. The Canada lancet and practitioner. solved in minor matters by the faculty calledcommon sense ; in greater affairs, by the synthetic power ofGenius. Thomas Sydenham, then, the English Hippocrates, as he issometimes called, occupies a unique place in the history of medi-cine. In the words of Horace—medicus in omne aevum no-bilis—he was a physician famous for all time. Dr. JohnBrown, the essayist, calls him the prince of practical physi-cians ; and it is said that Boerhaave. one of the most eminentteachers of medicine in Europe, never mentioned Sydenhamwithout taking off his hat as a sign of r
. The Canada lancet and practitioner. solved in minor matters by the faculty calledcommon sense ; in greater affairs, by the synthetic power ofGenius. Thomas Sydenham, then, the English Hippocrates, as he issometimes called, occupies a unique place in the history of medi-cine. In the words of Horace—medicus in omne aevum no-bilis—he was a physician famous for all time. Dr. JohnBrown, the essayist, calls him the prince of practical physi-cians ; and it is said that Boerhaave. one of the most eminentteachers of medicine in Europe, never mentioned Sydenhamwithout taking off his hat as a sign of respect and admiration. 3U DOMIXIOX MEDICAL MONTHLY Sydenhams is a name, writes another, not for Englandonly, but for the world. Many pleasant memories cluster around the humble littleSomersetshire village, famous because it was the birthplace ofthis man of genius, who lived, like Harvey, at a time when hiscountrys heart was in a state of wild unrest, and the staid oldEnglish character was being moulded into shape by these strong. influences of internal strife and disorder. Yet, withal, heemerged into the light of eminence with a character as noble asit was beautiful. In an unknown little corner of England, at a place in Somer-set called Wynford Eagle, Thomas Sydenham, the great phy-sician, first saw the light of day. Old chronicles give the dateof his baptism September loth, 1624. Sydenhams biographers DOMINION MEDICAL MONTHLY 315 all speak of the scarcity of material at their disposal concerninghis life. The history of the seventeenth century is muchclouded, and the life of Sydenham, like that of other contempor-aries, could stand a genuine outburst of sunshine to bring outclearly the many little details that give color to the picture whichthe historian, not through any fault of his ow^n, paints so poorlyand imperfectly. Wynford Eagle is a hamlet and chapelry abouteight miles from Dorchester. In the famous old DomesdayBook it is called Wynfort. The house in which Sydenhamw
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