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THE WATER BABIES
- Herrwiggius his "Incomparable drink for madmen."
Only they could not find out what it was.
- Suffumigations of the liver of the fish * *
Only they had forgotten its name, so Dr. Gray could not well procure a specimen.
- Metallic tractors.
- Holloway's Ointment.
- Electro-biology.
- Valentine Greatrakes his Stroking Cure.
- Spirit-rapping.
- Holloway's Pills.
- Table-turning.
- Morison's Pills.
- Homœopathy.
- Parr's Life Pills.
- Mesmerism.
- Pure Bosh.
- Exorcisms, for which they read Maleus Maleficarum, Nideri Formicarium Delrio, Wierus, etc.
But could not get one that mentioned water-babies.
- Hydropathy.
- Madame Rachel's Elixir of Youth.
- The Poughkeepsie Seer his Prophecies.
- The distilled liquor of addle eggs.
- Pyropathy.
