Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Martinus Scriblerus

  • The Scriblerus and other clubs

    JMS PearceHull, England, United Kingdom In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when transport was by horse and carriage, the opportunities for scholars and inventors to exchange ideas was limited. Consequently, there arose a number of small private gentlemen’s clubs, where members gathered for congenial or intellectual intercourse. Most were based in London. They were often…