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Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database. Originally published by Centre for Metropolitan History, London, 2004.

'BEAUTER, Christopher', in Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database, (London, 2004) pp. . British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/beauter-christopher [accessed 20 April 2024]

Christopher BEAUTER

Biography


Name	Christopher BEAUTER (BEWTER)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical surgeon (Surgeon)
Period of medical practice	1579-1607
Other notes	Arraigned 1589 & 1597. ?=C.BEANE qv 73? Knows [Thomas] Fryer. Master of Thomas KING 460.

Censorial hearings


	25 June 1589
Entry	Surgeon. Confessed prescribing for not a few people. His manner impressed the College and gained him lenient treatment.
Attitude of the accused	confessed
Action taken	Asked not to practise in future.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Asked not to practise in future
	25 June 1597
Entry	Henry Oldswoorth and his wife Elizabeth made a complaint against B who had given a boy 4 pills after inspecting his urine: as a result of these pills, the boy's mouth suppurated and streamed with saliva: his teeth became loose and some even fell out. They made a statement of these facts on oath.
Initiator of the complaint	person unconnected with the patient or the case
Second initiator of the complaint	person unconnected with the patient or the case
Action taken	See below.
Number of crimes	1
	1 July 1597
Entry	CB, the surgeon, appeared and confessed that he had made pills of Turbi[n]th which he had given to the boy, about whom Oldswoorth had made a complaint in the previous Comitia, but said that he had done so on the advice of Dr FRYER.
Action taken	See below.
Number of crimes	1
	12 Aug 1597
Entry	Again claimed that he had always followed Dr Fryer's advice.
Attitude of the accused	made an excuse
Action taken	Warned to desist.
Verdict	guilty
Sentence	Warned to desist