Legal Term: QUACK

Definition: One, who, without sufficient knowledge, study or previous preparation, and without the diploma of some college or university, undertakes to practice medicine or surgery, under the pretence that he possesses secrets in those arts. 2. He is criminally answerable for his unskilful practice, and also, civilly to his patient in certain cases. Vide Mala praxis, Physician.

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