PTJRCHAS. 555 PURGATIVES. he became curate of Purleigh, in Essex, after- mixed chalice, of a cap or beretta, of 'holy wards minister at Estwood, in Essex, and with water,' and of wafer-bread in the Eucharist, the an interim when he served George Abbot, Arch- wearing of certain vestments, and the turning of bishop of Canterbury, as chaplain, finally became his back to the people at certain stages of the parson of Saint Martin's, near Ludgate. He service. The decision of the court was adverse is notable, after Hakluyt, as the writer and com- to Mr. Purehas on all points except that relating piler of books of voyages; and having inherited to the beretta. The judgment was rendered on many unpublished narratives, upon the death of an ex parlr hearing, as the respondent was pro- the former, he resigned his living to engage in vided with funds to procure counsel only after the their publication. His works are: Purehas. His decision was pronounced; his petition for a re- Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World and the hearing of the case was refused, and the course Religions Observed in All Ages (1613), a work of the court in so doing was the subject of much which assembles all accessible information gath- unfavorable comment. Mr. Purehas was com- €red from the various voyagers concerning the in- pclled to pay the costs and admonished to discon- habitants of the world and their religions; the tinue the prohibited practices. He refused to writer's industry, as he declares in his dedicatory comply, and in 1872 was suspended, and his epistle, led him to consult 1200 authors; Purehas, property sequestrated to pay the costs. He died His Pilgrim. Microcosm us, or the History of in October, 1872. Man. Relatiug the Wonders of His Generation, PTJRDtTE' UNIVERSITY. A coeducational Yanities in His Degeneration, yecessitg of His state institution of hiirlier learning at Lafavette, Regeneration (1619); Hakluijtus Posfhumus, or jnj.^ established in 1809, and named for ".John Purehas His Pilgrimes, Contaijning a History of Purdue, an earlv benefactor. Its income is de- the World in Sea Voyages and Land-Travells ly rived chietlv from the land grant of 18C2 and Englishmen, and Others (4 vols., 1625). This from the Morrill and Hatch acts, and amounted in work contains the matter left by Hakluyt, is 1903 to $219,011. The universitv is the Indiana now exceedingly rare, and much sought after. Institute of Technolog-, designed'to aflford a good Its accuracy is not above criticism. theoretical and practical education in mathe- PURCHASE. A mechanical contrivance of matics, science, literature, and art. It embraces pulleys ami ropes for gaining power. See Block; six schools: Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engi- Tackle neering. Electrical Engineering. Agriculture, PURCHASE. In its technical legal sense, the ^7™?^' """"^ Pharmacy. Students in each of the act bv whieh a person acquires an eltate in land f^'^""'^ "Y^ required to spend an average of three in any wav other than bv inheritance, where the i>""'f,^ ^^.^ "^ laboratory, shop, or field. It con- heir is substituted in place of his ancestor by ^"'^ the degrees of bachelor of science and gradu- operation of law. Consult the authorities re- jt'^ >" pharmacy in course, and the following ferred to under Re.^l Property. degrees for advanced work: Master of science In a popular sense the word purchase denotes meclianieal. electrical and civil engineer, and the act of buving any kind of property, the pur- anal.vtieal chemist. The requirement for admis- <;haser being called the vendee and the seller the ^""^ V^ ?" examination or a certificate froni a vendor. See Sal^s. commissioned school. In 1903 there were 13.39 students and 99 instructors, ihe universitv has PURCHASE SYSTEM. A former system of qq acres of land in its campus and farm. Its en- obtaining coniiiiissions in the British Army, dowment was $340,000. its grounds and buildings abolished by royal warrant in July, 1871. The ^^.p,.e valued at $5.58.000, and the total value of system did not exist in the Royal Artillery, En- ^.j^p college propertv was estimated at $700,000. gineers. Marines, Nineteenth to Twenty-first The librarv contained 11,611 volumes, regiments of cavalry, and the 101st to 109th _„t.^ a mT/.>-»T c r< regiments of foot. Regulations fixed the value of PURGATION. See C ompvrgatiois . the different grades as follows: PURGATIVES (Lat. purgativus, cathartic, Lleutenaat<olonel «.50O f™"! P"'-j;";f. to cleanse from pi/rvs. pure + Major 3,500 agere. to drive, to do). Medicines which, within Captain 1.800 a comparatively short time after administration, ciS'^^nsign;;::;;;:::::::;::;:::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.::::: I" produce a more or less fluid evacuation of the bowels. These drugs act partlv bv stimulating In practice, much higher prices would often be ^jjg peristaltic motion (q.v.) of the intestine, paid, particularly in the Ciuards regiments. No ^-hereby the contents of the bowel are hurried Tank above lieutenant-colonel could be purchased, jj^ ^-^^^j. passage to the rectum, and partlv by In defense of the system it was argued that it determining the passage of a large amount o"f tended to secure for the army men of wealth and fl^,j|j j^to the intestine from the blood vessels, high station, v%-liich had a corresponding eft'ect Pm-gativcs may be classified as follows: (1) on the standing and morale of the army. On the ifu-atircs (q.v.). (2) .Sim/)/e /)M)Y/«;irfS, includ- other hand, it was held that it barred out many j^„ aloes, rhubarb, cascara sagra'da. senna, and desirable men, and confined army commissions ox'^gall. (3) Drastic purgatirc!. such as jalap, to a privileged few. seamniony, gamboge, croton oil, eoloc_Tith, elate- PURCHAS JUDGMENT. A celebrated ec- rium, and calomel. Small doses of the drastic piir- clesiastical judgment rendered bv the judicial gatives act as mild cathartics; when taken in committee of the Privv Council in Herbert vs. large doses, they act as irritant poisons, and are Purehas, an appeal from the Canterburv Court employed when milder purgatives have proved of Arches brought in 1871. The defendant or re- inefficient, or when it is necessary to remove a spondent was charged with Popish practices in large quantity of fluid from the sy.stem. as in connection with public services conducted by him dropsical afl'ections. Certain of these drugs, as at Saint .lames's Chapel, Brighton, England.' The jalap, elaterium, and scaminony, are called hy- principal oflTenses charged were the use of the dragogue cathartics, because of the large amount Vol. XVI.— 30. ,
