Humphrey Dyot Author:James Greenwood Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. FURNISHES AN INKLING TO MR. GURB's PRO- FESSIONAL PURSUITS. Mr. Anthony Gued was by profession medical, and his place of abode was in Old Fish... more » Street, Thames Street, London. N.B. Within one minute's walk of the Monument. There can be no mistake about Mr. Gurd's address, since it is faithfully copied from the identical circular invented and composed by that gentleman himself, with the able assistance of his sister Mercy, setting forth the scope and scheme of the business they affected as partners. The laws regulating the practice of chirurgical and medical science Avere not nearly so severe in those days as they have since become ; but Mr. Gurd was not the man to work under a cloak. He was not dulylicensed as M.D., and he boldly announced the fact in his business circular. Nay, in a sort of way, he made capital of it. " Mr. Anthony Gurd," declared that interesting document, " although fully qualified to pass the most exhaustive examination it is in the power of the College of Physicians to propose, declines the ordeal, regarding it as the merest waste of time, and in some degree degrading to a man who holds his diploma under Nature herself, the Empress of the healing art, sealed with her simple balsams and stamped with the stamp of health. Price one shilling and three-halfpence per box. Allowance made to wholesale dealers, shippers, captains, and foreign agents. All manner of healing ointments and lotions. At home for consultation any evening, excepting Sunday, after six. Miss Mercy Gurd is in attendance daily, for the convenience of ladies anxious to avail themselves of her invaluable advice and services. Side door ; second bell. Nurses (wet and dry) provided at the shortest notice and on most reasonable terms.—N.B. A child's caul for sale." Since in all p...« less