c. 1845
Troublesome Result of Treatments Followed by M. Gobetout, Citizen of Paris
Cham (pseudonym for Count Amédée Charles Henri de Noé)French, 1818 - 1879
This satire on the proliferating variety of nineteenth-century medical sects illustrates the tribulations of poor Mr. Gobetout (Mr. Swallow Everything) as he is treated by a series of practitioners. Even though he feels good at the start, he is completely done in by the time he is finished, having been prescribed white mustard, a mustard plaster, hydropathy, a Mesmeric tub, homeopathy, and chemical analysis.
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