advertisement from the Los Angeles City Directory for physician Dr. Tom She Bin, 1892. There is a drawing of a Chinese man in traditional Chinese clothes near the top of the image. The man is holding a fan and resting his hand on a table with a floral pattern. Below the picture is the name "Dr. Tom She Bin, Chinese Physician". The bottom of the page is taken up by a description of Bin's experience: "The Doctor is thoroughly competent. For over three hundred years his family has been noted for the most renowned doctors. The most surprising and marvelous cures, done here in Los Angeles, is more than sufficient proof of his skillful ability in medicine. He has in his possession hundreds of testimonials, the result of chronic direases[sic] treated by him, under an established method whfch[sic] has been in constant practice in China for the long period of 5000 years, and within this period of time said system of medicine has been gradually improving, until it would be impossible to fail to perform a radical cure. Be it remembered if you have lost all hopes of recovering your health, consult Dr. Tom She Bin at once. Don't be guided by false impressions he will faithfully tell you all about your case, and if you are not treated by him no fees are due, so if you neglect to consult the Doctor it will be your own fault. Alameda Block, Los Angeles, Cal. Cor. Nr. Alameda and Commercial St.".
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image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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