1. The doctrine of purgation: curiosities from ancient and modern literature : a collection of quotations on the use of purgatives, from Hippocrates, and other medical writers, covering a period of over two thousand years, proving purgation is the corner-stone of all curatives Author(s): Brandreth, Benjamin, 1807-1880, compiler Publication: New York : Baker & Godwin, printers, 1867 Subject(s): Cathartics -- therapeutic use