 1670
Contents:
Location:
Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 29, ff. 19-20.
Description:
A paper in Locke’s hand with the title “A dysentry.”
The manuscript is a sheet of paper folded once to form 2 leaves, 310 × 195 mm; the second leaf (f. 20) is blank.
The end of the paper refers to “the writing hereof viz the beginning of the year 1670.”
The author of the paper is Dr. Thomas Sydenham, who published a work on fevers in 1666 –
Methodus curandi febres – and a revised and expanded edition in 1676 –
Observationes medicae.
These notes (and others on related topics) may have been intended for a revision of that work.
Dewhurst argues that Sydenham shared his drafts with Locke for comment and for rendering into Latin.
Publications:
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“Sydenham on ‘A dysentry’ ” / Kenneth Dewhurst. // IN:
Bulletin of the history of medicine. – 29 (1955):395-398.
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Dr. Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), his life and original writings / Kenneth Dewhurst. –
London : Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1966. – p. 123-125.
“Variola”
(1670 February 14)
Location:
Bodleian Library, MS. Locke c. 29, f. 22.
Description:
A paper in Locke’s hand with the title “Variola”
and ending “Written 14o Feb. 69/70.”
The manuscript is a single sheet of paper; the verso is blank except for the endorsement “Variola.”
The author of the paper is probably Dr. Sydenham.
These notes may have been drafted as part of the revision of Methodus curandi febres
and shared with Locke for his comments.
Publications:
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“Sydenham on smallpox” / Kenneth Dewhurst. // IN:
British medical journal. – 1955:v. 2:432-433.
Location:
Adversaria 1661, pp. 1-3.
Description:
An untitled outline in Locke’s hand of a classification of knowledge,
possibly for use in commonplacing or note-taking.
There are many similar tables in the manuscripts; Goldie calls this one
“Adversaria A” to distinguish it from others.
Publications:
- [English translation:]
Two tracts on government / John Locke ;
edited … by Philip Abrams. –
Cambridge : University Press, 1967. – p. 245-246. [Locke #950]
- [English translation of part:]
Political essays / Locke ; edited by Mark Goldie. –
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997. – p. 215. [Locke #867+]. –
An English translation of the sections on Theology, Polity, and Prudence;
the second part, “Physica sive Corporum Scientia” not included;
Locke’s tabular arrangement is not preserved;.
Discussions:
Goldie, publication #1 above.
Location:
Public Record Office, London, PRO 30/24/47/2, f. 57.
Description:
Some notes in Locke’s hand, on a scrap of paper (somewhat damaged in one corner,
endorsed “Small pox Preface 70” in one corner
and “Medicina | Res Medicae et Chymicae | Preface to Dr. Syd” in another.
Publications:
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“Locke and Sydenham, a fragment on smallpox (1670)” / Patrick Romanell. // IN:
Bulletin of the history of medicine. – 32 (1958):295. –
Includes a photographic reproduction of the manuscript (p. 294).
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John Locke and medicine : a new key to Locke / by Patrick Romanell. –
Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1984. – p. 70. –
Includes a photogrpahic reproduction of the manuscript (p. 70).
Location:
Public Record Office, London, PRO 30/24/47/2, ff. 60-69.
Description:
A dedicatory epistle in Locke’s hand, apparently to Lord Ashley (ff. 60-63),
and an incomplete preface (ff. 64-69). The former is headed “Ep[istle]”
and the latter “Praef[ace].” They seem to have been intended for a treatise on smallpox
by Dr. Thomas Sydenham, a draft of which exists in MS. Locke c. 21.
The authorship of the Epistle and Preface is uncertain.
The manuscript consists of five sheets of paper, each folded once to form a total of 20 pages.
The text of the Epistle is written on the recto pages only; f. 63 is blank; 230 × 172 mm.
The text of the Preface is written on both sides of each leaf; 221 × 164 mm.
Publications:
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“Sydenham’s original treatise on smallpox with a preface,
and dedication to the Earl of Shaftesbury, by John Locke” / by Kenneth Dewhurst. // IN:
Medical history. – 3 (1959):284-290.
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Dr. Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), his life and original writings / Kenneth Dewhurst. –
London : Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1966. – p. 101-109.
Pactum
[c. 1670-73]
Location:
Adversaria 1661, p. 16.
Description:
An undated note with the marginal caption “Pactum,” written and initialed by Locke.
Publications:
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An essay concerning toleration and other writings on law and politics, 1667-1683 / John Locke ;
edited with an introduction, critical apparatus, notes and transcription of ancillary manuscripts
by J.R. Milton and Philip Milton. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2006. –
(The Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke). – p. 385.
Discussions:
Milton & Milton, Introduction to publication #1 above, p. 137-140, 235.
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