John Locke, 1632-1704, physician and philosopher : a medical biography / with an edition of the medical notes in his journals.

  • Kenneth Dewhurst
Date:
1963
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    the h in de hoof of a guelding and draw it through, of this without fire make a ring that may be tight on upon the finger. Helm: 1 Frid. 20 Dec. Take 1 lb. of rice, § pint of water, boil it till thicke, then p- si put milke to it and let it stand on a soft fire. Then take it off and put to it 8 or 10 eggs, a little cinnamon and rose water and some grated bread or bisquit. Sweeten it with sugar and then fry it as Flap Jacks. Mrs. Furly. To fetch off the rust from iron rub it with vinegar and quick lime togeather. In Holland they give their iron backs and such other things a hand some colour by painting them with a mixture of the powder of black- lead, vinegar and the whites of eggs mixed togeather. ib. Sat. 21 Dec. Michaelis, Ludovici two very skilful chi mists and fair p- 52 men, but Kundit is noe chimist at all. Colehaus. Sunday Dec. 2g. The Goan stone, or stone of Goa is described in (Latini Zacutus 2 Lusitanus, Bk. 2., observation 6, under the name of Cachundè. Powder of Union is [sulphur] and Crude [mercury] powdered up in marble mortar, black in colour, very effective for worms, festering ulcers and spitting of blood. Dose 1 drachm with rose or similar con serve. I gave more than \ ounce in a week to a boy of 3, thus curing his malignant and crusty ulcers without any perceptible operation. I gave to this boy a dose of 1 scruple. After at most the third dose it always stops spitting of blood, as I've several times experienced. Dr. Quinae. 3 [Notes on the Acta Eruditorum, 4 0 , Lipsiae, '82, p. 402.] e.g. p. 84 pp. 81-95 [Latin]. Red part of blood only i/ioth (or less) of the quantity of the serum and gelatine. p. 86 Soporific properties of Poppy and Opium. p. go Epilepsy often ends in Apoplexy because the internal jugulars are obstructed and so the blood is hindered from flowing back from the brain. p. go Specimen Medicinae Sinicae by A. Cleyer 4° Francfort '82 in which see their doctrine of pulses and some few other things of their medicine. 1687 4 Wed. Jan. 22. An ulcered cancer on the face ofagirlof 12 of the Tulse (Latin) family near Christchurch was cured within 20 days by salivation by 1 Baron F. M. van Helmont son of the famous physician and chemist. 2 Abraham Zacutus (1575-1642) emigrated from Portugal to Holland because of his Jewish parentage. He published his Praxis Medica Admiranda in 1637. 3 Dr. Quina was for some years a member of the collegium or medical club, in Amsterdam to which Drs. Bernagie and Veen also belonged. « B.L., MS. Locke, f. 9.