Hey presto! : Swift and the quacks /
Ormsby-Lennon, Hugh.
Newark, N.J. : University of Delaware Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Si vulgus vult decipi, decipiatur -- Classis stage-itinerant -- From gabble and harangue to quack's bill -- Universal improvement of mankind -- Ejaculating the soul -- Aping the medicine show: Mencken, Salmon, Yworth -- Doctor and presto -- Dumfounding -- Apollonius of Tyana -- Beginnings and endings, terrae filius on Grub Street.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Medicine shows
Quacks and quackery
Characters and characteristics in literature.