Comments on: Dr. Sibly's Re-Animating Solar Tincture http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/dr-siblys-re-animating-solar-tincture/ Panacean powders, pills, potions and pamphlets, as advertised in historical newspapers. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:34:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Caroline Rance http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/dr-siblys-re-animating-solar-tincture/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Caroline Rance Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:21:40 +0000 http://quackdoctor.wordpress.com/?p=1824#comment-69 I think it's very true that people were often better off taking a completely ineffective nostrum than they were submitting to the more aggressive treatments of orthodox medicine - hence the rise of homeopathy and its apparent efficacy. Doing nothing at all could have a better result than being treated. Sibly certainly doesn't appear to have seen any contradiction between science and astrology, and from what I've read of him he had a genuine belief in his own remedies, unlike some of the charlatans who were out to con people. I think it’s very true that people were often better off taking a completely ineffective nostrum than they were submitting to the more aggressive treatments of orthodox medicine – hence the rise of homeopathy and its apparent efficacy. Doing nothing at all could have a better result than being treated.

Sibly certainly doesn’t appear to have seen any contradiction between science and astrology, and from what I’ve read of him he had a genuine belief in his own remedies, unlike some of the charlatans who were out to con people.

]]> By: DaintyBallerina http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/dr-siblys-re-animating-solar-tincture/comment-page-1/#comment-68 DaintyBallerina Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:49:52 +0000 http://quackdoctor.wordpress.com/?p=1824#comment-68 This is really interesting and highlights the degree to which superstition and folklore combined in early modern medicine. I was looking at some stuff on astrology and medicine earlier. Given the mortality rate and lack of decent doctors, it’s not surprising so many people might turn to a tonic of this kind. It would perhaps have been preferable to some of the more outlandish remedies which were floating around. This is really interesting and highlights the degree to which superstition and folklore combined in early modern medicine. I was looking at some stuff on astrology and medicine earlier. Given the mortality rate and lack of decent doctors, it’s not surprising so many people might turn to a tonic of this kind. It would perhaps have been preferable to some of the more outlandish remedies which were floating around.

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