. 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. •t: „.-*«•... DOSE —ONE QUART EVERY HOUR. The Taylors struck no soft blows, but opened the warfareagainst disease by bombardment of shot and shell in alldirections. They bled their patients by the gallon, anddrugged them, as they did the cattle, by the stone. Theirdruggists, Ewbank & Wallis, of York, supplied them with a DROWNING A FEVER. 527 ton of Glaubers suits at a time. Scales and
. 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. •t: „.-*«•... DOSE —ONE QUART EVERY HOUR. The Taylors struck no soft blows, but opened the warfareagainst disease by bombardment of shot and shell in alldirections. They bled their patients by the gallon, anddrugged them, as they did the cattle, by the stone. Theirdruggists, Ewbank & Wallis, of York, supplied them with a DROWNING A FEVER. 527 ton of Glaubers suits at a time. Scales and weights in theirdispensary were regarded as bugbears of ignoble was mixed by the scoop or handful. If theyordered broth for a delicate patient, they directed the nurseto boil a large leg of mutton in a copper of water, down toa strong decoction, and adniinster a quart at stated intervals,nolens oolensf The little Abbe do Voisenon, the celebrated wit and dra-matic writer (1708-1775), was once sick at the chateau nearMelum, and his physician ordered him to drink a quart ofptisan (a decoction of barley and other ingredients) everyhour. What was the effect of the ptisan? asked the doctor, onhis nex
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