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Philip Thicknesse writing at a table, surrounded by demonic apparitions representing aspects of his life. Aquatint by J. Gillray after himself, 1790.

Essays on fashionable diseases. The dangerous effects of hot and crouded rooms. The clothing of invalids. Lady and gentlemen doctors. And on quacks and quackery ... With a dedication to Philip Thicknesse ... To which is added a dramatic dialogue ... / By Benjamin Goosequill and Peter Paragraph [pseuds. of James Makittrick Adair].

Dr. Viper, the querulous life of Philip Thicknesse / by Philip Gosse.

Memoirs and anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse : late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and unfortunately father to George Touchet, Baron Audley.

A reply to Philip Thicknesse's letter / published by the author of the Medical cautions.

A letter to the author of a letter to a young lady.

Man-midwifery analysed: and the tendency of that practice detected and exposed / [Philip Thicknesse].

The valetudinarians Bath guide; or, the means of obtaining long life and health ... / [Philip Thicknesse].

Man-midwifery analyzed; or the tendency of that indecent and unnecessary practice detected and exposed. Addressed to John Ford, late surgeon and man-midwife ...

The extraordinary case, and perfect cure, of the gout, by the use of hemlock and wolfsbane, as related by the patient Mons. l'Abbé Mann ... / Written by the Abbé himself in French. With a translation by Philip Thicknesse.

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Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792

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Man-midwifery analysed: and the tendency of that practice detected and exposed / [Philip Thicknesse].

The valetudinarians Bath guide; or, the means of obtaining long life and health ... / [Philip Thicknesse].

Man-midwifery analyzed; or the tendency of that indecent and unnecessary practice detected and exposed. Addressed to John Ford, late surgeon and man-midwife ...

The extraordinary case, and perfect cure, of the gout, by the use of hemlock and wolfsbane, as related by the patient Mons. l'Abbé Mann ... / Written by the Abbé himself in French. With a translation by Philip Thicknesse.

Memoirs and anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse : late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and unfortunately father to George Touchet, Baron Audley.