Medallion, James Morison
Description
A large white metal James Morison medallion. The obverse features a left facing profile of Morison. "JAMES MORISON THE HYGEIST BORN MLCCLXX". Other lettering follows but is illegible. "JAMES MORISON THE HYEGIST" is marked on the reverse but the metal is so badly pitted that the text on on the medal is mostly illegible.
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This
medallion
appears
to
be
a
piece
of
advertising
for
James
Morison,
a
famous
nineteenth
century
English
"quack"
doctor.
See:
http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/artifacts/caricatures/en4-quacks.cfm
Accession number
A73.799
Collection type
Material
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