Exhibition : Dr. Samuel Johnson and eighteenth century medicine , 5 January - 2 March 1984 / Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.

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Credit: Exhibition : Dr. Samuel Johnson and eighteenth century medicine , 5 January - 2 March 1984 / Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Floyer's first book, published in Lichfield by Johnson's father. 5. Floyer, Sir John The preternatural state of animal humours described by their sensible qualities. London: Printed for M. Johnson. 1696. Floyer's second book like his first was published by Michael Johnson. When Johnson was two and a half years old he contracted scrofula and in March, 1712, was taken by his mother to London to be touched by Queen Anne for what was known as the King's Evil. It was widely believed that the disease could be cured by the laying-on of hands by the anointed sovereign. The practice died out however after Queen Anne's death. Johnson's poor eyesight and hearing difficulties are thought by some to have been caused by the scrofula. 6. Browne, John (1642-1700?) Adenochoiradelogia. London: T. Newcomb for S. Lowndes. 1684. On the engraved frontispiece is a scene depicting Charles II touching those suffering from scrofula or the King's Evil. 7. Johnson's touch-piece given to him by Queen Anne in 1712 after being touched by her for scrofula. [The original is in the British Museum.]