In this book, which is a list of 231'cases' from the practice of Dr. Tulp, the smith is named Joannes Lethaeus, and it is not clear from the story if he lived long afterwards.
In this book, which is a list of 231'cases' from the practice of Dr. Tulp, the smith is named Joannes Lethaeus, which was a latinized version of de Doot's name (Doot means' dead' in Dutch). It is not clear from the story if he lived long afterwards.