A Quack in the Right Place Kimber The ensuing election was a

The ensuing election was a heavy defeat for Fox and North as Pitt became Prime Minister with a parliamentary majority of 120

View of St Paul's Church

View with allegorical figures and objects around a table

top right 'How to make the most of the mud'

with figures and a horse and carriage

A Quack in the Right Place Kimber The ensuing election was a'A Quack in the Right Place; Or, What we Should Like to See', 1864. A quack doctor is pelted with his own preparations, together with carrots and the occasional dead cat. The potions ministered by quack doctors were almost always useless, and sometimes deadly. This cartoon accompanied an articles entitled 'How to Quash the Quacks'. Three points were proposed: first that the Medical Council, which had the power to proceed against persons giving medical