# Dr. Newton — The Humbugs of the World character guide

> Dr. Newton in The Humbugs of the World by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Newton, the learned Dr. Newton

**First appearance:** 0038-xxx

## Who they are

A quack doctor who claimed to cure diseases with electricity.

## In the story

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/xvii)

Referenced as a quack healer who performed fraudulent 'stroking' cures, including a merchant who could lift a note in bank and an old lady who heard from her son in California.

### [Part V: Medicine and Quacks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_humbugs_of_the_world_se/chapters/part-v-medicine-and-quacks)

Referenced as a figure associated with medical humbug and false cures.

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