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  • Morison's Pills : the wonderful power of the pills exemplified showing the same person before and after having taken a dose : dedicated with profound respect to all true disciples of Esculapius, more especially to the Royal College of Physicians / by Pilula Rhubarbus, M.D., Professor of Phlebotomy to the Royal Islington abattoirs : sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam.
  • Medicine Jack : serio comic song / written & composed by Alfred Scott Gatty.
  • Jonathan Jay : humorous patter song / written, composed and sung by Clifford Grey.
  • Medicine Jack : serio comic song / written & composed by Alfred Scott Gatty.
  • Anybody ill? : (I'm Doctor Quack) : the popular humorous song / music by Alfred Lee ; sung by Alf. Walker.
  • The quack's song / written by F.C. Burnand ; music by W. Meyer Lutz ; sung ... by Edward Terry in F.C. Burnand's extravaganza "Camaralzaman.".
  • Jonathan Jay : humorous patter song / written, composed and sung by Clifford Grey.
  • Anybody ill? : (I'm Doctor Quack) : the popular humorous song / music by Alfred Lee ; sung by Alf. Walker.
  • The drug stores : humorous patter song / written by G.G. Davis ; composed by W.R. Edwards ; sung by Will Edwards.
  • Medicine Jack : serio comic song / written & composed by Alfred Scott Gatty.
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Works

  • view Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire de la jonglerie, dans lequel on démontre les phénomènes du mesmérisme / [Anon].
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    Mémoire pour servir à l'histoire de la jonglerie, dans lequel on démontre les phénomènes du mesmérisme / [Anon].

    Retz, Noël, 1758-1810 | Date: 1784
  • view The unlicensed medical practitioner : a sketch from life.
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    The unlicensed medical practitioner : a sketch from life.

    | Date: [between 1850 and 1859?]
  • view Oration before the Medical and Surgical Society of Baltimore : at its Fourth Anniversary Meeting, January 17, 1859 / by Lewis H. Steiner.
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    Oration before the Medical and Surgical Society of Baltimore : at its Fourth Anniversary Meeting, January 17, 1859 / by Lewis H. Steiner.

    Steiner, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry), 1827-1892 | Date: 1859
  • view An account of the proceedings at the sixth anniversary meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, held at Bath, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 18th and 19th, 1838.
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    An account of the proceedings at the sixth anniversary meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, held at Bath, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 18th and 19th, 1838.

    Provincial Medical and Surgical Association. Meeting 1838 : Bath) | Date: [1838]
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    Die Affäre Hillmer : ein Okulist aus Berlin in Petersburg 1751 / Aloys Henning.

    Henning, Aloys | Date: [1987], ©1987
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