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"A Twopenny Box of Pills": Quacks and Medical Mountebanks in the North East by Dr Jo Bath: Newcastle Castle

Name: "A Twopenny Box of Pills": Quacks and Medical Mountebanks in the North East by Dr Jo Bath: Newcastle Castle
Start: 2026-04-17T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-04-17T23:59:59+01:00
Location: Newcastle Castle

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Join Newcastle Castle this April to dive deeper into their 'Rogues and Vagabonds' season with Dr. Jo Bath, who'll be discussing the phenomenon of "quack doctors" in the 18th century, discovering what the "self-taught professors" and "botanical doctors" were really getting up to.