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KATTERFELTO (or KATERFELTO), GUSTAVUS (d. 1799) , See also:quack See also:doctor and conjurer, was See also:born in See also:Prussia. About 1782 he came to See also:London, where his advertisements in the See also:newspapers, headed " Wonders! Wonders! 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. 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. The poet See also:William See also:Cowper refers to Katterfelto in The Task; he became notorious for a See also:long tour he undertook, exciting marvel by his conjuring performances.

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