Re: [asa] Wesley, Primitive Physic

On further thought, perhaps it's quite innocent. We don't know what AGE his
father was when this remedy worked for him. Perhaps his father was an
infant at the time? Breast milk is supposed to protect the immune system
(though I'm no expert).

I think this whole thread is a mischievous attempt by Michael to illustrate
the dangers of taking things too literally. Can you enlighten us Michael?
Have I rumbled you?

Iain

On 3/12/07, Iain Strachan <igd.strachan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> One surmises, perhaps that W. thought human milk was beneficial for
> consumption? ( "suck" = "suckle"). Maybe they didn't have hang-ups about
> that kind of thing in those days?
>
> Iain
>
> On 3/12/07, David Opderbeck <dopderbeck@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Interesting .... but, um, does this really make things much better, or
> > just a little more bizarre?
> >
> >
> > On 3/12/07, Dick Fischer <dickfischer@verizon.net > wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm so relieved!
> > >
> > > Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
> > > Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
> > > www.genesisproclaimed.org
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]
> > > On
> > > Behalf Of Ted Davis
> > > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 9:14 AM
> > > To: asa@calvin.edu ; janmatch@earthlink.net ; Michael Roberts
> > > Cc: hrc54@alltel.net; gmurphy@raex.com
> > > Subject: [asa] Wesley, Primitive Physic
> > >
> > > This will be my final post on the Wesley thing.
> > >
> > > It's usually easy to tell whether one has an "s" or an "f". As I
> > > stated, I
> > > don't even notice the long "s" when I read a text, any more than
> > > readers
> > > of
> > > German even notice some of the typeography used in those works, once
> > > they
> > > get used to it. So I went back for one more look at my facsimile
> > > edition.
> > >
> > > I studied a lot of letters in this particular edition, and it seems
> > > that
> > > the printer had multiple characters for the long "s", somewhat
> > > depending
> > > on
> > > the size of the character used (ie, the font size). The smaller "s"
> > > italic
> > > type, which is used in this particular instance, has a half bar on it
> > > halfway up the letter, on the left side. In the "f" character, the
> > > bar
> > > goes
> > > all the way across. In the larger italic long "s," however, there is
> > > no
> > > bar
> > > at all. The latter is much easier to discern and results in no
> > > confusion.
> > > The smaller character, however, can be confusing. On the previous
> > > page,
> > > e.g., the word "frankincense" is written using both the "f" and the
> > > long
> > > "s"
> > > in smaller type, and you have to look at it closely to realize that
> > > the
> > > two
> > > letters are different: it's really quite a subtle difference. If the
> > > next
> > > letter is a "t," or even another long "s," you sometimes can't tell
> > > at
> > > all
> > > simply from the typeface--context has to help.
> > >
> > > Upon further examination and comparison, I would now say with
> > > confidence
> > > that Wesley said "suck". But it's easy in this case to see why
> > > someone
> > > might honestly misread what's written. If it were the larger
> > > typeface,
> > > no
> > > problem; but the smaller italic is very hard to discern.
> > >
> > > Ted
> > >
> > >
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