Sympathetic surgery and wild folk beliefs in early medicine
A long critique of historical medical practices and beliefs, detailing sympathetic surgery from Shakespearean and Dryden references through Digby and Van Helmont. It contrasts “wet” and “dry” methods, notes quackery claims, and recounts anecdotes of cures, trials, and superstitions including moss, ointments, and magical remedies, while reflecting on faith, imagination, and the limits of medical science. It also weaves in natural history vignettes and humorous anecdotes about betrothed husbands, cats, and ants to illustrate human credulity and cultural memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespere
Inis
Macbeth
Dryden
Eppolito
Aviel
Afriel
van Velmont
Godennis
van Viefoout
Mors
Tiis
Mlippolito
Mr. Nowell
Kenelm
Lord Gilbourne
Ariel
Strauss
Nobe
Lord Anson
South Sea
Captain Cook
May in England Brings Blossoms and Bright Delights
May in England arrives with hawthorn blossoms and nightingale song. Poets praised her as a sunlit maiden scattering flowers as she dances among buds and brooks. The season draws green growth to the land, and the grass grows tall.
Exhumation of Pompeii Dead Unearths Relics and Bodies
A London Athenian correspondent details Pompeii excavations revealing a woman, a young girl, and a man preserved in ash. Ninety one silver coins, four gold earrings, gold rings, two iron keys, and remains of a linen bag are found. Bronze tables and relics are prepared for reception in Pompeii. The scene describes contorted postures, intact dress tracery, and hints at violent escape, with bodies laid close as if in the act of fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mein Terr
Elias Ashmule
Robert Boyle
Edward II
Francis I
Pisto
London Athenium
Pompeii
Ile Sage
Dreas
Roger
Persian Tales of Husbands at Heaven Gate
A satirical Persian tale set at the gates of paradise. A tremulous husband learns he may not join his wife there, while a twice married man is rebuked as a fool by the prophet. A young man marries a Khan’s widow and asserts authority, beginning a tense union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dea Lavatides
Dad
Paradise
Earth
Heaven
Mahomet
Grent Khan
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Kenelm Digby
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