Excerpt from Sir Kenelm Digby and His Powder of Sympathy
Of the man singular theories in me history of medicine, not t e least curious is that of the Powder of S thy associated with the name of Sir Kene by.
Digby (1603-1665) was thoroughly educated, as education was then understood in England; was a mathematician of note and well skilled in the natural sciences. He was a man of fine resence, great stature, and bodily strength; gift too, with a graceful courtesy of manner and uency of speech which won him many friends. A successful naval commander, he got his country into trouble by his too great success as a privateersman. An expert swordsman, he never hesitated to give and never refused a challenge, although by no means quarrel some. A Royalist, he was employed by Cromwell on foreign missions, and on the Restoration was re ceived into favor. He is most celebrated for his powder of sympathy; this was used to apply to the weapon which had caused a wound (the wound itself receiving no treatment, except to be kept cool and clean), and wondrous cures were the result. These cures were as well vouched for as the most striking cures by Christian science, faith cure, new thought, or other methods not acknowledged by the regular profession; and in many instances the proof is overwhelming.
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