The Poor Medical Act
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Medical Practitioners, Quackery, Imposture, Crime, Government |
Describes a court case in which Henry Scott was confused with a quack who was assuming his name. Noting Scott's criticism of the magistrate's decision to punish the quack under the Medical Act, agrees that the act is a 'dead letter'. | |
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