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Medicine by James FindleyAug 21, 20205:23 pm

Sassafras and Natural Philosophy

Sassafras worked within the medieval and early-modern framework of natural philosophy

Medicine by James FindleyMay 1, 20182:12 pm

What is Guaiacum and how was it connected to Syphilis?

In a previous post, I discussed how syphilis got its name from a poem written in 1530. The shepherd Syphilis was struck down with the venereal disease for overturning the altars dedicated to Apollo. Syphilis was cured […]

Primary Sources by James FindleyMar 9, 20187:02 pm

How Syphilis got its Name

Compared to today, syphilis was a different disease in early-modern Europe. It was more ferocious, fast acting, and destructive. Symptoms included painful and often deadly rashes and ulcers on the groin, limbs, mouth, throat, and […]

Primary Sources by James FindleyNov 14, 20176:45 pm

“The Man who did not Believe in Unicorns”

In previous posts I discussed the belief in the existence of unicorns and the medicinal virtues of their horns, however, there were some people in the early-modern period who did not believe in unicorns including […]

Primary Sources by James FindleyJul 18, 20172:19 pm

Monardes and Gerard on Sassafras

In a previous post, I described how Nicolas Monardes’ description of sassafras laid the foundation for future authors to understand the physical and medicinal properties of the sassafras and its leaves, roots, wood, and bark. […]

Primary Sources by James FindleyJul 11, 20178:47 pm

How were the English Introduced to Sassafras?

The introduction of sassafras to the English imagination took a circuitous route. Printed knowledge of the tree probably first appeared in English through the publishing of Joyfull Newes out of the New Founde Worlde, originally […]

Medicine by James FindleyNov 17, 20169:50 am

Young sassafras leaves Indian medicinal uses for sassafras

Indian uses for Sassafras

Indians have various and sundry medicinal uses for sassafras (Sassafras albidum). Highlights Sassafras has medicinal uses Grows in eastern North America from Florida to Canada Known by multiple names 82 medicinal uses for sassafras from […]

Primary Sources by James FindleyJul 17, 20161:09 pm

Close up of the recipe title "A very good water to wash yard, of one that has lately had the running of the reins, and has been cured thereof"

16th-Century Gonorrhea Aftercare Treatment

Sixteenth-century recipe for the aftercare treatment of gonorrhea

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