Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50263 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

phisitiansPhysicians

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it: 275 times in 135 works
Consistency: 92.5% (275 of 297)
Reach if approved: ~312 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: physicians
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 297 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (275 changes in 135 works, 92.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 275)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… can: he will not spare for any cost: then he yeeldes himselfe into the PhisitiansPhysicians handes, perswading himselfe, that by Gods blessing, he both can and will helpe him …
With rule
… can: he will not spare for any cost: then he yeeldes himselfe into the PhisitiansPhysicians handes, perswading himselfe, that by Gods blessing, he both can and will helpe him …
William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it the leſſe? Nay it is greater becauſe it is not felt. As the PhiſitiansPhysicians ſay of diſeaſes, of all diſeaſes thoſe are moſt dangerous that are not felt …
With rule
… it the leſſe? Nay it is greater becauſe it is not felt. As the PhiſitiansPhysicians ſay of diſeaſes, of all diſeaſes thoſe are moſt dangerous that are not felt …
Henry Ramsden · A Gleaning in Gods Harvest · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and miſerie. And therefore as on a time there grew a queſtion among diuers PhiſitiansPhysicians, concerning the cheefeſt helpe to the eye, as one ſaide Fennell, another Glaſſe. &c …
With rule
… and miſerie. And therefore as on a time there grew a queſtion among diuers PhiſitiansPhysicians, concerning the cheefeſt helpe to the eye, as one ſaide Fennell, another Glaſſe. &c …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it should not seeme strange, since in other things we do vse it. The PhisitiansPhysicians call that feauer, a Tertian or third Ague, which skippeth but one day onely …
With rule
… it should not seeme strange, since in other things we do vse it. The PhisitiansPhysicians call that feauer, a Tertian or third Ague, which skippeth but one day onely …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heareth to bee daungerous, least he be murthered of theues: an other sendeth for PhisitiansPhysicians, and werieth himselfe with medicines to succour his life: an other forbeareth grosse meates …
With rule
… heareth to bee daungerous, least he be murthered of theues: an other sendeth for PhisitiansPhysicians, and werieth himselfe with medicines to succour his life: an other forbeareth grosse meates …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhewes the greatneſſe of the cure. Now though this diſeaſe be a ſhame to PhiſitiansPhysicians paſſing their skill, yet Chriſt did cure it, as he is able to doe …
With rule
… ſhewes the greatneſſe of the cure. Now though this diſeaſe be a ſhame to PhiſitiansPhysicians paſſing their skill, yet Chriſt did cure it, as he is able to doe …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one whatſoever; for they are not to meddle w th theſe things, but as PhiſitiansPhysicians & Surgeons ſeek the curing of diſeaſes in the ſoules.
With rule
… one whatſoever; for they are not to meddle w th theſe things, but as PhiſitiansPhysicians & Surgeons ſeek the curing of diſeaſes in the ſoules.
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can: he will not spare for any cost: then hee yeeldes himselfe into the PhisitiansPhysicians handes, perswading himselfe, that by Gods blessing he both can and wil help him …
With rule
… can: he will not spare for any cost: then hee yeeldes himselfe into the PhisitiansPhysicians handes, perswading himselfe, that by Gods blessing he both can and wil help him …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 591 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Looking Glass of the Holy War A05289

Printed
… theſe things but briefly, leaving the further enucleation to accurat theologs, and ſound ſoule-phiſitiansPhysicians.
With rule
… theſe things but briefly, leaving the further enucleation to accurat theologs, and ſound ſoule-phiſitiansPhysicians.
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 273 · Open in the reader

Collected Sermons A06521

Printed
… an iſſue of blood twelue whole yeares, and had ſpent all her ſubſtaunce vpō phiſitiansPhysicians, and that the more medicines ſhe tooke, the worſe alwayes ſhe was. Luke and …
With rule
… an iſſue of blood twelue whole yeares, and had ſpent all her ſubſtaunce vpō phiſitiansPhysicians, and that the more medicines ſhe tooke, the worſe alwayes ſhe was. Luke and …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 439 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and lay vp theſe words in the depth of our hart, we leaue the phiſitiansPhysicians, nothing regarding the Preachers of the law and works, or their commaundements and traditions …
With rule
… and lay vp theſe words in the depth of our hart, we leaue the phiſitiansPhysicians, nothing regarding the Preachers of the law and works, or their commaundements and traditions …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 441 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

Printed
That puts confidence in his strength, wisdome, riches, phisitiansPhysicians. 2. Chron. 16.9,11.
With rule
That puts confidence in his strength, wisdome, riches, phisitiansPhysicians. 2. Chron. 16.9,11.
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 745 · Open in the reader
Printed
… high places, and beeing diseased in his feete he put his trust in the phisitiansPhysicians and not in the Lord. Secondly this vprightnes standes in a constant purpose, endeauour …
With rule
… high places, and beeing diseased in his feete he put his trust in the phisitiansPhysicians and not in the Lord. Secondly this vprightnes standes in a constant purpose, endeauour …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 980 · Open in the reader

Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed A10250

Printed
… and beautie of mans body, we leaue to be diſcuſſed by naturall Philoſophers and phiſitiansPhysicians. As alſo manie things that they teach concerning the powers of the ſoule: becaus …
With rule
… and beautie of mans body, we leaue to be diſcuſſed by naturall Philoſophers and phiſitiansPhysicians. As alſo manie things that they teach concerning the powers of the ſoule: becaus …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 30 · Open in the reader