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James Graham

Scottish proponent of electrical cures and showman (1745-1794)

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  • The general state of medical and chirurgical practice exhibited; shewing them to be inadequate, ineffectual, absurd, and ridiculous ... And more rational ... methods of cure, by means of diet, simple medicines, etc., recommended. To which are added a great number of cases and cures / [James Graham].
  • A new and curious treatise of the nature and effects of simple earth, water, and air, when applied to the human body: how to live for many weeks, months, or years, without eating anything whatever / [James Graham].

Images featuring James Graham

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  • James Graham lecturing from a podium, to a crowd of ladies and gentlemen. Etching by J. Kay, 1785, after himself.
  • James Graham lecturing from a podium, to a crowd of ladies and gentlemen. Etching by J. Boyne, 1783.
  • James Graham: addressing a lady walking on the High Bridge, Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1785.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.
  • James Graham lecturing from a podium, to a crowd of ladies and gentlemen. Etching by J. Boyne, 1783.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
  • James Graham: addressing a throng in Edinburgh. Etching by J. Kay, 1783, after himself.
  • Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.

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Royal College of Physicians, London
Quackery
United Kingdom
Edinburgh