John Symcotts Explained

John Symcotts (1592–1662) was a British physician, whose private casebook has been studied to understand typical medical practice in 17th century England. He was sometimes the physician to Oliver Cromwell. An account of his medical career was published in 1951 jointly by William John Bishop and Noël Poynter, in a book entitled A Seventeenth Century Doctor and his Patients: John Symcotts, 1592?–1662.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Keele. K D. July 1979. Frederick Noël Lawrence Poynter, B.A., Ph.D., F.L.A., F.R.S.L., Hon. D. Litt. (California), Hon. M.D. (Kiel). 24 December 1908 – 11 March 1979.. Medical History. 23. 3. 352–354. 0025-7273. 1082481. 395381. 10.1017/s0025727300051826.
2. Book: Catalogue description "A Seventeenth Century Doctor and his Patients: John Symcotts 1592?-1662" by.... 1951. The National Archives. English.
3. Symcotts. John. Fullwood. Gervase. Johnson. Edw.. Marcham. Frederick George. 1931. Letters of an English Physician in the Early Seventeenth Century. Isis. 16. 1. 55–81. 10.1086/346583. 224350. 71862813. 0021-1753. subscription.
4. 21 June 1952. Nova et Vetera. British Medical Journal. en. 1. 4772. 1350–1351. 10.1136/bmj.1.4772.1350-a. 0007-1447. 14935262. 2023763.
5. Book: Beier, Lucinda McCray. Sufferers and Healers: The Experience of Illness in Seventeenth-Century England. 2015. Routledge. 978-1-317-29433-7. 73. en.