1768 no País dos Piratas, que não a Somália, Onde Nasceu o Liberalismo

Dizia-se na primeira Encyclopaedia Britannica de 1768:

Humans and monsters: Homo sapiens were sub divided into five varieties: the American, the European, the Asiatic, the African and the monstrous.

Medicine: Cures for flatulence included drinking chamomile tea and blowing smoke from a pipe ‘through the anus.’ Visiting the dentist was, literally, a pain in the backside; cures for toothache include drinking laxatives, or bleeding in the foot. If the tooth is rotten ‘it will be best to burn the nervous cord which is the seat of the pain with a cautery; and then the cavity may be filled up with a mixture of wax and maslich’. Or, the French way was to fill the hole with another human/animal tooth of the right size.

Petrol: Petroleum was used as an ointment to treat pains of the limbs, and to try and cure paralysis.

Australia and New Zealand: Despite the fact that both lands had been discovered their existence was not recognised in the Encyclopaedia until they had been colonised.

California: The US state of Callifornia was spelt with two ‘L’s’ and is described as ‘a large country of the West Indies. Unknown whether it is an island or a peninsula.’

The solar system: The solar system was described as having six planets; Uranus, Neptune and Pluto have yet to be discovered.

New England: Boston, the capital of New England, had numerous English attributes. It was described as being defended by a castle and platform of guns.
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