Chemical-Medical Miracles and Mysteries

You wish to know of me, and of your friend’s affairs—on what hinge do they turn? Here are a few words.

Various medical works are currently "boiling" under my hands original: "fervere," a metaphor suggesting intense, feverish work or projects nearing completion, which long to be published, and foremost among them: several Centuries In the 17th century, a "Century" was a popular book format consisting of 100 short observations, cases, or propositions. of Philosophical and Medical Paradoxes; several small anatomical works; a Treatise on Cauteries; a book On Opium and Opiate Laudanums, and so on. Would that it be for some public good! Indeed, I strive more than I achieve; I wish to be of benefit to the public more than I am actually able.

I make no secret of it! And yet, the result has not failed every effort, nor has my ability failed my every wish.

Pray, let me know what you are doing now, and especially how you are faring in health; and continue to be toward me as you have shown yourself to be. Be certain that from Bartholin, the same feelings are returned to you.