Punch,  11 (1846), 74.

Death to the Doctors

Fiat Haustus

Genre:

Letter, Spoof

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Medical Treatment, Horticulture, Nutrition


    Concurs with a Daily News report on the scarcity of fruit, and warns that the medical profession will be 'ruined' owing to a decline in the number of people 'who become indisposed from indulging in fruit'.



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