Volume 1

The miraculous conformist, or, An account of severall marvailous cures performed by the stroaking of the hands of Valentine Greatarick : with a physicall discourse thereupon, in a letter to Robert Boyle. With a letter relating some other of his miraculous cures, attested by E. Foxcroft / by Henry Stubbe.

  • Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.
Date:
1666
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The miraculous conformist, or, An account of severall marvailous cures performed by the stroaking of the hands of Valentine Greatarick : with a physicall discourse thereupon, in a letter to Robert Boyle. With a letter relating some other of his miraculous cures, attested by E. Foxcroft / by Henry Stubbe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ag Sr and bis Miraculous Cures. who was not defirous he fhould. In ‘fine both (at length) overcame by the importunity of the Ladies, fubmitted, the one to touch; the other tobetouched: His Bye accordingly being tou- ched, the Gentleman freight protefted,. chat he (,w much more clearly with ic then before, an (o tood by : foon atter, he complained of a paine, and heavineffe in his Head (he had before been much troubled with a Paralyticall Humour, and for that caufe had’ feverall facceflive years repai- red to Bathe) uponanew application of M' Gre- dtaricks Hand’; he faid his :pain was now gone: and fo went afide again: fooniafter he complai- ned that he was fick at Scomach, and feemed to bein a very Vomicurient condition, M* Grea- saricks caufed him to unbutton , and flip off his Shooes, and Stockings, and with his hand cha- fed that illneffe of Stomach down into his Legge, and after out at his Toes; fo that he faid, he now felt nothing: Not long afrer he again com- plained of a pain ia his tfaad, _M: Greatericks ftrok’t it down into his Eyes, which watered ex- cremely, and the Lids were in continuall Trepi- dation, and by his complaints, and geftures, they appeared to be very full of paines After a while they began to mend : M: Greatarick ftrokes A ai for 7 which cau. eafing Phenomena as berore :