Category: Biographies
Surgery in the past—_The Compleat Bone-setter_—Old practitioners—Sneers of the Faculty—Praise by Mr. Charles Waterton—Mrs. Mapp of Epsom, her success—_Regina Dal Cin_—German toleration—The late Mr. Richard Hutton—Testimony of the _Lancet_—Mr. Burbidge of Frumley—Mr. Joseph Cro...
Surgery in the past—_The Compleat Bone-setter_—Old practitioners—Sneers of the Faculty—Praise by Mr. Charles Waterton—Mrs. Mapp of Epsom, her success—_Regina Dal Cin_—German tol...
2. CHAPTER II.—THE TESTIMONY OF THE PUBLIC.3. CHAPTER III.—THE TESTIMONY OF THE PUBLIC.—_Continued.Mr. William Chamber’s testimony—A drummer practitioner—Various testimonies—An Indian civilian—Mr. Evan Thomas—A Northant’s Clergyman on the author’s skill—Cases mentioned by Dr....
4. CHAPTER IV.—THE TESTIMONY OF THE FACULTY.Sir James Paget on “Cases that Bone-setters cure”—Change of opinion—Valuable testimony, and strange doubts—The opinion of the _British Medical Journal_—The _Lancet_, on the Bone...
5. CHAPTER V.—THE FACULTY IN DOUBT.6. CHAPTER VI.—DISPARAGEMENT AND VINDICATION.7. CHAPTER VII.—VINDICATION.8. CHAPTER VIII.—WHAT BONE-SETTERS CURE.9. CHAPTER IX.—THE TESTIMONY OF MY PATIENTS.Testimonies from the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire-Lady John Scott—The Rev. Dr. Dixon, Canon of Worcester—Rev. H. G. de Bunsen, Rural Dean of Shrifnal—The Rev. R. Skipworth—Th...
10. CHAPTER I.These words, which Dr. Johnson used to illustrate the word Bone-setter in his famous dictionary, are better known than any other quotation bearing on the ancient art of the Bone...
11. CHAPTER II.In answer to the frequent questions as to what special good Bone-setters have done in their special calling I have thought it best to let the relieved patients of others speak b...
12. CHAPTER III.The case related by Dr. Smiles is interesting to every Bone-setter, as well as to the public at large, for it drew attention to the fact that there existed a number of “speciali...
13. CHAPTER IV.The first volume of the British Medical Journal for 1867 opens with a report of a Lecture delivered by Mr., now Sir James Paget, Bart., on “Cases that Bone-setters cure.” The Le...
14. CHAPTER V.Like the Royal Society, when Charles II. asked that learned body the answer to certain propositions, the medical profession continued for years to “hum and haw” over the self-ev...
15. CHAPTER VI.Dr. Howard Marsh, the learned Editor of Sir James Paget’s Lectures, who had previously been subjected to the criticism of country practitioners for his somewhat supercilious all...
16. CHAPTER VII.Lest it should be thought that I have only my own authority for calling in question Dr. Howard Marsh’s dogmatic assertions with respect to the method of practice by modern Bone-...
17. CHAPTER VIII.Throughout the many references to the Bone-setter and his art, which I have quoted in the foregoing pages, the Bone-setter is constantly misrepresented. He is described as a man...
18. CHAPTER IX.In the foregoing pages I have quoted the testimony of many persons of eminence who have been relieved of their ailments and cured by the art of the Bone-setter, when regular sur...