The foundations of medical history / by Sir D'Arcy Power.

  • D'Arcy Power
Date:
1931
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Credit: The foundations of medical history / by Sir D'Arcy Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The edition of the Orders was of considerable size for I have seen many copies of it. It does not seem to have been put on sale but a copy was probably given to every governor of the four royal hospitals and to every member of the Corporation of the City of London. The next question to consider was who paid for the printing of the book and why? Strype’s edition of Stow’s Survey of London, published in 1754, states that, “The Orders” were printed in a little book in the time of Mr. Goodfellow, Towne Clerk, and the statement is amplified by Gough in his British Typog¬ raphy in 1780 as follows “The Order of the Hos¬ pitals, &c., since reprinted in the old character and size at the expence of Mr. Secretary Pepys.” The statement is interesting and perhaps accurate, except that the book is not a reprint as it had not been printed before. Mr. Secretary Pepys here mentioned is Samuel Pepys the Diarist who was Secretary of the Admiralty. He was also a governor of the Bluecoat School- one of the four royal hospitals—and was thus interested in the dispute which threatened to curtail the powers of the governing body by placing them under the control of the city. The Bluecoat School—Christ’s Hospital—which had been founded by King Edward VI, in 1552, was going through a difficult time during the treasureship of Nathaniel Hawes from 1683-1690, when there was
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