Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-06

Many remarkable cures affected by
her are noted jn The public journals Of
the day, and there is no doubt that she
wax IN receipt of very large income.
The following abstract from The Grub
Street Journal, of the 10Th of April,
1736, will give the reader sufficient
insight into her brief married life: "We
hear that the husband of Mrs. Mnpp,
the famous bone.setter of Epson, ran
away from her last week, taking with
him upwards of hundred guineas, and
such other portable things as lay next
to his hand. Several letters from Ep-
som, mention that the footman, whom
the fair bone-setter had married the
week before, had taken sudden jour
ney from thence with what money his
wife had earned, and that her concern
at first was very great, but as soon as
the surprise was over, she grew gay, and
seems to think the money well disposed
of, as it was like to rid her of her hus-
band" At this time she was at the
height of her prosperity, in December
of the next year she died, "at her lodg-
ings near Seven Diais, so miserably poor
that the parish was obliged to bury
her."
DR.. Ward, one of the quacks men
toned as accompanying Mrs. Mapp to
the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, was
the son of drysalter in Thames street.
He became a footman, and it is said that
while travelling with his master on the
continent he obtained from some monks
those recipes by which he afterwards
made his "Friar's Balsam" and other
nostrums. He began to practice about
1913, and for some time combatted the
united efforts of wit, learning, argument
and ridicule. The GRUB Street Journal
attacked him in a well-written article,
showing the mischievous effects of his
"pill," giving instances of fatal results
from its use, and pointing out its prob
able principal ingredient. He replied,
giving copies of depositions made be-
fore certain magistrates to show that
these fatalities arose from other causes.
He also inserted in his reply several tes-
timonials to his wonderful success. The
controversy went on for some time, no
doubt much to Wards profit. One of
his detractors finishes an article with
this warning to the public:
Before you take his drop or pill
Take leave of friends and make your will"
Praised by General Churchill and
Lord Chief Justice Reynolds, he was
called in to prescribe for George the
Second. The king recovering in spite
of his attentions, Ward received sol
emn vote of thanks from the House of
Commons, and obtained the privilege of
driving his carriage through the st.
James Park. He died in 1761, leaving
his statue, by Carlini, to the Society Of
Arts.
The Chevalier Taylor, as he called
himself, was quack ocuist, whose i'm
pudence was unparalleled, as his me-
moirs, written by himself, will testify.
DR.. johnson, in a conversation with his
friend Beauclerk, talking of celebrated
and successful irregular practicers in
physic, said: "Taylor was the most
ignorant man I ever knew, but spright-
"; Ward the dullest. Taylor challenged
me once to talk Latin with him. l
quoted some of Horace, which he took
to be part of my own speech. He said
few words well enough"
About this time there practiced in
Moorfelds quack who advertised him
self the "Unborn Doctor" Avriter of
the time speaks of him as the "stutter-
ing Unborn Doctor" and relates that
gentleman having asked him to explain
his title, he replied, "Why, you s--s--ee,
sir, I w-w-as not b-orn d-d-doc-
tor, and s-s-soo l am m u-u-u-
unborn doctor"
We may mention here Doctor Han
cock, who recommended cold water and
stewed prunes as q universal panacea.
There was also the proprietor of the
Anodyne Necklace, the wearing Of
which for one night would enable chill
dren to cut their teeth without pain,
even though they had previously been
on the brink of the grave. Theseneck-
laces had good sale at the really mod
crate price, considering their effect, of
five shillings each.
In 1880 DR.. Graham opened house
as the Temple of Health. His rooms
were stuffed with glass globes, marble
statues, medico-electric apparatus, fig
ures of dragons, stained glass, and
other theatrical properties. The air
was drugged with incense, and the ear
was charmed with strains of music from
self-acting organ. Here he lectured
on the beneficial effects of electricity
and magnetism, and explained accord
ing to his advertisements "the whole
art of enjoying health and vigor of body
and mind, and of preserving and exalt-
ing personal beauty and loveliness; or,
in other words, of living with health,
honor and happiness in this world for
at least hundred years. One of the
means to this end was the frequent use
of mui-baths at guinea each; and on
certain occasions he might be seen up
to his chin in mud, accompanied by the
priestess of the temple, otherwise Yes
tina, the Goddess of Health, This
goddess" was Emma Lyons, previous
" domestic servant, afterward the
wife of Sir William Hamilton and the
friend of Lord Nelson. DIR. Graham
removed to Schomberg House in Pail
Mall, where he opened the Temple of
Health and Hymen. Here he had his
celestial bed, which he professed cost
sixty thousand pounds. One night in
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