To describe himself, he used words like ophthalmiater, pontifical, imperial, and royal. Those who knew him described him as a boastful pretender to arts that he did not understand, arrogant, and as a quintessential of a quack: John Taylor (1703–1770), oculist.

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Taylor. A Gold-Plated Charlatan

  • Sibylle Scholtz,
  • Myriam Becker,
  • Lee MacMorris,
  • Achim Langenbucher

摘要

To describe himself, he used words like ophthalmiater, pontifical, imperial, and royal. Those who knew him described him as a boastful pretender to arts that he did not understand, arrogant, and as a quintessential of a quack: John Taylor (1703–1770), oculist.