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THE DOCTOR.

THE DOCTOR IN HISTORY, LITERATURE, FOLK-LORE, ETC.

EDITED BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S., AUTHOR OF "BYGONE ENGLAND," "OLD CHURCH LORE," ETC.

HULL: WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., THE HULL PRESS. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & CO., LTD.

1896.

Preface.

In the following pages I have attempted to bring together from the pens of several authors who have written expressly for this book, the more interesting phases of the history, literature, folk-lore, etc., of the medical profession.

If the same welcome be given to this work as was accorded to those I have previously produced, my labours will not have been in vain.

WILLIAM ANDREWS.

THE HULL PRESS, HULL, November 11th, 1895.

Contents.

BARBER-SURGEONS. By William Andrews, F.R.H.S. 1

TOUCHING FOR THE KING'S EVIL. By William Andrews, F.R.H.S. 8

VISITING PATIENTS 22

ASSAYING MEAT AND DRINK. By William Andrews, F.R.H.S. 24

THE GOLD-HEADED CANE. By Tom Robinson, M.D. 32

MAGIC AND MEDICINE. By Cuming Walters 42

CHAUCER'S DOCTOR OF PHYSIC. By W. H. Thompson 70

THE DOCTORS SHAKESPEARE KNEW. By A. H. Wall 76

DICKENS' DOCTORS. By Thomas Frost 90

FAMOUS LITERARY DOCTORS. By Cuming Walters 102

THE "DOCTOR" IN TIME OF PESTILENCE. By William E. A. Axon, F.R.S.L. 125

MOUNTEBANKS AND MEDICINE. By Thomas Frost 140

THE STRANGE STORY OF THE FIGHT WITH THE SMALL-POX. By Thomas Frost 153

BURKERS AND BODY-SNATCHERS. By Thomas Frost 167

REMINISCENCES OF THE CHOLERA. By Thomas Frost 181

SOME OLD DOCTORS. By Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks 192