ENGLISH

Quacks: Fakers & Charlatans in English Medicine

By Roy Porter

Book information

Publisher
Tempus Pub Ltd
Year
2000
ISBN
0752417762, 9780752417769
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
191 MB (200761303 bytes)
Pages
224\280
Time added
2021-10-26 02:12:21

Description

What did the people of 17th century England do when they got a dose of the clap? They reached for "Walker's Jesuit Drops" or "Wessels Specific Purging remedy for Venereal Diseases" of course. Did either work? Was urine-gazing by the 'pisse prophets' (with or without the patient being present) an effective diagnostic tool?

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