The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Johann Schröder (1600 - 1664)
German physician and pharmacologist and the first person to recognize that arsenic was an element. Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Schr%C3%B6der Authority - early modernReferences in Documents:
(a)
a) Fascicul.
Rariorum.
from
the Land-Tortoise, chiefly, in having a more
rude,
and softer shell, and Feet rather like the Finns of a
Fish, as
proper to swim with. As also in Bulk. b)
man
shore, said to be big enough, for one sometimes to dine
fourscore men. (b) In the Indian-Seac)
c)
shells serve
the Natives for Boats. In the Island
great, that they will creep
along with five men upon their
d)
Læt
Backs. (d)
e)
manner as
the Dolphin doth at his Spout. (e) In f)
ham's Disc.
of Jam. Cap.
4
tion, the embraces of the Male and Female continue for a
whole Lunary month. (f) They
take them, by turning
them on their Backs with staves, in
which posture they
lie, till they are fetch'd away. (g)
As they lie on their g)
of
Backs, they will sometimes fetch deep
sighs, and shed
abundance of Tears. (a)a)
pham, ut
sup
on their backs, and so ripping them up round about
where
the Back and Belly-pieces meet. (b) They abound in the
b)
the
Of their Nature, Generation, and inward Parts, see some
Observations in the Philos. Transactions. (c)
c)
hereof maketh a most pleasant
jelly. (d) The Callapee, i.
e.
the Belly-part so called, baked, is an excellent
d)
pham's Disc.
of Jam.e)
The Legs, saith
the part
affected, are a most experienced Remedy in the
Gout. In e) Ibid.
brobanaf) f) Ælianusg) to make
g) Mus.
Rom.
He flys not, because his Wings are short. But with their d)
out of
help,
is able to out-run a Horse.
He is a gregarious
Bird. His Feathers are made use of for the
adorning of
Hats, Caps, &c. for making of Womens Fans, and
the
like. (e)
e)
OrnitholOstrich, saith
Schroder,
taken in power, wonderfully dissolves the Stone. (f)
'Tis probable
it may bring away Gravel. f)
grown, they are
then hardly bigger than a good big
Flea. In Ants,
that build their Nests, with
Clay and Lome, against a
Wall or a Tree, as big as Bee-Hives, and divided into a) Hist.
of
several
Cells. (a) Of the Ingenuity of this Insect, see divers
Relations in the same Author. (b)
b)
merous throughout all
the feet of their Cupboards and Chests in Cisterns of
Water
to preserve their Cloaths and Victuals (c) c)
p.
80
Of their Kinds, and Generation; as also their use for
feeding
of Pheasants and Partridges, see some Observations
in the Phil. Trans. (d) d)
KingTransact.
(e)
e)
Mr.
culars,
That the Liquor which they sometimes let
fall from
their Mouths, droping upon the blew Flowers of Cichory,
immediately gives them a large
red stain; and supposeth,
it would produce the like in other
blew Flowers. The latter,
That not only the Juyce, but also
the Distill'd Water or
Spirit of this Insect will produce the same effect, &c.
Amongst
which, Mr.
own.
The Liquor of Ants is commended by f)
f) Phar
mac.
a most excellent
h)
Pharm
Libavius ,
Crollius ,
Schroder
Of This as of common Salt, may be distill'd
that Acid
Liquor commonly, but absurdly call'd the Oil. This mo
derately taken, but especially
if it be dulcify'd by Cohoba
tions with a simple, or
rather with an aromatiz'd Spirit of
Wine, is sometimes of
excellent use to restore the Digestive
Faculty to the Stomach.
But the common sort, taken, as
it often is, without
discretion, really breeds more Diseases,
than it pretends to
cure. See several Preparations of Salt in
(d)
d)
Mus. MetalGreat Cam's
Dominions, the people
melt and cast Salt into a round
Form,
for Money. But who ever knows the nature
of common Salt, must also, that this Report is a great
mistake.