Newton's bold idea to cure the plague, science is amazed

When the plague raged in London in 1665, the student Isaac Newton unexpectedly proposed a cure that has astonished posterity today.

Scientist Isaac Newton is one of the most influential scientists in history. He is known for his important discoveries in mathematics such as differential and integral calculus, the laws of planetary motion, the publication of the Principia physics book and the theory of gravity...

In addition to scientific research, scientist Newton was quite interested in the medical field. Specifically, in 1665, London, England, like many places in Europe, suffered an outbreak of a dangerous plague.

Some documents show that at that time the plague broke out, Newton believed that toad powder and toad vomit could cure the disease.

Newton's strange cure for the plague was scribbled on two pages of unpublished notes he wrote in Jan Baptist van Helmont's 1667 book on the plague, "De Peste."

Newton's notes on the cure for the plague stated that, to avoid infection, people "should keep away from places where the plague is present".

Although Newton's cure with toad powder was unfounded, this type of remedy was very popular at the time.

Isaac Newton was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1665. The college dismissed students and closed its doors as a precaution against the bubonic plague, which killed an estimated 100,000 people in London in 1665 and 1666 alone.

When he returned to Cambridge to study in 1667, Newton became obsessed with the disease and Van Helmont's research on the plague.

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