A rare medical book and its author / [Henry E Clark].

  • Clark, Henry E. (Henry Edward), 1845-1909.
Date:
1899
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Credit: A rare medical book and its author / [Henry E Clark]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Though nominally a Roundhead, he does not appear to have been wanting in intelligence or breadth of view, and his publication of Dr. Hall’s “ Observations,” as well as what little we know of him otherwise, convinces us fhat he was a keen man of business, and would not be likely to overlook the value vdiich any writing of Shakespeare even then had. Cooke lived an active, useful, and, I have little doubt, a happy life. Born in the reign of James I, he passed through the reign of Charles I (relatively long although cut short by a tragic ending), was active in the time of the Commonwealth, did his duty as a physician and a citizen in the lax times of Charles II, saw the brief and disturbed rule of James II, and only passed away just as the greatest revolution the British nation has known was so t[uietly and effectively accomplished. A worthy example of the old world practitioner, whose trained observation and sound commonsense had to make up for defects in scientific knowledge. His faith in medicines was great, and it would comfort many a physician nowadays had he like confidence in such a remedy as “ shavings of harts-horne,” of which Cooke says, “ It is cordial, resisting venom, cleareth the heart, dispelleth winde, easeth collick, opens obstructions, killeth wormes, helps the jaundice, easeth pains in the reines and bladder, drives forth the small-pox and measles.” “ There are two likenesses of Cooke, one at the