Culpeper's last legacy: left and bequeathed to his dearest wife, for the publick good, being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast, and resolved never to be publisht till after his death. Containing sundry admirable experiences in several sciences, more especially in chyrurgery and physick. viz. compounding of medicines, making of waters, syrups, oyles, electuaries, conserves, salts, pills, purges, and trochischs. With two particular treatises; the one of feavers, the other of pestilence; as also other rare and choice aphorisms, fitted to the understanding of the meanest capacities. Never publisht before in any of his other works. By Nicholas Culpeper, late student in astrology and physick.

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  • Culpeper's last legacy: left and bequeathed to his dearest wife, for the publick good, being the choicest and most profitable of those secrets which while he lived were lockt up in his breast, and resolved never to be publisht till after his death. Containing sundry admirable experiences in several sciences, more especially in chyrurgery and physick. viz. compounding of medicines, making of waters, syrups, oyles, electuaries, conserves, salts, pills, purges, and trochischs. With two particular treatises; the one of feavers, the other of pestilence; as also other rare and choice aphorisms, fitted to the understanding of the meanest capacities. Never publisht before in any of his other works. By Nicholas Culpeper, late student in astrology and physick.
  • Aphorisms exceeding requisite.
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Imprint
London: printed for N. Brook at the Angel in Cornhill, 1662.
Publication year
1662-1662
ESTC No.
R174427
Grub Street ID
67615
Description
[6], 48, [4], 73, [11], 144, [30] p. ; 8⁰
Note
Contains a prefatory note to the reader from Culpeper's wife on p. [4] signed: A. Culpeper.

'Febrilia: or, A treatise of feavers in generall" and "Aphorisms exceeding requisite for such as intend the noble [etc.]" have separate dated titlepages; the register is continuous.

With twenty-two final pages of advertisements.

Includes index.