Quacks

A drug‐addled dentist who's trying to create the world's first anaesthetic, convinces Robert - a showman surgeon - to use potentially lethal ether in a prestigious and pioneering operation.

Caroline bags an invitation to meet her hero: Charles Dickens. William finds himself in an awkward position when he exaggerates how much of a fan he is (he hasn't read a single page).

William has a patient, Harold, with extreme monomania - he seems sane other than his fervent belief that he will be seized by spies at any moment and put on trial for being a French noble

William has a bladder stone and needs Robert to perform a lithotrity on him - a grim genital operation. William has the choice of excruciating pain, or taking John's potentially lethal new drug.

For the first time since losing his wife, John falls in love ‐ with Nicola Bell from the apothecary. But their whirlwind romance is thrown into jeopardy when Nicola reveals she's promised to another.

Robert's rival, the famous, suave French surgeon Patrice DuPont is due to perform surgery on a very prestigious patient: Dr Hendrick himself.