Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Controversy, Surgery

People mentioned:

Thomas Wakley , John Elliotson

    Notes the controversy between 'physicians, apothecaries, and surgeons' over a fasting man, Bernard Cavannah. The illustration shows two barber-surgeons fighting each other with domestic utensils. The caption reads: 'Surgere in Armis'.