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T. R., M.D. (anonymous critic of Bishop George Berkeley) - A Cure for the Epidemical Madness of Drinking Tar Water – Satirical medical pamphlet on Bishop - 1744
First edition of an important 1744 medical and philosophical satire targeting Bishop George Berkeley’s advocacy of “tar water” as a universal cure.
Published anonymously (“By a certain R—t R—d Doctor”), this witty and acerbic pamphlet denounces the “epidemical madness” that swept across Britain and Ireland after Berkeley’s Siris appeared.
Printed for John & Paul Knapton, noted London publishers of scientific and philosophical works.
A key document in the public debate between reason, science, and superstition in 18th-century Britain.
The book is complete, with 66 pages and later plain boards. Minor age wear but clean and legible throughout.
Nr 98459142
Sprzedane
T. R., M.D. (anonymous critic of Bishop George Berkeley) - A Cure for the Epidemical Madness of Drinking Tar Water – Satirical medical pamphlet on Bishop - 1744
First edition of an important 1744 medical and philosophical satire targeting Bishop George Berkeley’s advocacy of “tar water” as a universal cure.
Published anonymously (“By a certain R—t R—d Doctor”), this witty and acerbic pamphlet denounces the “epidemical madness” that swept across Britain and Ireland after Berkeley’s Siris appeared.
Printed for John & Paul Knapton, noted London publishers of scientific and philosophical works.
A key document in the public debate between reason, science, and superstition in 18th-century Britain.
The book is complete, with 66 pages and later plain boards. Minor age wear but clean and legible throughout.
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