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Identifier: interstatemedica1619unse (find matches)
Title: Interstate medical journal
Year: 1909 (1900s)
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Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: St. Louis, : Interstate Medical Journal
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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unt did not appear until forty-six years after Luthersdeath. *** ** * ** **In 1592, the oratorian, Th. Bozio, published at Rome a work (De signisEcclesise, lib. XXIII., c. 3) in which he related that a former domesticof Luthers had told him that Luther had hanged himself on his bed.In a book published at Antwerp in 1606 (Pnescriptiones adversushaereses) the Franciscan monk, Sedulius, printed for the first time thecomplete deposition of the domestic already alluded to by Th. Bozio. 832 INTERSTATE MEDICAL JOURNAL The veracity of the domestics document goes unquestioned since itwas written by one who was deeply, religious. In 1895, G. Claudin repro-duced it with a translation in his thesis, La Mort de Luther. Thefollowing is Claudins translation ;* Your religious solicitations promptme to brave the indignation of men and the fear of offending them bybeing a witness to the truth ; and my respect for the Supreme Beingand all the Saints goads me on to still greater action. .. .For the glory
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) of Christ and the edification of the Catholic -world I shall lay bare to the light of day all that I have myself seen, and announce the same to the princes assembled at Eisleben. I shall not indulge in hatred norshall my object be the acquiring of the good opinion of anyone. Hereis what occurred: It so happened that on a certain day Martin Lutherwas entertained at Eisleben by some of the most illustrious lords inGermany. His weakness for drink overcame him, and it was necessaryfor us to lead him from the room in a state of drunkenness, and put him *Chronique med., 1900, p. 99. SPECIAL ARTICLES 833 to bed. After wishing him good-night we went to our room with nothought of the possibility of anything untoward occurring to Luther,and we soon slept peacefully. Next day when we entered the room toaid our master to dress, as was our custom, we found him, O horrors,him, our Master Martin, hanging from his bed and horribly strangled.This awful spectacle struck us with terror, but without hesi

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