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His medical reputation was based on his Tuta ac efficax luis venereae saepe absque mercurio ac semper absque salivatione mercuriali curando methodus ( 1684) which was translated into French, Dutch and German. Two other works by him were De Pulsus Variatione ( 1685), and Ars explorandi medicas facultates plantarum ex solo sapore ( 1688); His Opuscula were collected in 1687. These professional writings gave him a place and memorial in A. von Haller's Bibliotheca Medicinae Pract. ( 1779).

He also wrote some books in theology and philosophy, controversial in their time but little remembered today. Brought up at Douai as a Jesuit, he was converted to Protestantism in 1682 and came to abjure popery, and published Protestancy proved Safer than Popery ( 1686Events The League of Augsburg is founded. Russia, Saxony, Brandenburg and Bavaria join the Holy League against the Ottoman Turkish Empire. September 2 The forces of the Holy League of 1684 liberate Buda from the Ottoman Turkish rule that leads to the end). But the most noticeable of his productions is A Discourse of Wit ( 1685), which contains some of the most characteristic metaphysical opinions of the Scottish philosophy of common sense. It was followed by Academia Scientiarum ( 1687), and by A Moral Discourse of the Power of Interest ( 1690Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere. January 6 Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I becomes King of the Romans January 14 The clarinet is invented in Nuremberg, Germany May 20 England passes Act of Grace), dedicated to Robert BoyleThe Honourable Robert Boyle ( January 25, 1627 December 30, 1691) was an Irish natural philosopher, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. Early years He was born at Lismore Castle, in the province of Munster, Ireland, as the seventh son and fourtee, Abercromby's patron in the 1680s. A Short Account of Scots Divines, by him, was printed at EdinburghArthur's Seat. See also for a panoramic view from Holyrood Park towards Ocean Terminal. Edinburgh (pronounced ED-in-burra ( SAMPA: ["Ed@n%b@r@])), Dun Eideann in Scottish Gaelic, is a major and historic city on the east coast of Scotland on the south shor in 1833Events January 3 Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. June 6 U. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train. September 29 The infant Isabella II becomes Queen of Spain, under the regency of her mot, edited by James Maidment. The exact date of his death is unknown, but according to Haller he was alive early in the 18th century17th century 18th century 19th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701- 1800; however, historians will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th Century as 1715- 89,, possibly dying in 1702.