Doctors and Doctors: Some Curious Chapters in Medical History and Quackery (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Doctors and Doctors: Some Curious Chapters in Medical History and Quackery

Although this little book is built upon different lines to those upon which Mr. Jeafl'reson's amus ing Book about Doctors is constructed, I think it necessary to state, that I have not seen that work since it was first published in 1860. If I have referred to it on one or, it may be, on two occasions, the reference has been taken from notes preserved since that time. Within the definition of Quackery I have included the ao-called Miracles at Lourdes, and the clumsy tricks of those who make a living by the pretence of calling spirits from the vasty deep. But it must not be supposed from this circumstance that I place both on the same platform. Both owe their origin tosuperstition; but the advomte of the one is a respect able Catholic clergyman; while the principal supporter oi the other is a clumsy showman, whose primary object is to make money. If I have dealt unsparingly withthefirst, itisbecauseadistinctchallengetodis prove the reality of these Modern Miracles has been.

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