The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc.

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THE DOCTOR.

HENRY VIII. RECEIVING THE BARBER-SURGEONS.

THE DOCTOR
IN
HISTORY, LITERATURE, FOLK-LORE,
ETC.

EDITED BY
WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.,
Author of “Bygone England,”
“Old Church Lore,” etc.

HULL:
WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., THE HULL PRESS.
LONDON:
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & CO., LTD.
1896.

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Preface.

In the following pages I have attempted to bring together from the pens of several authors who have written expressly for this book, the more interesting phases of the history, literature, folk-lore, etc., of the medical profession.