A gothic oration, In Praise of A Bad, a Tedious, and a Puzzling Practice in Physick; Pronounced by An Illustrious Member in the College for the Improvement of Physick, at Linden, in Lapland. Translated from the Original Manuscript, By an Humble admirer of the Most Incomparable Gotho-Vandalic Practice. To which is added, Some queries from the bookseller (in Behalf of the Publick) concerning L- O-d's Case.

People / Organizations

• Dennis De Coetlogon (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms, in Warwick-Lane, 1745.

Publication year

1745-1745

ESTC No.

T28439

Grub Street ID

260082

Description

iv,44p. ; 8⁰

Note

Humble admirer = Dennis de Coetlogon.

The oration refers to the fatal illness of the Earl of Orford, and the controversy over it.

Also issued as part of 'Various ironic and serious discourses on the subject of physick', by De Coetlogon, London, 1749.

Listed in the printer's ledger of Henry Woodfall the elder as a commission of Dr. Kennedy ('Notes and queries', June 1855).