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MounTEBANK and Royal Favor in Curious Medical Tales
The piece recounts a mountebank praised by the king and Prince of Wales, with a Letters Patent, and mentions various London anecdotes. It describes a NON COMPOS MENTIS man, the Fox remedy, and doctors prescribing whimsical cures. It ends noting a voyage advised to avoid the French coast for health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Joan Burt
Newcastle
Firhite
Europe
Doctor de Podagra
Vepetator Hausius
France