"A Book About Doctors" by J. Cordy Jeaffreson, First American Edition Reprinted from the English Edition published by Rudd & Carleton, New York, mdccclxi (1861), with a frontispiece "The Undertaker's Arms" by William Hogarth, copyright Rudd & Carleton, 1861.

Marbled hard boards, leather spine and corners [some wear and rounded corners, leather creases between spine and boards, the labels on spine are damaged [see photos]; 5.1/4" x 7.3/4"; dark-brown endpapers are glued together [see photo]; inscription on the first blank page ["E.A. Pond From J. Edwards Clark. Oct 1861." and "Mrs. Abbot S. Pond"]; 488 pages + two-page explanation of the frontispiece by Hogarth + 2-page publisher's list of books, red page edges, good/ very good condition.

The history of doctors and the medical profession in England. Including chapters on Sir Thomas Browne, Sir Hans Sloane, quacks, John Radcliffe, bleeding, female medical professionals, country medical men, and more.

"If you are interested in Medicine or 16th and 17th century Britain, you should find this a valuable insight. The book is anecdotal and the selection of subjects seems eccentric, but I cannot think of where you would otherwise encounter this material." [a private review]

John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831-1901) was an English novelist and author of popular non-fiction. He also spent periods teaching and as an inspector of historical documents.

William Hogarth FRSA (1697-1764) was an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist and occasional writer on art. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects", and he is perhaps best known for his series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode. Knowledge of his work is so pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian".

Influenced by French and Italian painting and engraving, Hogarth's works are mostly satirical caricatures, sometimes bawdily sexual, mostly of the first rank of realistic portraiture. They became widely popular. He was by far the most significant English artist of his generation. Charles Lamb deemed Hogarth's images to be books, filled with "the teeming, fruitful, suggestive meaning of words."

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