LEADER 03928nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910459616703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-05864-2 010 $a9786613058645 010 $a0-226-81142-5 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226811420 035 $a(CKB)2670000000066485 035 $a(EBL)648156 035 $a(OCoLC)699510279 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000471747 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11312830 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471747 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10428335 035 $a(PQKB)11240203 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC648156 035 $a(DE-B1597)535483 035 $a(OCoLC)1135570082 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226811420 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL648156 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10443370 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL305864 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000066485 100 $a20000519d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe notorious astrological physician of London$b[electronic resource] $eworks and days of Simon Forman /$fBarbara Howard Traister 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (271 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-81140-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-241) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tIntroduction -- $tONE. A Self-Conscious Life -- $tTWO. Medical Theories: A Physician Evolves -- $tTHREE. Forman's London Practice -- $tFOUR. Troubles with the College of Physicians -- $tFIVE. Forman's Occultism -- $tSIX. Forman and His Books -- $tSEVEN. Forman in Society -- $tEIGHT. Forman and Public Events -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aQuack, conjurer, sex fiend, murderer-Simon Forman has been called all these things, and worse, ever since he was implicated (two years after his death) in the Overbury poisoning scandal that rocked the court of King James. But as Barbara Traister shows in this fascinating book, Forman's own unpublished manuscripts-considered here in their entirety for the first time-paint a quite different picture of the works and days of this notorious astrological physician of London. Although he received no formal medical education, Forman built a thriving practice. His success rankled the College of Physicians of London, who hounded Forman with fines and jail terms for nearly two decades. In addition to detailing case histories of his medical practice-the first such records known from London-as well as his run-ins with the College, Forman's manuscripts cover a wide variety of other matters, from astrology and alchemy to gardening and the theater. His autobiographical writings are among the earliest English examples of their genre and display an abiding passion for reworking his personal history in the best possible light, even though they show little evidence that Forman ever intended to publish them. Fantastic as many of Forman's manuscripts are, it is their more mundane aspects that make them such a priceless record of what daily life was like for ordinary inhabitants of Shakespeare's London. Forman's descriptions of the stench of a privy, the paralyzed limbs of a child, a lost bitch dog with a velvet collar all offer tantalizing glimpses of a world that seems at once very far away and intimately familiar. 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But Malcolm X, the most famous minister in the Nation of Islam--a sect many white Americans deemed a hate cult--saw the potential in Clay, not just for boxing greatness, but as a means of spreading the Nation's message. The two became fast friends, keeping their interactions secret from the press for fear of jeopardizing Clay's career. Clay began living a double life--a patriotic "good Negro" in public, and a radical reformer behind the scenes. Soon, however, their friendship would sour, with disastrous and far-reaching consequences. Based on previously untapped sources, from Malcolm's personal papers to FBI records, "Blood Brothers" is the first book to offer an in-depth portrait of this complex bond. Acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith reconstruct the worlds that shaped Malcolm and Clay, from the boxing arenas and mosques, to postwar New York and civil rights-era Miami. In an impressively detailed account, they reveal how Malcolm molded Cassius Clay into Muhammad Ali, helping him become an international symbol of black pride and black independence. Yet when Malcolm was barred from the Nation for criticizing the philandering of its leader, Elijah Muhammad, Ali turned his back on Malcolm--a choice that tragically contributed to the latter's assassination in February 1965. Malcolm's death marked the end of a critical phase of the civil rights movement, but the legacy of his friendship with Ali has endured. We inhabit a new era where the roles of entertainer and activist, of sports and politics, are more entwined than ever before. "Blood Brothers" is the story of how Ali redefined what it means to be a black athlete in America--after Malcolm first enlightened him. 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