Healing pills and obstinate English patients in a satirical tale
The letter from Lien Chi Ahangi to Fum Hoa mocks English medicine and its reliance on pills, praising physicians as quick to promise cures while alleging ignorance and superstition. It juxtaposes heroic medical anecdotes with farcical depictions of practitioners, then shifts to nautical and political updates from Weymouth, Portland, and Leithoff, blending travel notices with a mock historical vignette on Gunhilda and a dramatic rescue.
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Lien Chi Ahangi
Fum Hoa
Pekin
China
Confucius
Fum Hoam
East
Gunhilda
Beardiess
Mimecan
Port News Summary From Southampton Harbour
PORT NEWS reports arrivals at Southampton on March 24 as the Nancy from Weymouth, the Endeavour from Newcastle, and the Hopewell's Increase from Sunderland, with vessels listed in sequence and no further details available.
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Port News
Southampton
Nancy
Vincen
Weymouth
Endeavour
Bridekirk
Newcastle
Hopewell
Increase
Marwood
Sunderland
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Burridge
London
Cowes
Cooo
Phoénix
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Familis Sagarade
Jardin
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Begona
Clemente
Bilboa
Ditto
Poole
Thomas and
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Ruffel
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Sarah
Andrews
Exeter
Hoder
Friendship
Watson
Lee
Mary
Dartmouth
Guernsey
Mother Bank
Deal
Wind
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Canterbury
Eve
Jamaica
Britannia
Jennings
Otway
Salisbury
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Lion
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Kitty
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Downs
Gravefeld
Theodorick
Hammon
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Union
Strahan
South Carolina
Frere Gally
Ramzey
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Isabell
Lamb
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Bristol
Virginia Packet
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Lightburn
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Hardicanute
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