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FESSENDEN, Thomas Green (1771 – 1837)

FESSENDEN, Thomas Green (1771 – 1837)

1771 – 1837

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1803 CE

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A poetical petition against tractorising trumpery and the Perkinistic institution: In four cantos. Most respectfully addressed to the Royal College of Physicians.

FESSENDEN, Thomas Green (1771 – 1837)
FESSENDEN, Thomas Green (1771 – 1837)

This medical satire in doggerel verse, which was ostensibly an attack on Perkins' metallic tractors, or "Perkinism" was actually written in support of them. The work was best known for its second and greatly expanded …