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Title: The funny side of physic : or, The mysteries of medicine, presenting the humorous and serious sides of medical practice. An exposé of medical humbugs, quacks, and charlatans in all ages and all countries
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Crabtre, A. D.(Addison Darre)
Subjects: Medicine Medicine Quacks and quackery Quackery
Publisher: Hartford, The J. B. Burr publishing co.
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library

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each half a small handful; cinnamon, galinga,zurubeth, which is a kind of setwal, of each one drachm anda half; thin pieces of gold and sylver, of each half a scruple ;of musk, half a drachm. Make your electuary with honeyemblici, which is the fourth kind of mirobalans with roses,strained in equall partes, as much as will suffice. This heal-eth cold, diseases of ye braine, harte, stomack. It is amedicine proved against the tremblynge of the harte, faynt-ing, and souuin, the weakness of the stomacke, pensivenes,solitarines. Kin°;s and noblemen have used this for theircomfort. It causeth them to be bold-spirited, the body tosmell wel, and ingendreth to the face good coloure. Truly a medicine for kings and noblemen, says Jeaffre-son, who gives the following: — During the railroad panic of England (1846), an un-fortunate physician prescribed the following for a nervouslady.: — R. Great Western, 350 shares.Eastern Counties, )North Middlesex, > a. a. 1050. M. Haust. 1. Om. noc. cap.
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CURE FOR THE BLUES. 525 ■ This direction for a delicate lady to swallow nightly (noc.)2450 railway shares was cited as proof of the doctors in-sanity, and the management of his private affairs was placedin other hands. A humersome doctor, as Mrs. Partington would say,gives the following CURE FOR THE BLUES. Tine. Peruvii barki bitters, 1 oz.Sugari albi, vel sweetningus, considerabilibus.Spiritus frumenti, vel old repeus, ad lib.Waterus pumpus, non multuru.Nuttnegus, sprinklibus. A Sure Cure. A physician of our acquaintance was called to a lady pa-tient after she had enjoyed a season of unusual domesticquarrels, who was not over long in turning herself wrong-side out — as some females will iusist upon doing, for theedification of the medical man — telling, not only all abouther pains and aches, but her trials with that man, her hus-band— her brutal usage, her scanty wardrobe, her mortifica-tion on seeing Mrs. Outsprout appear in a new blue silk,and a love of a bonnet, and (after

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