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CG-NL.781.008
2 Mar 1781:11 (18/903)
Philadelphia, February 17. I have seen an old comedy, in
which is introduced a Mountebank, surrounded with his
phials, his cathartic powders, followed by apothecaries
holding syringes, and surgeons armed with lancets and
probes. "Come to me," calls out the Doctor, addressing
himself to the people, "come all to me, I give health to
those who have it not, and preserve it to those that have:
Take my bottles, buy my powders, I sell them for a trifle,
and you have it in your power, in an instant, to get rid of
all human infirmities; but if you hesitate to purchase them,
I will send you fevers, the gout, the stone, my apothecaries
and surgeons shall assist me, and will destroy you all."
Let us see for the present if the following Proclamation of
Sir Henry Clinton, has been copied after the discourse of
the Mountebank.
[An apparent proclamation by Clinton follows, with
editorial/political comments interspersed]
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