Punch,  20 (1851), 55.

Classical Druggery

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Universities, Medical Practitioners, Pharmaceuticals, Reading


    Baffled by the description of Henry J H Bond as 'Reader in Physic' at the University of Cambridge. Suggests that 'reading' physic involves translating the terms 'we find on the doctor's bottles'.



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