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See also:KATTERFELTO (or KATERFELTO), GUSTAVUS (d. 1799)
, See also:quack See also:doctor and conjurer, was See also:born in See also:Prussia
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About 1782 he came to See also:London, where his advertisements in the See also:newspapers, headed " Wonders
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Wonders
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Wonders!" enabled him to See also:trade most profitably upon the credulity of the public during the widespread See also:influenza epidemic of that See also:year
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His public entertainment, which, besides See also:conjuring, included See also:electrical and chemical experiments and demonstrations with the See also:microscope, extracted a flattering testimonial from the royal See also:family, who witnessed it in 1784
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