Punch,  30 (1856), 222.

Homeopathic Globules  [1/7]

Anon

Genre:

Serial, Catechism, Drollery

Subjects:

Homeopathy, Medical Treatment, Medical Practitioners, Disease, Pharmaceuticals, Education


    Adapts some well-known proverbs for the purposes of exposing the dangers of homeopathy and standard medical practice, especially those relating to infinitesimal quantities. For example, insists that 'A little Medical learning is a dangerous thing', that 'The art is not to dispense medicine, but to dispense with it', and that 'Doctors make more diseases than they ever cure'.



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