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The Quacks of Old London
by C. J. S Thompson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Brentano's Ltd. (1928)
ISBN: B00087FKMI
Hardcover: 356 pages
SKU: 6AB3-007-7-0507
Condition: Fair No DJ
Comments: EX-LIBRARY with typical stickers and markings; NO DUST JACKET; Part of DJ flap pasted to front paste-down endpaper; Clean body of text; Spine somewhat shaken; Hinges slightly cracked but still sound; Boards and spine rubbed and soiled; Corners and ends of spine bumped; Some edgewear; A totally serviceable reading copy with plenty of life left. *International Buyers Welcome!* (except for prohibitively heavy items, as noted) - Satisfied customers in over 40 countries! We ship quickly and guarantee satisfaction. Your purchase helps support a U. Chicago student
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Product Description
1928. Advertising was the mainspring of the quacks who flocked to London and became prominent in the social life of the time. Included in this book, for the first time, are many rare, quaintly worded effusions, with their rhymes and curious illustrations, used by the quacks of the day in their advertising. A sample of the contents includes chapters entitled: origin of the quack doctor; famous quacks in the time of the Stuarts; quack astrologers and fortune tellers; notorious London quacks and their remedies; foreign quacks; old quack medicines; quacks of Covent Garden and Piccadilly, and Brodum, Solomon and Graham.
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A Quackin' Good Read
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-12-04
Never surpassed, C.J.S. Thompson's "The Quacks of Old London" is a hugely entertaining view into the world of charletains, mountebacks, herbalists, empirics and more. The renaissance quack combined the roles of healer, entertainer and impresario, so quackery was a critical stage in the early medical, advertising and entertainment industries. Quackery also was one of the few avenues for women to gain a toe-hold in the economy.
The book focuses on London quackery in the 17th and 18th centuries, with an all-too brief summary of Tudor quacks. It is profusely illustrated with woodcuts of actual quack handbills (the first ads!)
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