John Cotta

"A True Discovery of the Empericke with the Fugitive Physition and Quacksalver, who Display their Banners upon Posts." Title page, published 1617

John Cotta (1575–1650)[1][2] was a physician in England and author of books and other texts on medicine and witchcraft.

  1. ^ Dates of death and birth taken from Sona Rosa Burstein, Demonology and Medicine in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Folklore, Vol. 67, No. 1 (Mar. 1956), pp. 16–33. J-stor
  2. ^ The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography record gives his birth and death information as (1575?–1627/8).