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A patient sits helplessly in a chair while proponents of different medicines brawl with each other, overturning tables and chairs; beneath, a comic strip and a further six comic episodes. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.

J. St. John Long (a dubious medical practitioner) dressed as a funeral mourner surrounded by ducks and placards which advertise several malpractice cases of his in which patients died. Coloured etching attributed to A. Sharpshooter, 1830.

A devil overseeing a man having his back scrubbed; representing John St. John Long and his fatal method of treatment.

Four donkeys inhaling foetid gas and having their backs scrubbed with vitriol; representing John St. John Long's fatal method of therapy. Etching by H. Heath, 1830.

John St John Long. Lithograph.

A defence of John St. John Long, Esq. M.R.S.L., M.R.A.S., H.M.R.J.S. in the case of the late Miss Catherine Cashin : founded upon the evidence against him / by a graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, and member of the Middle Temple.

Discoveries in the science and art of healing / by John St. John Long ; together with the evidence upon which the author claims the confidence of the country, &c.

A critical exposure of the ignorance and mal-practice of certain medical practitioners, in their theory and treatment of disease : likewise observations on the primary cause of ailments, connected with the discoveries of the author : to which is affixed, a commentary on the medical evidence in the cases of the late Miss Catherine Cashin and Mrs. Lloyd, together with the testimonials on which the author rests his claim to public confidence / by John St. John Long.

A plain statement of authenticated facts respecting the system for the prevention and removal of disease / invented and practised by John St. John Long.

A plain statement of authenticated facts respecting the system for the prevention and removal of disease invented and practised by John St. John Long / [John St. John Long].

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Long, John St. John, 1798-1834.

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A defence of John St. John Long, Esq. M.R.S.L., M.R.A.S., H.M.R.J.S. in the case of the late Miss Catherine Cashin : founded upon the evidence against him / by a graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, and member of the Middle Temple.

Discoveries in the science and art of healing / by John St. John Long ; together with the evidence upon which the author claims the confidence of the country, &c.

A plain statement of authenticated facts respecting the system for the prevention and removal of disease / invented and practised by John St. John Long.

A plain statement of authenticated facts respecting the system for the prevention and removal of disease invented and practised by John St. John Long / [John St. John Long].

Long, John St. John, 1798-1834.

Images from the collections

Images featuring Long, John St. John, 1798-1834.

Works from the collections

A defence of John St. John Long, Esq. M.R.S.L., M.R.A.S., H.M.R.J.S. in the case of the late Miss Catherine Cashin : founded upon the evidence against him / by a graduate of Trinity College Cambridge, and member of the Middle Temple.

Discoveries in the science and art of healing / by John St. John Long ; together with the evidence upon which the author claims the confidence of the country, &c.

A plain statement of authenticated facts respecting the system for the prevention and removal of disease / invented and practised by John St. John Long.

A plain statement of authenticated facts respecting the system for the prevention and removal of disease invented and practised by John St. John Long / [John St. John Long].

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