On Sects in Medicine (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from On Sects in MedicineIn the feudal times, as is well known, it was not uncommon for knights who had fought for their ladies, to commit the care of their wounds to the objects of their worship, who took good care always to be possessed of ointments of great repute, as well as charms and amulets of supposed healing virtue, in addition to their own tenderness and personal attractions. Thus armed with potent balms and stimulants, they always rivaled their aged mothers and ordi nary nurses, and at times even the priests and doctors, not only in the assiduity of their attentions, but in their real suc cess.In the time of Queen Elizabeth, however, all this was changed, for, when sundry poor and probably ugly old women, applied to the Royal College of Physicians and Sur geons for permission to employ their small talent in minister ing to the cure of diseases and wounds by means of certain herbs and simples, in the application whereof they boastfully stated that God himself had given them special knowledge, this was firmly and peremptorily refused, on the grounds.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.