John Anthony (1585 – 28 April 1655) was an English physician.
Anthony was the son of
Francis Anthony
Francis Anthony (16 April 1550 – 26 May 1623) was a 16th-century physician and chemist. His father, Derrick Anthony, was a goldsmith in London, employed in the jewel office of Queen Elizabeth. He attended the University of Cambridge, receivin ...
. He was educated at
Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating as
M.B. in 1613,
M.D.
Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated M.D., from the Latin ''Medicinae Doctor'') is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the M.D. denotes a professional degree. ...
in 1619.
He was admitted as a licentiate of the
College of Physicians, London, in 1625. He gained a handsome income from the sale of his father's "Aurum Potabile", or "Drinkable Gold" and succeeded to the more reputable part of his father's practice.
John Anthony served in the
English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
, on the parliamentary side, as surgeon to a Colonel Sandys. He was the author of a devotional work, ''The Comfort of the Soul, laid down by way of Meditation.'' The same work in the same impression was afterwards issued with a new title-page as ''Lucas Redivivus, or the Gospel Physician.''
In the
British Museum
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is a small notebook, bound with the arms of
Charles I Charles I may refer to:
Kings and emperors
* Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings
* Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily
* Charles I of ...
, entitled ''Joannis Antonii Praxis Medica'', containing notes in Latin on various diseases and their treatment. In it
Paracelsus is quoted as the authority for a certain prescription. The notes are evidently not intended for publication, but clearly belong to this John Anthony.
References
Notes
According to the Biographia Britannica
According to Dr. Munk
(Mercurius Rusticus, ed. 1685, p. 125)
by John Anthony, Dr. of Physick, London, 1654, 4to
(
Sloane MS. 489)
External links
Find a Grave: Dr John AnthonyGeni: John Anthony, M.D.
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Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
1585 births
1655 deaths
17th-century English medical doctors