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In this 1565 work, edited in 1844 by Thomas Pettigrew, the surgeon John Hall describes his struggles against quacks.
List of contents
Introduction; An historiall expostulation; Notes.
About the author
John Hall spent many years in the civil service before becoming a professional writer specialising in crime fiction. His book Death of a Collector, introducing Freddie Darnborough, won the Sherlock magazine's competition for the best new fictional detective. Freddie has since appeared in short stories and a couple of radio plays. John's other favourite fictional detectives are Peter Wimsey (before he married that dreadful woman!), Poirot, and of course Sherlock Holmes.John has a long association with the Sherlock Holmes world, but has other interests as well, including a large collection of tobacco pipes. John is a member of The international Pipe Smokers' Hall of Fame.
Summary
The surgeon John Hall, born 1529/30, published this work in 1565 as an appendix to his translation of a thirteenth-century surgical work. Hall was vociferously opposed to fraudulent medicine, and this work, edited by surgeon and antiquarian Thomas Pettigrew (1791–1865) and published in 1844, describes his struggles against quacks.
