| Description Of Item | Clipped article from the British Medical Journal in a scrapbook from the collection of John Ritchie relating to the topic of William Harvey and witchcraft, with reference to Dr George Henry Alexander Clowes’ letter as seen in DEP/RIJ/8/43 and a note from Dr Letitia Fairfield (which is also referenced in DEP/RIJ/8/44). The topic of witchcraft is discussed with reference to John William Wickwar’s book Witchcraft and the Black Art, making reference to Matthew Hopkins, the witchfinder general who himself was hanged for being a wizard in 1647. |