doctor joshua ward

agostino carlini's statue of quack doctor joshua ward, probably made soon after his death in 1764 and meant for a westminster abbey tomb that never materialised. he made fortunes from blanket advertising of his poisonous medicines because people thought that the sweating and vomiting were good for them, and even treated george II and horace walpole. he opened a dispensary to treat the poor, though the medical profession hated him. the statue is now in the v. and a.