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Burkers and Body-Snatchers, 167-180

Burning for disease, 46

Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy," 259-260

Byron quoted, 187

Campbell, Dr., 276, 278

Cancer, Curious treatment for, 222

Carriages, 22-23

Celestials and medicine, 58-61

Chalmers, John, M.D., 115

Charms, 43-44, 52

Chaucer's Doctor of Physic, 70-75

Chester in plague time, 133-135; Touching at, 17

Cholera, Reminiscences of, 181-191

Circulation of the blood, 195

Colic, Charm for, 248

Cooper, Sir Astley, 170, 179, 268

Coryat, 141

Cramp, Charm, 52; Strange cure for, 249

Croydon, Cholera at, 185-186, 190

Crusade, 209

Cumming, Dr. W. F., 114-115

Cupping, 217

Curious prescriptions, 226

Dickens, Charles, Satires by, 65-66

Dickens' Doctors, 90-101

Dimsdale, Dr., 264

Disinfectants in sticks, 33

Disputes between surgeons and barbers, 5

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