Project Gutenberg 2025-04-12 Public domain in the USA. 173 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous 94840372 The genuine tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a physician in Pekin : $b For the murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, treasurer to the army of the emperor of China, before the great council of Mandarines $aLondon :$bM. Cooper, $c1746. Dr. Nosmoth = Thomas Thompson M.D.; Mandarin Tonwin = Thomas Winnington. On Dr. Thompson's treatment of the case of T. Winnington. Matthew Everett and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The genuine tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a physician in Pekin : For the murder of the…" is a satirical legal drama published in the mid-18th century. Presented as the official shorthand account of a sensational trial at the imperial Chinese court, the book offers a mock-transcript of the proceedings against Dr. Nosmoth, accused of causing the death of the esteemed Mandarin Tonwin. Though presented with the formal trappings of a serious historical document, the work is a clear parody of both legal procedure and medical practice of its era, drawing on contemporary debates in England. The likely topic centers on a physician’s responsibility in the death of a prominent patient, set against a backdrop of courtly intrigue and exaggerated judicial process. The book begins by describing the highly regulated practice of medicine in China, emphasizing rigorous ethics and strict government oversight. Dr. Nosmoth stands accused of having killed Mandarin Tonwin, the emperor’s treasurer, by reckless medical practice—namely excessive bleeding and purging, allegedly encouraged by outdated or self-serving ideas. The trial unfolds with arguments between the emperor’s council and the defense, lampooning the inflexibility and even absurdity of both the medical establishment and judicial systems. Satirical exchanges highlight the perils of following rigid doctrines over practical adaptation. Ultimately, though the court tries Dr. Nosmoth and delivers a sentence (deliberately left unpublished), the text ends as a cautionary, comedic reflection on the dangers of medical dogmatism and professional jealousy, as well as a jab at legal pomp and bureaucracy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20241215185646anonymous 1746 GB Reading ease score: 16.7 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. en Satire, English -- Early works to 1800 Winnington, Thomas, 1696-1746 Thompson, Thomas, -1763 PR R Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 61522 2025-06-30T05:18:10.867001 text/html 36146 2025-04-12T17:11:53 text/html 775472 2025-06-30T05:18:19.110946 application/epub+zip 773893 2025-06-30T05:18:14.759960 application/epub+zip 258218 2025-06-30T05:18:11.684967 application/epub+zip 1252506 2025-06-30T05:18:20.811914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1122356 2025-06-30T05:18:16.393932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 45828 2025-06-30T05:18:10.644975 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25703 2025-04-12T17:11:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17277 2025-06-30T05:18:20.944903 application/rdf+xml 13680 2025-06-30T05:18:12.102956 image/jpeg 2594 2025-06-30T05:18:11.889958 image/jpeg 1318250 2025-06-30T05:18:10.893999 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown