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].

James Graham

Date:: 1779

Credit: 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]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$THE GENERAL STATE O F Medical and Chirurgical PRACTICE# EXHIBITED; Shelving them to be Inadequate, Ineffectual, Abfurd, and Ridiculous, PARTICULARLY IN Confumptions, Afthmas, Nervous, Gouty, Bilious, Scor¬ butic, Scrophulous, Rheumatic, Venereal, Maniacal, and in many other Diforders, external as well as internal. AND More rational, elegant, fpeedy, effectual, and faffing Me¬ thods of Cure recommended, by Means of Diet, and limple Medicines, rendered more afflive, by the irrefifla- ble Power of Aerial, iEtherial, Magnetic, Eledric, and mufical Effluvia and Influences. IN WHICH, PARTICULARLY, The Errors and trifling Abfurdities of what is called the regular London and Bath Medical Practice, and of the ridiculous Manner of ufing the celebrated and very falu- brious Waters of Bath, Aix-la-Chapelle, and the German Spa, are pointed out: And to the whole are added, 'Near an hundred recent and remarkable Cafes, cured by the above newly difcovered and improved Means, after having baffled the Effects of the molt powerful Medicines and Mineral Waters, and the Skill of many of the mofl: ce¬ lebrated Phyflcians and Surgeons in Europe. Among the above, Are feveral Cures performed lafl Seafon at the German Spa, under the immediate Inipe&ion, and certified by the Signatures Manual, of her Grace the Dutchefs of Devon- {lure—the Right Honourable Lord and Lady Spencer_- Lady Clermont—his Serene Highnefs Frederic Prince of Heffe Caffel—-the Duke de Coigny—the Marquis de Serent—and many other noble Perfonages. The S I X~T~H EDI T I O N.~ By JAMES GRAHAM, M. D. Late of Bath, now of the Royal Terrace, Adelphi, London. LONDON: Printed and fold by Mr. Admon, Piccadilly; Mr. Becket, Adelphi; and MefTrs. Richardfon and Urquhaxt, Front of the Royal Exchange. 1779,$