Francis Tumblety

Francis Tumblety (c. 1833 – May 28, 1903) was an Irish-born American medical quack who earned a small fortune posing as an "Indian Herb" doctor throughout the United States and Canada.

Francis Tumblety

Quotes

• No, Colonel, I don't know any such cattle, and if I did I would, as your friend, sooner give you a dose of quick poison than take you into such danger.
  • Colonel Dunham testified Tumblety said this to him when he asked why no women had been invited to their dinner ^{[citation needed]}

About

• He told me much about himself in a very brief space, for he seemed to have more tongues than ears. I could not get a word in anywhere and you know I am too much in love with my own voice to like being suppressed and overtalked in that way, but enough of Dr. Tomblety. he seemed a good fellow after all.
  • 10 June 1887 letter from Frederick Douglass to Amy Kirby Post regarding Tumblety

• He then broke into a homily on the sin and folly of dissipation, fiercely denounced all women and especially fallen women.
  • Colonel Dunham's description