In the Strand near the middle exchange in Salisbury Street at the second house on the right hand where a barber's pole hangs out, liveth John Butler, an expert operator and oculist. Butler, John, oculist. 1682 Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A78064 Wing B6278 ESTC R231161 99896786 99896786 133216 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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YOu may find him there from Seven in the Morning till Twelve , And then he goes into Sweeting's Alley , to that which was Joseph's Coffee-House , now called the Flanders Coffee-House , next Door to the Sign of the Horse-Shoe near the Royal Exchange , there he stayes till Four of the Clock , who ( by Gods Blessing ) Cureth the Distempers following , ( Viz. ) He Cureth Blindness by Couching of Cataracts , He taketh Specks off the Eyes , and Cureth Defluxions of Rheums in the Eyes ; He hath singular good Skill and Knowledg in Curing of Deafness , when the Party comes to him , he will tell them the cause of their Deafness , whether the Deafness be Internal or External , or whether curable or no. He Cureth Noises , Singing or Buzzing in the Ears ; He cureth Bursten Bellies , he cureth Ulcerated Legs , and Itch in any part of the Body ; He hath an Excellent Art in drawing forth of Corns out of the Feet and Toes with the whole substance in length and similitude of a Clove , and drawing no blood , nor putting the Party to any pain at all : And by the Operation of a Plaister to kill them , that no other Corns will ever come again in the same places . He is none of those which you call by that Vulgar name Corn-Cutters , could he perform it no better than such persons , he would scorn to set it forth in Print . For every Corn he draweth in his Chamber is Six pence ; if any person sends for him to their dwelling places , he expects Twelve pence . If any person doth conjecture that other Corns will come again in the same places , upon Consideration he will admit of a Years trial and take nothing for the present ; And if other Corns do come again in the same places within the Year , then he will expect nothing . Alderman Rugg dwelling in St. Albans in Hertfordshire , he was very Lame with Corns , he had Five and Fifty Corns taken out 26 years ago by this Professor , and never any other Corns came again in the same places . Capt. Body dwelling in London-Street in Ratcliff , had Thirty Corns taken out Three years ago , and never any came since ; he was so troubled with them , that he was forc'd to Ride up and down to do his business ; but now goes very well without any pain . Mr. Morgan a Herald-Painter in Thredneedle-Street near the Royal Exchange , he was much troubled with Corns , I took them out Two Years ago . And he was never troubled with any Corns since that time . Mr. Peck now dwelling in Noble-Street , he had Fourteen Corns taken out by the Professor hereof Four and Twenty Years ago , and was never troubled with any Corns since . He can give Testimonies of some Hundreds of Persons more that he hath Cured of the Particulars abovesaid , since his comeing to London , which will be too Tedious to Insert here . He cureth many other Distempers not here mentioned . This Oculist has a Large House and Shop wherein he now dwells , known by the Sign of the BELL in Pye-Corner near Smithfield , which he is willing to Sell , Lett , or Exchange for another of the like Value in or near the City . If any Person please to send for him , they are desired to leave a Note at his Chamber .