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128: 25: 216:, "shut up at the Mermaid Tavern upon the Back, and after that at Mr. Richard Winstone's house in the county of Gloucester, near the city aforesaid, in which infected houses", he says, "I continued the space of three months, and cured all of the Pest that took my Directions". He now obtained "a sufficient practice upon the worst of diseases", and remained at Bristol till 8 June 1669, when he was summoned to 485: 249:, stating that Sermon had "removed from Bristol, and may be seen at his house in West Harding Street, in Goldsmith's Rents, near Three-legged Alley, between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane". He afterwards gained a considerable practice, and was made 276:), which is illustrated with sixteen copper cuts, giving "the various forms of the childs proceeding forth of the womb". The author complains of "the great rage of black-mouth'd envy" excited by his success. 307:
in 1671, represents him in a doctor's gown at the age of forty-two. Under it are some doggerel lines, referring to his cure of Monck. It is prefixed to both
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Advertisement concerning those most famous and safe cathartiques and diuretique Pills … wherewith was cured the late Lord-general Monck of the Dropsie
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A Friend to the Sick, or the honest English Man's preservative … with a particular discourse of the Dropsie, scurvie, and yellow jaundice
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Wombs with a View: Illustrations of the Gravid Uterus from the Renaissance Through the Nineteenth Century
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William Sermon, born probably in 1629, was "nearly related" to one Edmond Sermon, a native of
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requesting them to grant Sermon a medical degree. In 1670 he accordingly graduated
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205: 481:. Vol. 51. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 255–256. 225: 461:. Germany: Springer International Publishing. pp. 76–77. 208:, "and the physicians there leaving the city", owing to the 228:. On 12 July Monck gave him a certificate of his cure, and 273: 319:
calls him "that forward, vain, and conceited person".
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On 9 September 1669 an advertisement appeared in the
187:–1679) was an English physician and medical writer. 455:Longo, Lawrence D.; Reynolds, Lawrence P. (2016). 497: 261:In 1672 appeared the eighth edition of Sermon's 355:, Domestic, 1669, October to December, p. 486. 343:, Domestic, 1669, October to December, p. 441. 283:. Prefixed to it are some Latin hexameters by 270:The Ladies Companion, or the English Midwife 51:introducing citations to additional sources 16:English physician and inventor of medicines 299:Sermon died at his house in the parish of 126: 41:Relevant discussion may be found on the 464: 450:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 498: 516:17th-century English medical doctors 428: 426: 424: 422: 18: 232:, on 6 August, sent letters to the 13: 279:A third work, issued in 1673, was 14: 527: 419: 251:Physician-in-Ordinary to the King 483: 478:Dictionary of National Biography 465:Norgate, Gerald le Grys (1897). 268:Much of the book is repeated in 34:relies largely or entirely on a 23: 438: 222:George Monck, Duke of Albemarle 410: 401: 375: 358: 346: 334: 1: 322: 181: 145: 395: 7: 212:, he was, by desire of the 10: 532: 452:. Oxford University Press. 416:Norgate 1897, pp. 255–256. 195: 161: 141: 125: 118: 444:Corley, T. A. B. (2004) 353:Calendar of State Papers 341:Calendar of State Papers 327: 294: 256: 468:"Sermon, William"  234:University of Cambridge 190: 432:Norgate 1897, p. 256. 407:Norgate 1897, p. 255. 388:. ed. Bliss, ii. 35. 372:, pp. 246, 254, 476. 309:The Ladies Companion 47:improve this article 220:in Essex to attend 169:St. Bride's, London 313:Friend to the Sick 301:St Bride's, London 289:William Winstanley 132:Line engraving by 202:Naunton-Beauchamp 175: 174: 154:Naunton-Beauchamp 112: 111: 97: 523: 487: 486: 482: 470: 433: 430: 417: 414: 408: 405: 389: 386:Fasti Oxonienses 379: 373: 362: 356: 350: 344: 338: 186: 183: 150: 147: 130: 116: 115: 107: 104: 98: 96: 62:"William Sermon" 55: 27: 19: 531: 530: 526: 525: 524: 522: 521: 520: 496: 495: 484: 441: 436: 431: 420: 415: 411: 406: 402: 398: 393: 392: 380: 376: 363: 359: 351: 347: 339: 335: 330: 325: 305:William Sherwin 297: 259: 198: 193: 184: 171: 166: 157: 151: 148: 137: 121: 108: 102: 99: 56: 54: 40: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 529: 519: 518: 513: 508: 494: 493: 462: 453: 440: 437: 435: 434: 418: 409: 399: 397: 394: 391: 390: 374: 357: 345: 332: 331: 329: 326: 324: 321: 296: 293: 258: 255: 246:London Gazette 197: 194: 192: 189: 178:William Sermon 173: 172: 167: 163: 159: 158: 152: 143: 139: 138: 131: 123: 122: 120:William Sermon 119: 110: 109: 45:. Please help 31: 29: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 528: 517: 514: 512: 509: 507: 504: 503: 501: 491: 490:public domain 480: 479: 474: 469: 463: 460: 459: 454: 451: 447: 443: 442: 429: 427: 425: 423: 413: 404: 400: 387: 383: 378: 371: 370:Life of Monck 367: 361: 354: 349: 342: 337: 333: 320: 318: 314: 310: 306: 302: 292: 290: 286: 282: 277: 275: 271: 266: 264: 254: 252: 248: 247: 241: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 219: 215: 211: 207: 203: 188: 179: 170: 164: 160: 155: 144: 140: 135: 129: 124: 117: 114: 106: 95: 92: 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 71: 67: 64: –  63: 59: 58:Find sources: 52: 48: 44: 38: 37: 36:single source 32:This article 30: 26: 21: 20: 476: 457: 449: 439:Bibliography 412: 403: 385: 377: 369: 360: 352: 348: 340: 336: 312: 308: 298: 280: 278: 269: 267: 262: 260: 244: 242: 199: 177: 176: 113: 100: 90: 83: 76: 69: 57: 33: 511:1679 deaths 506:1629 births 473:Lee, Sidney 185: 1629 165:Winter 1679 149: 1629 500:Categories 323:References 230:Charles II 134:W. Sherwin 103:April 2022 73:newspapers 396:Citations 43:talk page 311:and the 285:P Fisher 156:, Worcs. 475:(ed.). 272:(1671, 218:Newhall 206:Bristol 87:scholar 366:Gumble 226:dropsy 224:, for 210:plague 196:Career 136:(1671) 89:  82:  75:  68:  60:  471:. In 448:. In 328:Notes 295:Death 257:Works 214:mayor 94:JSTOR 80:books 382:Wood 364:cf. 317:Wood 191:Life 162:Died 142:Born 66:news 274:8vo 49:by 502:: 421:^ 384:, 368:, 315:. 291:. 253:. 240:. 238:MD 182:c. 146:c. 492:. 180:( 105:) 101:( 91:· 84:· 77:· 70:· 53:. 39:.

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