BORLASE (Dr Edmund), an eminent physician
and English writer in the 17th century, was the son of
Sir John Borlase, master of the ordnance, and one of
the Lord Justices of Ireland in 1643. He studied in
Dublin college, and afterwards at the university of
Leyden, at which last place he took the degree of
doctor of physic. He afterwards practised physic with
great success in the city of Chester, and was incorpo-
rated doctor of the faculty in the university of Ox-
ford. Among the books which he wrote and publish-
ed are the following. 1. Latham Spaw in Lanca-
shire, with some remarkable cases and cures performed
by it. 2. The reduction of Ireland to the crown of
England. 3. The history of the Irish rebellion.
4. Brief reflections on the earl of Castlehaven's me-
moirs, &c. He died after the year 1682.