ANECDOTE IN ILLUSTRATION.--DERIVATION.--FATHER OF QUACKS.--A
MEDICAL "BONFIRE."--THE "SAMSON" OF THE PROFESSION.--SIR
ASTLEY.--U. S. SURVEYOR-GENERAL HAMMOND.--HOMEOPATHIC QUACKS,
ETC.--A MUDDLED DEFINITION.--"STOP THIEF!"--CRIPPLED FOR
LIFE!--TWO POUNDS CALOMEL.--VICTIMS.--WASHINGTON, JACKSON,
HARRISON.--THE COUNTRY QUACK.--A TRUE AND LUDICROUS
ANECDOTE.--DYEING TO DIE!--A SCARED DOCTOR.--DROPSY!--A HASTY
WEDDING!--A COUNTRY CONSULTATION.--"SCENES FROM WESTERN
PRACTICE."--"TWIST ROOT."--A JOLLY TRIO.--NEW "BUST" OF
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