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  The pisse-prophet, or, Certaine pisse-pot lectures Wherein are newly discovered the old fallacies, deceit, and jugling of the pisse-pot science, used by all those (whether quacks and empiricks, or other methodicall physicians) who pretend knowledge of diseases, by the urine, in giving judgement of the same. By Tho. Brian, M.P. lately in the citie of London, and now in Colchester in Essex. Never heretofore published by any man in the English tongue.
  Date of publication:
  1637
  

  Author(s):

  Brian, Thomas, 17th cent.
  Description:
  Printer's name from STC. Reproduction of the original in Emmanuel College (University of Cambridge). Library.
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  The harangues or speeches of several famous mountebanks in town and country
  Date of publication:
  1700
  

  Author(s):

  D. G.
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  Dedication signed: D.G. Date of publication suggested by Wing. Engraved illustrated frontispiece. Reproduction of original in the British Library.
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  The anatomyes of the true physition, and counterfeit mounte-banke wherein both of them, are graphically described, and set out in their right, and orient colours. Published in Latin by Iohn Oberndorff, a learned German: and translated into English by F.H. fellow of the Coll. of Physitions in London. Hereunto is annexed: A short discourse, or, Discouery of certaine stratagems, whereby our London-empericks, haue bene obserued strongly to oppugne, and oft times to expugne their poore patients purses.
  Date of publication:
  1602
  

  Author(s):

  Oberndorf, Johann. ; Herring, Francis, d. 1628.
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  F.H. = Francis Herring. A translation of: De veri et falsi medici cognitione. "A discouery of certaine strategems, whereby our English emperickes haue bene obserued strongly to oppugne, and oft times to expugne their poore ...
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  Popular errours. Or the errours of the people in physick, first written in Latine by the learned physitian James Primrose Doctor in Physick. Divided into foure bookes. viz. 1. The first treating concerning physicians. 2. The second of the errours about some diseases, and the knowledge of them. 3. The third of the errours about the diet; as well of the sound as of the sick. 4. The fourth of the errours of the people about the use of remedies. Profitable and necessary to be read of all. To which is added by the same authour his verdict concerning the antimoniall cuppe. Translated into English by Robert Wittie Doctor in Physick.
  Date of publication:
  1651
  

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  Primerose, James, ca. 1598-1659. ; Primerose, James, ca. 1598-1659. ; Wittie, Robert, 1613?-1684. ; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682, engraver.
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  A translation of "De vulgi in medicinâ erroribus" and "De calice ex antimonio sive stibio". The words "1. The first treating .. remedies." are bracketed together on title page. With an additional title page, engraved, ...
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  Jones of Hatton-Garden, two doors from the sign of the New-Hole in the Wall, his book of cures
  Date of publication:
  1674
  

  Author(s):

  Jones, of Hatton-Garden.
  Description:
  Caption title. Imprint from colophon. Imperfect: pages cropped, with some loss of print. Reproduction of original in the British Library.
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  Jones of Hatton-Garden, his book of cures this book dated April the eighteenth, 1673.
  Date of publication:
  1673
  

  Author(s):

  Jones, of Hatton-Garden.
  Description:
  Caption title. Imprint suggested by Wing. Imperfect: pages cropped, with some loss of print. Reproduction of original in the British Library.
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  The fool and the knave uncas'd or A true narrative of the abominable cheats of Vincent & Collins, two Domincan friers [sic] living in London.
  Date of publication:
  1678
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Place of publication taken from text. Reproduction of original in: Universität Göttingen Bibliothek.
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  A character of a true physician, or, A true chymist compared with a goose-quill pedant with a short view of the frauds and abuses in physick, committed by the confederate prescribing doctoral methodists, with their combinators the apothecaries ... : being a vindication of such physicians as follow not their method but make and administer their own medicines, being the honestest, safest, cheapest, and speediest way of practice, both for physician and patient / by R. Fletcher ...
  Date of publication:
  1676
  

  Author(s):

  Fletcher, R. (Richard), fl. 1676-1677.
  Description:
  Advertisement: p. [1] at end. Reproduction of original in British Library.
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  Newes out of the west, or, The character of a mountebank being a discourse betweene Hodge Leather-Pelch, and Tym Hob-Nayle, Sir Harry-Hart-Hole their land-lord, and his friend Sir Clement Councell : also of their travels from Taunton to London, their arrivall at their physitians pallace, the description of it, his sick and brain-sick followers, person and family, with a full relation of the medicines hee commonly administers, their operation and danger represented by them : also a relation of their abuses now suffered and fomented by authority, with a remedy set down, to the encouragement of physitians, illustration of the honour'd art and generall good of the Re-publicque / by a well willer to physick and chirurgerie and deplorer of the now too common neglect of them.
  Date of publication:
  1647
  

  Author(s):

  Well willer to physick and chirurgerie and deplorer of the now too common neglect of them.
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  Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. cf. Astor library: Dixon collection, 303. Hazlitt, I. 305. T.p. partially illegible.
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  Medicina magica tamen physica: magical, but natural physick. Or A methodical tractate of diastatical physick. Containing the general cures of all infirmities: and of the most radical, fixed, and malignant diseases belonging, not only to the body of man, but to all other animal and domestick creatures whatsoever, and that by way of transplantation. With a description of a most excellent cordial out of gold, much to be estimated. / Published by Samuel Boulton, Salop.
  Date of publication:
  1656
  

  Author(s):

  Boulton, Samuel.
  Description:
  With a final advertisement leaf. Annotation on Thomason copy: "June: 21.". Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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