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The pisse-prophet, or, Certain pisse-pot lectures : Wherein are newly discovered the old fallacies, deceit, and jugling of the piss-pot science, used by all those (whether quacks, and empiricks, or other methodical physicians) who pretend knowledge of diseases, by the urine, in giving judgement of the same. By Tho. Brian, M.P. lately in the City of London, and now in Colchester, in Essex. Never heretofore published by any man in the English tongue.
Brian, Thomas, active 17th centuryDate: 1679- Books
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The pisse-prophet, or, Certaine pisse-pot lectures : Wherein are newly discovered the old fallacies, deceit, and jugling of the pisse-pot science, used by all those (whether quacks and empiricks, or other methodicall physicians) who pretend knowledge of diseases, by the urine, in giving judgement of the same. By Tho. Brian, M.P. lately in the citie of London, and now in Colchester in Essex. Never heretofore published by any man in the English tongue.
Brian, Thomas, active 17th centuryDate: 1637- Books
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The quack-Vintners: or, a satyr against Bad Wine. With Directions where to have Good. Inscrib'd to B-ks and H-r.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: 1712- Books
Quacks and crusaders : the fabulous careers of John Brinkley, Norman Baker, and Harry Hoxsey / Eric S. Juhnke.
Juhnke, Eric S., 1970-Date: [2002], ©2002- Books
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The quacks, or, love's the physician. As it was acted (after being twice) forbid at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. By Mr. Swinny.
Swinny, Owen Mac, approximately 1675-1754.Date: 1705- Books
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The Thompsonian quack, or the miraculous cure and marvellous metamorphosis : a satire on somebody / by Nathan Nobody ; with a critique by Billy Booby.
Yellott, George, 1819-Date: 1848- Books
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Cautions and advice to the public, respecting some abuses in medicine, through the malpractices of quacks or pretenders to the medical and chirurgical arts / by William Jackson.
Jackson, William.Date: [1787?]- Books
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Cautions and advice to the public, respecting some abuses in medicine, through the malpractices of quacks or pretenders to the medical and chirurgical arts. By William Jackson, ...
Jackson, William, active 1787.Date: [1787?]- Books
Born with a junk food deficiency : how flaks, quacks, and hacks pimp the public health / by Martha Rosenberg.
Rosenberg, Martha, 1952-Date: 2012- Books
Proteus redivivus, or, The art of wheedling or insinuation : obtain'd by general conversation, and extracted from the several humours, inclinations, and passions of both sexes, respecting their several ages, and suiting each profession or occupation / Collected and methodized by the author of the first part of the English rogue.
Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?Date: 1675- Books
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Newes out of the west, or, The character of a mountebank : being a discourse betweene Hodge Leather-Pelch, and Tym Hob-Nayle, Sir Harry-Hart-Hole their land-lord, and his friend Sir Clement Councell : also of their travels from Taunton to London, their arrivall at their physitians pallace, the description of it, his sick and brain-sick followers, person and family, with a full relation of the medicines hee commonly administers, their operation and danger represented by them : also a relation of their abuses now suffered and fomented by authority, with a remedy set down, to the encouragement of physitians, illustration of the honour'd art and generall good of the Re-publicque / by a well willer to physick and chirurgerie and deplorer of the now too common neglect of them.
Well willer to physick and chirurgerie and deplorer of the now too common neglect of themDate: 1647- Books
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The quacks: or, Love's the Physician. A farce. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by his Majesty's servants. Written by Mr. Owen Mac Swiny.
Swinny, Owen Mac, approximately 1675-1754.Date: MDCCXLV. [1745]- Books
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An historiall expostulation: against beastlye abusers, both of chyrurgerie the [sic] and physyke, in oure tyme: : with a goodlye doctrine and instruction, necessarye to be marked and folowed, of all true chirurgiens: / By John Halle, chyrurgyen. Edited by T.J. Pettigrew.
Hall, John, 1529 or 1530-1568 or 1569.Date: M.DCCC.XLIV. [1844]- Books
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Medicina magica tamen physica: = magical, but natural physick. Or A methodical tractate of diastatical physick. : Containing the general cures of all infirmities: and of the most radical, fixed, and malignant diseases belonging, not only to the body of man, but to all other animal and domestick creatures whatsoever, and that by way of transplantation. With a description of a most excellent cordial out of gold, much to be estimated. / Published by Samuel Boulton, Salop.
Boulton, Samuel.Date: 1656- Books
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Morisoniana, or Family advisor of the British College of Health : being a collection of the works of Mr Morison, the hygeist ; comprising 'Origin of life, and true cause of diseases explained' - 'Important advice to the world' - 'Letter on cholera morbus of India’ – ‘Anti-Lancet’ in six numbers – and ‘more new truths’. Forming a complete manual for individuals and families, for every thing that regards preserving them in health and curing their diseases. The whole tried and proved by the members of the British College of Health, as the only true theory and practice of medicine ; and thus furnishing ample testimony that the old medical science is completely wrong. With an appendix, containing numerous well-authenticated cures, and other interesting matter.
Morison, James, 1770-1840.Date: 1829- Books
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Wonders no miracles, or, Mr. Valentine Greatrates gift of healing examined : upon occasion of a sad effect of his stroaking, March the 7, 1665, at one Mr. Cressets house in Charter-house-yard : in a letter to a reverend divine, living near that place.
Lloyd, David, 1635-1692Date: 1666- Books
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There is lately come to London, an Italian doctor, who never was any stage-quack or mountebank, who had ben very successfull in the speedy cures of these following distempers, viz.
Date: [between 1660 and 1685]- Books
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The True characters of, Viz. A deceitful petty fogger, vulgarly call'd attorney. A know-all astrological quack, or, Feigned physician. A female hypocrite, or, Devil in disguise. A low-churchman, or, Ecclesiastical bisarius. A trimmer, or, Jack of all sides, &c.
Date: 1708- Books
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The second part, of the London clubs; containing, the No-Nose Club, the Beaus Club, the Farting Club, the Sodomites, or Mollies Club. The Quacks Club, by the author of The London spy.
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.Date: [1709?]- Books
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Bevvare of pick-purses. Or a caueat for sick folkes to take heede of vnlearned phisitions, and vnskilfull chyrurgians. By F.H. Doctor in Phisick.
Oberndorf, JohannDate: 1605- Books
Quack doctors dissected; or, a new, cheap, and improved edition of Corry's 'Detector of quackery': containing several curious anecdotes of Solomon, Brodum, Perkins and other modern empirics; with strictures on bookmakers, and puffing publishers / [John Corry].
Corry, John, approximately 1770-Date: [1810]- Books
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Quackery unmask'd: or, reflections on the sixth edition of Mr. Martin's Treatise of the venereal disease, and its appendix; and the pamphlet call'd, The charitable surgeon, &c. Containing A Full and Plain Detection and Refutation of some gross Errors, &c. of those Authors: Interspers'd with many new and useful observations concerning the Venereal Disease; and the Method and Medicines proper for its speedy, safe, and effectual Curation. Proper Remarks on Mr. Martin's Admirable Medicine, and his Infallible Preservative. A Full and True Account of Quacks; and their Method of Practice. An Account of some Excellent Medicines, &c. Highly necessary to be read by all Venereal Patients, who would prevent their own Ruin; and by all Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries, who are here Vindicated from Mr. Martin's Aspersions. By J. Spinke, Licens'd Practitioner in Physick and Surgery.
Spinke, John.Date: 1709- Books
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The anatomyes of the true physition, and counterfeit mounte-banke : wherein both of them, are graphically described, and set out in their right, and orient colours. Published in Latin by Iohn Oberndorff, a learned German: and translated into English by F.H. fellow of the Coll. of Physitions in London. Hereunto is annexed: A short discourse, or, Discouery of certaine stratagems, whereby our London-empericks, haue bene obserued strongly to oppugne, and oft times to expugne their poore patients purses.
Oberndorf, JohannDate: 1602- Books
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The Harangues, or speeches, of several celebrated quack-doctors, in town and country. Containing, 1. Dr Rock's harangue to his political patients in Covent-Garden. 2. Dr Rand's speech, in prose and verse. 3. The High German doctor's, and his English fool's harrangue, with the quack's invitation to his auditors, to buy his infallible packet, in humorous verse. 4. The horse-doctor's speech to the credulous mob. 5. T. Jones's harangue, the Yorkshire quack. 6. Alexander Bendo's speech to the gentlemen and ladies of Great Britain. 7. Jo. Hains's speech the High German doctor and astrologer in Brandipolis. 8. R. Wilmore's harangue in praise of his divine elixir. 9. Don Lopus's harangue to his patients at Madrid, with a brace of songs, translated from the Spanish by an impartial hand. Concluding with the character of a quack, several merry receipts, and three mountebank songs. By various hands.
Date: 1762- Books
The funny side of physic, or, The mysteries of medicine, presenting the humorous and serious sides of medical practice. An exposé of medical humbugs, quacks, and charlatans in all ages and all countries / by A.D. Crabtre, M.D.
Crabtre, Addison Darre.Date: 1874