TY - JOUR T1 - WArning against book agent Y1 - 1909/10/02 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1909.02550140045014 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 1113 EP - 1113 VL - LIII IS - 14 N2 - To the Editor:  —At present there is traveling through the southern states, a man reported to us to be about 35 or 40 years of age, clean-shaven face, weighing 250 or 265 pounds, about 6 feet high.He is calling on physicians and others offering to sell them forty books for $20, and to make them local agents for the Lippincott Publishing Co. So far as we know, there is no concern in this country of that name. After securing the $20 or $25, nothing more is heard of this agent, and as the complaints come to us we have reason to believe that he is working on our reputation. He has been working through Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, and has used the names of Bradford, Howard and Hackett, with various initials.Judging from the numerous complaints received, his operations are extensive and successful from his standpoint.We are doing SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.02550140045014 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02550140045014 ER -