May 1678

Sunday, 1 May 1678, n.s.

21 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: Venera salivatio — [Dewhurst]

Letter (undated): From William Charleton; torn corner. — [De Beer, i. 379]

Monday, 2 May 1678, n.s.

22 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Viperae, Stringer — [Dewhurst, Lough].

Letter received (?): From Thomas Stringer; dated 15 April. — [De Beer, i. 378]

Tuesday, 3 May 1678, n.s.

23 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Turnebus, Tacitus, Salivatio — [Lough “Reading”, Dewhurst].

Friday, 6 May 1678, n.s.

26 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Arrobe, Quintal, Oculi, Salivatio — [Dewhurst, Lough “Reading”].

Saturday, 7 May 1678, n.s.

27 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Denarius, Sestertius, Nummus — [Lough “Reading”].

Monday, 9 May 1678, n.s.

29 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Window, Coach, Bisieule — [Lough].

Tuesday, 10 May 1678, n.s.

30 April 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: As, Sestertius, Denarius, Silver, Salivatio — [Dewhurst].

Letter dated: From William Charleton, Montpellier; addressed to Locke in Paris. — [De Beer, i. 380]

Wednesday, 11 May 1678, n.s.

1 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Mapletoft, Salivatio — [Lough, Dewhurst].

Friday, 13 May 1678, n.s.

3 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Exchange, C.B. [i.e. Caleb Banks[, Aune, Salivatio — [Lough, Dewhurst].

Saturday, 14 May 1678, n.s.

4 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Gonorrhaea, Venerea, Quartan, Purgatio, Salade, Hubin, Caecitas, Salivatio — [Lough, Dewhurst].

Monday, 16 May 1678, n.s.

6 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: B. [i.e. Caleb Banks[, Hysterica, Jimar, Salivatio, Aune, % — [Lough, Dewhurst].

Tuesday, 17 May 1678, n.s.

7 May 1678, o.s.

Weather observations at Paris: “Till the beginning of this weeke the weather hath been wet, cold & winterly. Now it begins to be warme.” — [Journal, ed. Lough]

Journal entries: Kircher, Clavius, Arriaga, Fornerius, Mersennus, Magnanus, Bayle, Massaria, Tithes — [Lough “Reading”, Dewhurst].

Wednesday, 18 May 1678, n.s.

8 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Cerebri anatome, Luis d’or, Trent sous, Salivatio — [Dewhurst, Lough “Reading”].

Thurssday, 19 May 1678, n.s.

9 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Wepferus, Apoplexia — [Dewhurst, Lough “Reading”].

Friday, 20 May 1678, n.s.

10 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: Salivatio — [Dewhurst].

Saturday, 21 May 1678, n.s.

11 May 1678, o.s.

[At Versailles and St. Cloud]. — [Journal 1678, pages 134-135]

Journal entries: Versailes, Parfumeing, St Clou — [Lough].

Sunday, 22 May 1678, n.s.

12 May 1678, o.s.

[At Sceaux]. — [Journal 1678, page 135]

Journal entries: Salivatio, Scau, Walk, Elmes — [Dewhurst, Lough].

Monday, 23 May 1678, n.s.

13 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Salivatio, Guns — [Dewhurst, Lough].

Letter dated: From Sir John Banks, London. — [De Beer, i. 381]

Tuesday, 24 May 1678, n.s.

14 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Locke today observed a case at the Charité, concerning “one who had horny excresencies or extraordinary large nails on his fingers and toes.” Locke’s account is repeated in a letter to Boyle of 6 August and was published in the Philosophical Transactions, vol. XIX (1697), pages 594–596.

Journal entries: Cornua digitorum [repeated on pages 137 and 138], Calculus, Pes philosophihcus PP, Salivatio — [Dewhurst].

Wednesday, 25 May 1678, n.s.

15 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: Jesuits — [Lough “Reading”].

Thursday, 26 May 1678, n.s.

16 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Salivatio, Garde de meubles, Atlantis — [Dewhurst, Lough, Bellatella].

Friday, 27 May 1678, n.s.

17 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Salivatio, B. [i.e. Caleb Banks] — [Dewhurst, Lough].

Saturday, 28 May 1678, n.s.

18 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Salivatio, Sully, Guise, Modena — [Dewhurst, Lough].

Letter dated: To Sir John Banks (no longer survives). — [see De Beer, i. 384]

Sunday, 29 May 1678, n.s.

19 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entry: Salivatio — [Dewhurst].

Monday, 30 May 1678, n.s.

20 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Houses, Salivatio, Quartana [in Latin], Cornua digitorum, Calculus sectio, Calculus [repeated on pages 147 and 148], Campani, Redi, Cobras de Cabello — [Lough, Dewhurst, Lough “Reading”].

Tuesday, 31 May 1678, n.s.

21 May 1678, o.s.

At Paris.

Journal entries: Water, Ol: Tabaci, Vulnus venanum — [Dewhurst, Lough “Reading”].

Sources:
Journal 1678 = MS. Locke f. 3, as transcribed in:

Lough = Locke’s travels in France, 1675-1679 : as related in his journals, correspondence and other papers / edited with an introduction and notes by John Lough. – Cambridge : University Press, 1953.

Lough “Reading” = “Locke’s reading during his stay in France (1675-79)” / by John Lough. // IN: The Library. – 5th series:8 (1953): 229-258.

Dewhurst = John Locke (1632-1704), physician and philosopher : a medical biography : with an edition of the medical notes in his journals / by Kenneth Dewhurst. – London : Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1963.

Bellatella = Atlantis : spunti e appunti su un inedito lockiano / Luciana Bellatalla – Lucca : Maria Pacini Fazzi editore, 1983.

De Beer = The correspondence of John Locke / edited by E.S. de Beer. – Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1976-89. – 8 vols. – (Clarendon edition of the works of John Locke)