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Paper, 'Historia mirabilis et notandae' [An astonishing and noteworthy story] by Théodore de Mayerne

Reference number: CLP/14i/1

Date: 1625-1655

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A note in the margin reads 'Vermes in lingua et gingivis' [worms in the tongue and gums]. De Mayerne presents a case study which was reported to him involving the appearance and removal of small, white worms found on the tongue and gums of a woman in London. At the end of the paper a remedy is described in which white wine is mixed with alum and applied to the tongue with sponge or cloth. This manuscript was found in the papers of Théodore de Mayerne.

Subject: Medicine / Medical superstitions

Communicated by Theodore de Vaux.

Read to the Royal Society on 7 June 1665.

Reference number
CLP/14i/1
Earliest possible date
1625-1655
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Historia mirabilis et notandae' [An astonishing and noteworthy story] by Théodore de Mayerne, 1625-1655, CLP/14i/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14i_1/paper-historia-mirabilis-et-notandae-an-astonishing-and-noteworthy-story-by-théodore-de-mayerne, accessed on 10 October 2026

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