July 22, 1905                                                                           ECHOES AND NEWS                                                                      Philadelphia

BEAUTY DOCTOR Arrested.–D. Andrew L. Nelden. of 13 East Twenty-ninth Street who maintains n ‘Institute and Sanitarium for Plastic Featural Surgery,’ was arrested last week on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses.  The complainant was Mrs. Josephine Ware, of Denver, Colo., who charges that e contracted to smooth out wrinkles on her face and forehead, and after more than six weeks’ treatment left her face badly scarred.  Three other out-of-town women have made complaints to the District Attorney’s office that they were similarly treated.  Three women and a man, all patients were found in Dr. Nelden’s house when he was arrested.  Innumerable letters were found at the ‘Institute’ complaining of the results of his treatments.  He is the same man who made such a successful bid for notoriety a few years ago by advertising for an ear, claiming he wanted to graft it upon a patient.”

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Medical News, Vol. 87, 1905, page 177