#17th century

Stories tagged “17th century” in the Weird Science History archive — 5 stories connected by this topic.

• The Wound Cure You Rubbed on the Sword Instead of the Patient
• The Thirty Men Who Ran Back and Forth Across a Warship to See If It Would Tip Over
• The Needle Isaac Newton Slid Behind His Own Eyeball to Find Out Where Color Comes From
• The Recipe for Making Mice Out of a Sweaty Shirt and a Jar of Wheat
• The Family That Rang Bells and Blindfolded Mothers to Hide a Pair of Tongs

Related topics: #Chamberlen #childbirth #color #controlled experiment #forceps #Francesco Redi #Isaac Newton #Jan Baptist van Helmont