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Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A.M., vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, extending from 1648 to 1679. From the original MSS. preserved in the library of the Medical Society of London / Arranged by Charles Severn. Published by permission of the Council.

  • Ward, John, 1629?-1681.
Date:
1839
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Credit: Diary of the Rev. John Ward, A.M., vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, extending from 1648 to 1679. From the original MSS. preserved in the library of the Medical Society of London / Arranged by Charles Severn. Published by permission of the Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cure their patients, as Nero did his senators, but cutting their veins, or rather their throats. Those persons who were not like their parents, or near kindred, yet on a sudaine sick- nes, turne to bee like them, doe commonlie die of that sicknes. There are several] sorts of physitians said one; first, those that canne talk but doe no- thing; secondly, some that canne doe, but not talk; third, some that canne both doe and talk; fourthly, some that can neither doe nor talk, and these get most monie. Some doctors have a noble out of the pound of their apothecaries; as Dr. Wright; many a crowne, as an apothecarie in London told mee. Itt is to bee considered what may bee the reason why husbands sympathize with their wives in their breeding and bringing forth, and why old people lying with young folks falle into a cachexie, as is frequent. For a rheumatick braine use this method.