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 . ding: dung-carts, that he could gain hisdaily bread. . His sons followed the plough, and hisdaughters went out to service. Queen Elizabeths physician in ordinary received one hun-dred pounds per annum and perquisites — sustenance, wine,mux, and etceteras. Morgan, her apothecary, for one quar-ters bill was paid £18 \ Sd. A one pound fee, paid bythe Earl of Cumberland to a Cambridge physici
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 . ding: dung-carts, that he could gain hisdaily bread. . His sons followed the plough, and hisdaughters went out to service. Queen Elizabeths physician in ordinary received one hun-dred pounds per annum and perquisites — sustenance, wine,mux, and etceteras. Morgan, her apothecary, for one quar-ters bill was paid £18 \ Sd. A one pound fee, paid bythe Earl of Cumberland to a Cambridge physician, was con-sidered as exceptionally liberal, even for a nobleman to pay. Edward III. granted to his apothecary, who acted in thecapacity of physician in those days, a salary amountingto six pence a day, and to Ricardus Wye, his surgeon,twelve pence per day, besides eight marks. (A mark Ad.) In the courts of the kings of Wales, the physi- 390 FORTUNATE PHYSICIANS. cians and surgeons were the twelfth in rank, and whosefees were fixed by law. Dr. Caius was fortunate in hold-ing position as physician to Edward VI., Mary, and Eliz-abeth. Sir Theodore May erne was still more fortunate in. AN OLD ENGLISH CLERGYMAN AND HIS FAMILY. having the honor of serving Henry IV. and Louis XIII. ofFrance, and subsequently King James I., Charles I. andII. of England. Mayerne has been the subject of manyanecdotes, of which the following is a sample : — A parsimonious friend, consulting Maj-crne, laid twobroad pieces of gold (sixty shillings) on the doctors table,to express his generosity, as he felt safe that they would be
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