Genre:

Editorial, Drollery; Letter, Spoof

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Quackery

    Presents letters from individuals testifying to the value of various medicines. Most individuals praise the effect of the medicine on non-medical problems: J Bugden, for example, claims that Thomas Holloway's ointment stopped one of his cart wheels from creaking, while John Sharpshoes applauds the power of Morison's pills to kill slugs and other vermin.