London, ancient and modern, from the sanitary and medical point of view / by G.V. Poore.
- George Vivian Poore
- Date:
- 1889
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: London, ancient and modern, from the sanitary and medical point of view / by G.V. Poore. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![2os. to have some of the blood of a sheep let into his body, and it is to be done on Saturday next. They pur- pose to let in about twelve ounces, which they compute is what will be let in in a minute’s time by a watch. On this occasion Dr. Whistler [President of the Royal College of Physicians] told a pretty story, related by Mufifet, a good author, of Dr. Caius, that built Caius College, that being very old, and living only at that time upon woman’s milk, he, while he fed upon the milk of an angry, fretful woman, was so himself; and then being advised to take it of a good-natured, patient woman, he did become so beyond the common temper of his age.—30th : I was pleased to see the person who had his blood taken out saying he finds himself much better since, and as a new man. But he is cracked a little in his head, though he speaks very reasonably, and very well. He had but 20s. for his suffering it, and is to have the same again tried upon him; the first sound man that ever had it tried on him in England, and but one that we hear of in France.—June 23rd, 1668 : To Dr. Turberville about my eyes, whom I met with, and he did discourse, I thought, learnedly about them, and takes time before he did pre- scribe me anything, to think of it.—29th: To Dr. Turberville’s, and there did receive a direction for some physick, and also a glass of something to drop into my eyes ; he gives me hope that I may do well.—July 3rd : To an alehouse; met Mr. Pierce, the surgeon, and Dr. Clarke, Waldron, Turberville, my physician for the eyes, and Lowre, to dissect several eyes of sheep and oxen, with great pleasure, and to my great information. But strange that this Turberville should be so great a man, and yet to this day has seen no eyes dissected, or but once, but desired this Dr. Lowre to give him the oppor- tunity to see him dissect some. — 13th: This morning I was let blood, and did bleed about fourteen ounces](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24757883_0098.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
