1774 - Seymour, T - Properties and Effects of the Poudre Unique (1)
| Allusion | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1774 |
| Author | Seymour, T |
| Title | A Concise Account of the Properties and Effects of the Poudre Unique, in the Cure of the Most Dangerous Putrid As Well As Inveterate and Complicated Diseases |
| Mentions | The Robin Hood in Charles Street, St James's Square |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-24. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Allusion
CASE XIX. A Complication of Disorders, viz. Pleuritic, Asthmatic, and Dropsical, attended with a Sharp Humour from the Knees to the Feet.
Mrs. Pearce, wife of Mr. Pearce, at the Robin Hood, in Charles-Street, St. James's-Square, was for many years in an ill state of health, being often afflicted with a pleurisy, an asthmatic cough, dropsical swellings; and in particular, when she first began with the Powder, which was in September, 1771, she had for upwards of a year been afflicted with a most violent sharp humour, that broke out in both legs, from the [p. 60:] knees to the ancles [sic] and feet, attended with great itching and swelling. For several months, she was in such agonies, she could get little or no sleep, which made her life quite miserable. By taking a few papers of the Powder, she received so great benefit, that she has ever since enjoyed a good state of health.[1]
Source notes
IRHB's brackets. According to the title-page, the edition cited is the third, but it also advertizes the case stories as new in this edition, so presumably the item cited cannot be found in the earlier editions.
IRHB comments
T. Seymour's 'Poudre Unique' subsequently worked another small miracle in Mrs Pearce's niece. This notwithstanding his medical expertise was most probably par for its period,[2] even if his business acumen was perhaps above average.
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
- Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
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Background
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Notes
- ↑ Seymour, T. A Concise Account of the Properties and Effects of the Poudre Unique, in the Cure of the Most Dangerous Putrid As Well As Inveterate and Complicated Diseases. 3rd. ed. (London, 1774), pp. 59-60.
- ↑ See for instance Thomas, Keith. Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century England (Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England; Ringwood, Victoria, Australia, 1973), pp. 9-17, for the state of medical knowledge and provisions in the Late Medieval and Early Modern period.