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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 697 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KATTERFELTO (or KATERFELTO), GUSTAVUS (d. 1799)  ,
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quack doctor and conjurer, was born in Prussia . About 1782 he came to
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London, where his advertisements in the
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newspapers, headed " Wonders ! Wonders ! Wonders!" enabled him to trade most profitably upon the credulity of the public during the widespread influenza epidemic of that
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year . His public entertainment, which, besides
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conjuring, included electrical and chemical experiments and demonstrations with the microscope, extracted a flattering testimonial from the royal
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family, who witnessed it in 1784 . The poet William Cowper refers to Katterfelto in The Task; he became notorious for a long tour he undertook, exciting marvel by his conjuring performances .

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