William Blathwayt: A Late Seventeenth Century English Administrator

English medicine in the seventeenth century

other persons who are mentioned because at some time something has been named after them. Historians may hope that future editions will not prune too much on the ground of obsolescence. Manifestly there is no outright "best buy": Firkin & Whitworth contain material not to be found elsewhere, and similarly much that they do not cover is available elsewhere. All depends on what you seek. They can...

English Medical Licensing in the Early Seventeenth Century

In the middle ages when every craft had its gild with an elaborate organization and code of conduct, medicine was singularly lacking in any such control and its members lacked a corporate spirit or feeling of group consciousness. Moreover physicians had no control except that which the universities provided as part of their training. In this respect medicine was unlike tihe Church and the legal...

Animal Souls, Metempsychosis, and Theodicy in Seventeenth- Century English Thought

English Almanacs and Animal Health Care in the Seventeenth Century

In seventeenth-century England, the health and welfare of nonhuman animals rested almost solely on the shoulders of their keepers. Veterinary institutions had not yet been founded, and academically trained animal doctors did not exist. Laymen, however, had access to a great deal of information on animal health care. A range of printed publications were available that offered medical advice. The...

Familiar to all. William Lilly and astrology in the seventeenth century

The author, who apparently is a well-known writer, broadcaster, and supporter of astrology, claims by way of the dust-jacket that, ".. . Until recently no serious historian had given any attention to sixteenth-and seventeenth-century astrologers, despite the enormous influence they had on their time...." One's first comment is that, in fact, there is a considerable scholarly literature on this ...