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The Earl of Bute as a Colossus wearing a tartan scarf about his shoulders stands on two stone pedestals before the tower to St James's Palace as William Pitt the Elder, leaning on a crutch, pleads with him from below. Engraving, 1767.
Date: [June 1767]Reference: 582583i
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Hannah Trapnel, a Quaker and a pretended prophet. Line engraving after R. Gaywood, 1823.
Gaywood, Richard, active 1650-1680.Date: 1823Reference: 1890i
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Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman, aged 58. Engraving, 1813.
Date: 27 March 1813Reference: 909i
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Toby, a man who pretended to be blind and lame. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.
Parry, Joseph, 1744-1826.Date: 1 November 1804Reference: 2186i
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The anatomist dissected: or the man-midwife finely brought to bed. : Being an examination of the conduct of Mr. St. Andre. Touching the late pretended rabbit-bearer; as it appears from his own narrative. / By Lemuel Gulliver.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.Date: 1727
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Mary Toft (Tofts), who duped several doctors into believing she had given birth to a litter of rabbits: twelve episodes. Etching.
Reference: 17343i
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Don Quixote is tricked by Basilio into defending him against Camacho as the true lover of Quiteria. Engraving after C.A. Coypel.
Coypel, Charles-Antoine, 1694-1752.Date: [1840?]Reference: 3005093i
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The new age : notes of a fringe watcher / Martin Gardner.
Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010.Date: [1988], ©1988
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The Goss-Udderzook tragedy : being a history of a strange case of deception and murder : including the great life insurance case, and the trial of William E. Udderzook for the murder of W.S. Goss.
Date: 1873
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Letter from The London Journal. Saturday. 17. December. 1726.
Date: 1726 [i.e. c.1851]
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The devil turn'd casuist, or, The cheats of Rome laid open, in the exorcism of a despairing devil, at the house of Thomas Pennington in Orrel in the parish of Wigan and county of Lancaster / By Zachary Taylor.
Taylor, Zachary, 1653-1705.Date: 1696
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"Krebiozen" : the great cancer mystery / by George D. Stoddard.
Stoddard, George D. (George Dinsmore), 1897-1981.Date: [1955], ©1955
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A French tooth-drawer wearing a turban and pretending to be Turkish in order to attract clients, holding a large tooth and an enormous tooth extractor. Engraving by N. Dupuis after F. Eisen.
Eisen, François, approximately 1695-approximately 1778.Reference: 16498i
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A London linen-draper's assistant reveals his true identity: he is not "Horatio Sparkins", an aristocratic man about town, but Mr Smith, an assistant in a down-market shop. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: [1839]Reference: 29758i
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The several depositions of Edward Costen, Richard Stedman, John Sweetapple, Mary Peytoe, Elizabeth Mason, and Mary Costen; : relating to the affair of Mary Toft, of Godalming in the county of Surrey, being deliver'd of several rabbits: as they were taken before the Right Honourable the Lord Onslow, at Guildford and Clandon in the said county, on the third and fourth days of this instant December 1726.
Date: 1727
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A philosophical enquiry into the wonderful coney-warren, lately discovered at Godalmin near Guilford in Surrey: being an account of the birth of seventeen rabbits born of a woman at several times, and who still continues in strong labour, at the Bagnio in Leicester-fields.
Date: 1726 [i.e. c.1851]
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Reply to a certain document published by John F. Sanford, exposing his base falsehoods and dark designs against the medical department of the Iowa State University.
Hughes, J. C. (Joseph Clokey), 1821-1881.Date: [1855]
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The discovery, or, The Squire turn'd Ferret. An excellent new ballad. To the tune of High boys! up go we; Chevy Chase; or what you please.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.Date: 1727. [i.e. c.1851]
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Naked empress, or, The great medical fraud / Hans Ruesch.
Ruesch, Hans, 1913-2007.Date: 1982
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The drugging of the Americas : how multinational drug companies say one thing about their products to physicians in the United States, and another thing to physicians in Latin America / by Milton Silverman.
Silverman, Milton, 1910-1997.Date: [1976], ©1976
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A song on the Babbit-Breeder [sic] by xxxx xxxxxx.
Date: Printed in the year 1727. Price 3d. [i.e. c.1851]
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Letter from Mists Weekly Journal. Saturday. 7 January. 1727.
Date: 1727 [i.e. c.1851]
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Much ado about nothing: or, a plain refutation of all that has been written or said concerning the rabbit-woman of Godalming. : being a full and impartial confession from her own mouth, and under her own hand, of the whole affair, from the beginning to the end. Now made publick for the general satisfaction.
Tuft, Merry.Date: M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]
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The life and extraordinary case of abstinence of Ann Moor of Tutbury in Staffordshire, now living in the 51st year of her age, who has for the space of three years and a half lived entirely without food; including the reasons that first induced her to lose her appetite, attested by these two particulars / Mr. Robert Taylor [and] Mr. Allen.
Taylor, Robert.Date: [1813?]
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Science on trial : the whistle blower, the accused, and the Nobel laureate / Judy Sarasohn.
Sarasohn, Judy.Date: 1993

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The Earl of Bute as a Colossus wearing a tartan scarf about his shoulders stands on two stone pedestals before the tower to St James's Palace as William Pitt the Elder, leaning on a crutch, pleads with him from below. Engraving, 1767.

Hannah Trapnel, a Quaker and a pretended prophet. Line engraving after R. Gaywood, 1823.

Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman, aged 58. Engraving, 1813.

Toby, a man who pretended to be blind and lame. Etching by A. van Assen, 1804, after J. Parry.

The anatomist dissected: or the man-midwife finely brought to bed. : Being an examination of the conduct of Mr. St. Andre. Touching the late pretended rabbit-bearer; as it appears from his own narrative. / By Lemuel Gulliver.

Mary Toft (Tofts), who duped several doctors into believing she had given birth to a litter of rabbits: twelve episodes. Etching.

Don Quixote is tricked by Basilio into defending him against Camacho as the true lover of Quiteria. Engraving after C.A. Coypel.

The new age : notes of a fringe watcher / Martin Gardner.

The Goss-Udderzook tragedy : being a history of a strange case of deception and murder : including the great life insurance case, and the trial of William E. Udderzook for the murder of W.S. Goss.

Letter from The London Journal. Saturday. 17. December. 1726.

The devil turn'd casuist, or, The cheats of Rome laid open, in the exorcism of a despairing devil, at the house of Thomas Pennington in Orrel in the parish of Wigan and county of Lancaster / By Zachary Taylor.

"Krebiozen" : the great cancer mystery / by George D. Stoddard.

A French tooth-drawer wearing a turban and pretending to be Turkish in order to attract clients, holding a large tooth and an enormous tooth extractor. Engraving by N. Dupuis after F. Eisen.

A London linen-draper's assistant reveals his true identity: he is not "Horatio Sparkins", an aristocratic man about town, but Mr Smith, an assistant in a down-market shop. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.

A philosophical enquiry into the wonderful coney-warren, lately discovered at Godalmin near Guilford in Surrey: being an account of the birth of seventeen rabbits born of a woman at several times, and who still continues in strong labour, at the Bagnio in Leicester-fields.

Reply to a certain document published by John F. Sanford, exposing his base falsehoods and dark designs against the medical department of the Iowa State University.

The discovery, or, The Squire turn'd Ferret. An excellent new ballad. To the tune of High boys! up go we; Chevy Chase; or what you please.

Naked empress, or, The great medical fraud / Hans Ruesch.

The drugging of the Americas : how multinational drug companies say one thing about their products to physicians in the United States, and another thing to physicians in Latin America / by Milton Silverman.

A song on the Babbit-Breeder [sic] by xxxx xxxxxx.

Letter from Mists Weekly Journal. Saturday. 7 January. 1727.

Science on trial : the whistle blower, the accused, and the Nobel laureate / Judy Sarasohn.