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IN NATURE, vol. xvii. p. 153, it is stated that “A ‘Dr.’ Harmuth, in Berlin, who received his diploma from Philadelphia, was lately sentenced to pay 300 marks for using the prefix publicly.” It is but just to so old and respectable a university as that of Philadelphia to point out that “Dr.” Harmuth's diploma could not have been genuine. So-called “Philadelphia degrees” of all sorts are sold by agents, but they have no connection with the University of Philadelphia, nor have they, at present, any connection with the city, though the author of this scandalous imposition once lived there and carried on a disreputable practice as a quack doctor. The public should still be on their guard against Bogus degrees, for diplomas purporting to issue from several American and German universities are still to be had, in some cases on examination in absentia and payment of the fee, in others by a money payment only.
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INGLEBY, C. Philadelphia Diploma. Nature 17, 183 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017183b0
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