Punch,  23 (1852), 122.

The Deponent's Assistant

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Instruments, Religion, Politics

Institutions mentioned:

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland


    Claims that a 'celebrated political Priest' has invented forceps for 'the extraction of any oath which may threaten to choke a witness or juryman'.



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