Obi

Grave Dirt, Dried Toads, and the Blood of a Black Cat:
How Aldridge Worked His Charms

Debbie Lee, Washington State University

Notes

¹ Moseley has been mentioned in several recent scholarly works. See Bewell, Morton, and Lee and Fulford.
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² This is from the 1800 edition. All quotations are taken from the 1800 edition unless otherwise indicated.
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³ See Bush, 75-76; Privy Council Papers, 333.
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⁴ Curiously, Stedman also credits Graman Quacy with discovering a root. "Besides these & many other Artful Contrivances he had the Good Fortune to find out the Valuable Root known Under the name of Qwacy Bitter of Which this man Was Absolutely the first Discoverer in 1730, & Notwithstanding its being less in Reput in England than formerly is Highly Esteem'd in many other Parts of the World for its Efficacy in strength'ning the stomach, Restoring the Appetite &c." (582).
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⁵ Moseley doesn't entirely remove the story of Jack from the second edition, but puts the story of the vegetarian tiger, which does not appear at all in the first edition, in place of Jack. In the second edition, Moseley relegates the story of Jack to an appendix called "Miscellaneous Medical Observations."
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⁶ From "Songs, Duets, & Choruses, in the Pantomimical Drama of OBI, OR THREE FINGER'D JACK: invented by Mr. Fawcett, and Perform'd at the Theatre Royal, Hay Market, To which are prefix'd Illustrative Extracts, and a Prospectus of the Action."
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