Note 444 — PHARMACOLOGIA. (continued 2)

He was cited before the censors of the College of Physicians in 1693, and committed to Newgate by a warrant from the President; but he was acquitted upon the plea that—bad practice must be accompanied with a bad intention to render it criminal. He published his vindication in a small tract, entitled “De tuto Cantharidum usu interno.” The issue, says Dr. Quincey (Pharm: p. 152) ruined the unhappy Doctor, but taught his prosecutors the safety and value of his practice. The following was his formula. Of egg-shells calcined ʒss; Camphor ℈j; Spanish flies ℈ss; and Venice turpentine q, s, to make nine pills; three of which were to be swallowed every three hours.