Trial of Joseph Webb, for Manslaughter, at York Summer Assizes, 1834; Containing the Brief, (Drawn up by Mr. Finch,) and all the Important Depositions, Taken on Oath, to Prove that the "Universal Medicines," if promptly and plenteously administered, are in all cases of disease, and particularly in small pox, almost universally efficacious, and not "deleterious" . . . Gratis.
London: Printed by G. Taylor, 1834. First edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 109, [2] pages. A sterling and entrepreneurial example of taking legal lemons and transforming them into marketing lemonade, the account of a trial of Joseph Webb, a self-styled "hygeist" who prescribed for an ailing Richard Richardson a...... More