Refinements
Anon
Genre: | Extract, Drollery |
Publications extracted: | European Magazine |
Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Nomenclature |
Among the refinements complained of is the fact that 'Everything has a new name, which few can understand, and none pronounce without breaking their teeth', including 'aurists, ophthalmists, and chiropedists' (190). | |
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