saying that he finds himself much better since and as a new man ; but he is cracked a little in his head, tho' he speaks very reasonably and well. He had but 20s. for his suffering it, and is to have the same again tried upon him : the first sound man that ever had it tried on him in England,
and but one that we hear of in France." — Vol. hi., p. 420.The 'Philosophical Transactions' furnish the details of the experiment, staling that it "was perform'd November 23rd, 1667, upon one Mr. Arthur Coga, at Arundel-House, in the presence of many considerable and intelligent persons, by the management of those two Learned Physitians and dextrous Anatomists, Dr. Richard Lower and Dr. Edmund King."
Pepys could not allow the occasion to slip without recording another sample of his treatment of all things, grave or gay:—
"On this occasion Dr. Whistler told a pretty story of Dr. Cayus that built Caius College; that being very old and living only at that time upon woman's milk, he while he fed upon the milk of an angry fretful woman was so himself; and then being advised to take it of a good natured patient woman, he did become so beyond the common temper of his age." — Vol. iii., p. 417.
Coming events were casting their shadows before, for we now read, November 30lh, 1667:—
"To Arundel House, to the election of officers for the next year; when I was near being chosen of the Council, but am glad I was not, for I could not have attended, though above all things 1 could wish it ; and do take it as a mighty respect to have been named there."—Vol. iv , p. 278.
Shortly after this, however, he was elected into the Council, on which he often served, and in 1084 was chosen President, and filled the office for two years.*
Pepvs' increasing importance was not without its disadvantages. We have read ahead) how forty shillings sufficed to secure his admission to the Society, in whose welfare and advancement he thencefrom took so considerable an interest. It is not without
A curious usage is referred to on this bend (November 20th, 1068) : — " Mr. Povy,
Creed and I, to Arundell House, and there I did see them choosing their Council,
it being St. Andrew's-day ; and I had his cross set on my hat, as the rest had, and
cest me 2s." The annual meeting of the Royal Society is still held on that day, as
indeed is prescribed by the first Charter. Weld, in his ' History of the Royal
Society,' says St. Andrew was "the patron saint of the Society, in whose honour the
Fellows of the Society were accustomed, at the early anniversary meetings, to wear
a St. Andrew's cross in their hats."
