De morbo Gallico. A treatise of the French disease, publish'd above 200 years past / by Sir Ulrich Hutten ... Translated soon after into English by a canon of Marten-Abbye [T. Paynell]. Now again revised and recommended to the press, with a preface to the same, and a letter at the close, to Mr. James Fern, surgeon, concerning a very singular suppos'd infection. By Daniel Turner.

  • Ulrich von Hutten
Date:
1730
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Credit: De morbo Gallico. A treatise of the French disease, publish'd above 200 years past / by Sir Ulrich Hutten ... Translated soon after into English by a canon of Marten-Abbye [T. Paynell]. Now again revised and recommended to the press, with a preface to the same, and a letter at the close, to Mr. James Fern, surgeon, concerning a very singular suppos'd infection. By Daniel Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    alterative Remedy 5 the rather fhe faid, for that when the Seafon favoured, fhe refolved [being per- fuaded thereto by fome Friends] to keep up for a Month in a jpitting Courfe, which fhe hoped, let the Caufe of her Illnefs be as it might, would help alfo to heal up the old Sore in her Leg. When I found (he was thus determined, I did not think it worth while to diffbade her from the Enterprize, but only enquired farther if fhe had heard any thing from a Gentlewoman who had charged her with giving her the Difeafe at the time of her Delivery 5 and under great Concern, for fear her Livelihood fhould be taken from her, or her Credit fuffer thereby, fhe owned the Re¬ ceipt of a Letter from a certain Lady of fuefi Import, but folemnly declared, that during the time of that Lady’s Travel, fhe never once touch¬ ed her Body with that Finger 5 for it being then much numb’d and clumfey, fhe was neceffitated to ufe thofe of her other Hand, or contradfrng it towards the Palm, to do what file could at fome times with the reft. Upon her going from me I endeavoured to comfort her what I could, by telling her, that I hoped the Gentlewoman would conftder better of it, and not continue fo unjuft an Alperfion, other- wife I promifed to right her fo far as I was able, being certain that ifthePerfons concerned do not think fit to ftifie (as they ought) this idle Story, it muft redound more to their Difhonour, when the Truth comes to light, than that of this un¬ happy, but finely innocent Woman’s. And now having thus truly reprefented the Cafe, as the fame appeared to me, both before, and fince you were therein confulted, I fhall leave you to judge firft of all, Whether it carries any fhew of Probabi¬ lity, that a Midwife, whofe Finger is whole and found, fhould be likely in the Delivery of a foul Woman w.