Re: [asa] Wesley, Primitive Physic

I did not put this on the list. It went on Pandas Thumb to make people have a broader view of Christians - no problem there, but our quotes monitor picked it up. The 18th century was far earthier than ours

Michael

PS how are your fossils?
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  From: Iain Strachan
  To: David Opderbeck
  Cc: Dick Fischer ; ASA
  Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:09 PM
  Subject: 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

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        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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