Quackery and public distrust in medical remedies
A critique of quack medicines and the misuses of medical names. The piece argues that single symptoms have multiple causes and that many miraculous cures are fabrications. It condemns credulous patients and the patronage of quack products by eminent doctors, urging cautious public understanding of medical knowledge. It notes the spread of hydropathy and homeopathy, warns against self education, and outlines a cautious view of medical science in popular culture.
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The Coffee-House Era in Charles II London
A historical survey of Man's Coffee-house opposite Scotland Yard and nearby venues, describing the era's taverns, coffee-houses, and associated gaming and gossip. It notes personalities like Locket, Hippolito's, and Rose tavern, and explains the social role of coffee-houses as centers for news, spying, and fashion in Restoration London.
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Scotland-yard
St. James’s
Steele
Tatler
Will
Button
Russell-street
Covent-garden
Cobler
Farquhar
Hippolito
Hippolito's
Locket’s
Brown
Robin
Wishfort
Mirabell
Locket
Charing-cross
London
Lockat's
Rose Tavern
Drury-lane Theatre
Rose
Sedley
Ogle
Buckhurst
Hildebrand Horden
Colonel Burgess
Cibber
Horden
Poultry
Temple Bar
Temple-bar
Wood-street
Dryden
North's
Amsterdam
Garraway’s
Charles II
Coleby’s
Hyde-park-corner
Knightsbridge
Coleby
Ned Estride
Hyde-park
George
Tantequgerinio
Chancery-lane
King's Head
Strand
Cheapside
Fenchurch-street
Fleet-street
Drury-lane
Augusta
House of Commons
MonTracts
Brovucnam
Lord Brovenam
Lord Aberdeen
Lord Brougham
Earl of Happington
Lord Broucham
Earl of Happincron
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Ainsworth
Orlando Furioso
Elliston
Bell
Houses OF Entertainment OF the Restoration
Tom Brown
Fraser
Walpole
Jack Moriarty
Dublin
Paris
Teao
Landseer
Illuminated Magazine
Smudge
Tae Axntizan
France
Belgium
Henry Mowsway
John Ollivier
Captain Knox
Clendow
J. Highley
Ropert Southey
Port Laurentz
Robert Southey
Keswick
Cumberland
Canterbury
Henry Herbert Southey
Henry Taylor
Caroline Southey
Charles Cuthbert Southey
Edith Mary Warter
Bertha Hill
Katherine Southey
Britannia
Shades
Sir John Rennie
Prince Albert
Joseph Ridgway
Ridgmont
Lancashire
Echo de Orient
Teheran
Elizabeth
Key-Dell
Horndean
Hants
George Robins
Charles Kean
Tae Greenwica Priz
Greenwich
Grisell and
Peto
Imperial Parliament
House OF Lords
Lord Brovanam
Lord Leicester
Ridgway
Marchioness of
Lord Brownuam
Ord Campbell
Lord Cottenham
Cortenram
Earl of Aberdeen
Lord Moncrief
Alread
Auchterarder
Court of Session
Lord Campsext
Scotland
Lord Worsity
Commons
R. Minwus
Levant
Gilborns
Nottingham
Princess Augusta
Roxsucx
Gouxsuan
China
Snan
Govusoen
Law Courts (Ireland
R. Paes
Captain Botorro
Ordnance Survey
England
Durham
Ordnance Survey of
James Graham
Roesuckx
Lord Clements
Wallace
House
Joan Russell
Lord Exrot
John Russell
S. O'Brien
W. S. O'Brien
R. Yorke
Ireland
Rozsucx
Lord Stanagy
Charles Napier
Scinde
Rowland Hill
Ir. Rowlan Hill
Hill
Schequer
Treasury
Pulilic
Robert Peel
Post Office
Francis Baring
Mr. Hill
Department of the Post Office
Lord Owther
Thomas Wilde
Post-Office
Francis Bazine
Money Order Department
Exchequer
Wattacz
Lord Lowther
R. Peg
Milner Grnson
Manchester
Sir Geordz Cierx
Actionly
Hs Aaronly
Hume
Harr
Colonisation Commission
Thomas Wincx
East Indies
East India Company
Mackinnon
Pecrext
Admiralty
Gorpon
Corry
Sergeant Murray
Earl of Wickow
Aberdeen
Rd Brovenan
Hampstead Heath
Lord Eamont
Thomas Wilson
Lord Egmont
Lord Campsett
Spalding and Market Deeing
Ross and Cromarty
Monkland and Kirkintilloch
Deptford Pier
Southampton Docks
Southampton Cemetery
Topsham
T. Fremantle
G. Clerk
Viscount Ebrington
E. Tennent
B. Denison
Ricardo
Trotter
F. Baring
Cripps
Hawes
Escott
Wyse
Green
Wysk
T. Humes
J. Bussett
Ross
M. J. O'Conneght
Lord Error
Lord Jocelyn
Colonel Conotty
J. Russzu1
C. Bute
Lord Extor
Lord J. Russet
Lord J. Russel
Lord Cements
R. Fercuson
Wa.ace
Vysry
D. Rocur
V. Stuart
T. Witor
Sully
T. Wilde
King’s County
T. Wripe
Attorney-Geneneral
Sir A. Brooke
Actionsy
W. Martin
Lord Normanby
Lord Bernard
T. Esmonne
Mr. Ross
O'Connor Dow
Lord Joccxon
Mr. Wyse
Terwards
Robert Ferguson
Mr. Watson
Error
More O'Ferrall
Lord Cannary
Cork
Lor
Duke of Wellington
Lord Brovsham
Earl of Devon
Lord Moinzade
Lord Forrescug
Lord Warxcuirre
Lord Campbell
America
United States
Lord Brovesam
Lord Campsey
Townsend
Townshend
Marquis of Townshend
Greene
Lord Leicest Teer
H. Hunne
Secretary of State For the
Home Department
Petrie
J. C. Wynn
Acuionay
Wales
J. Graham
Aguonly
Privy Council
Bernat
H. Harpines
Horse Guards
Guissorne
Lord Lincoln
Gisborne
Woop
R. Peer
Duncombe
Ottingham
Cox