Richard Boulton (
fl. 1697–1724), was a physician and author from England.
Boulton was educated at
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...
, and for some time settled at
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...
, was the author of a number of works on the medical and kindred sciences, including:
:''Reason of Muscular Motion'', 1697.
:''Treatise concerning the Heat of the Blood'', 1698.
:''An Examination of Mr. John Colbatche's Books'', 1699. For this work on
John Colbatch
John Colbatch (1664–11 February 1748), sometimes Colbach, was an English churchman and academic, professor of moral philosophy at Cambridge. Drawn into the long legal struggle between Richard Bentley and the fellowship of Trinity College, Cambr ...
, Boulton was helped by
Charles Goodall.
:''Letter to Dr. Goodal occasioned by his Letter to Dr. Leigh'', 1699. The appendix to the previous work had attacked
Charles Leigh of Manchester.
:''System of Rational and Practical Chirurgery'', 1699; 2nd edition, 1713.
:''The Works of the Hon. Robert Boyle epitomised'', 3 vols. 1699–1700.
:''Physico-Chirurgical Treatises of the Gout, the King's Evil, and the Lues Venerea'', 1714.
:''Essay on External Remedies'', 1715.
:''Essay on the Plague'', 1721.
:''Vindication of the Compleat History of Magic'', 1722. This was a defence of an earlier pot-boiler, containing a reply to the sceptical work ''Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft'' of
Francis Hutchinson
Francis Hutchinson (2 January 1660 – 1739) was a British minister in Bury St Edmunds when he wrote a famous book debunking witchcraft prosecutions and subsequently was made Bishop of Down and Connor in Ireland.
Education
Hutchinson was born i ...
on
witchcraft
Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have us ...
.
:''Thoughts concerning the Unusual Qualities of the Air'', 1724.
Boulton fell out with Goodall after the Colbatch pamphlet. Goodall attacked Boulton in a pamphlet, under his footman's name, and asked
James Yonge to attack Boulton's ally
William Salmon
William Salmon (1644–1713) was an English empiric doctor and a writer of medical texts. He advertised himself as a "Professor of Physick". Salmon held an equivocal place in the medical community. He led apothecaries in opposing attempts by ...
.
In a letter to
Sir Hans Sloane
Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Irish physician, naturalist, and collector, with a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Mu ...
, Boulton states that he undertook to write an abridgment of
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle (; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of ...
's works on account of "misfortunes still attending him"; and in another letter he asks Sloane for help. In the preface to the ''Vindication of the History of Magic'' he states that he had been for some time out of England.
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