Medicina practica: or, Practical physick. Shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies. As all sorts of aches and pains, apoplexies, agnes, bleedings, fluxes, gripings, wind, shortnes of breath, diseases of the breast and lungs, abortion, want of appetite, loss of the use of limbs, cholick, or belly-ach, apostems, thrushes, quinsies, deafness, bubo's cachexia, stone in the reins, and stone in the bladder: with the preparation of the Præcipolum, or the universal medicine of Paracelsus. To which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley. All translated out of the best Latin editions into English; and carefully claused, or divided into chapters, and sections, for the more pleasant reading, and easier understanding of those authors. Together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers. The whole comple

All titles

• Medicina practica: or, Practical physick. Shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies. As all sorts of aches and pains, apoplexies, agnes, bleedings, fluxes, gripings, wind, shortnes of breath, diseases of the breast and lungs, abortion, want of appetite, loss of the use of limbs, cholick, or belly-ach, apostems, thrushes, quinsies, deafness, bubo's cachexia, stone in the reins, and stone in the bladder: with the preparation of the Præcipolum, or the universal medicine of Paracelsus. To which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley. All translated out of the best Latin editions into English; and carefully claused, or divided into chapters, and sections, for the more pleasant reading, and easier understanding of those authors. Together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers. The whole comple
• Medicina practica Practical physick Clavis alchymiae

People / Organizations

• T. Howkins ("printed for")
• William Salmon (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for T. Howkins in George-Yard in Lombard-Street, J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Harris at the Harrow in the Poultrey, 1692.

Publication year

1692-1692

ESTC No.

R2355

Grub Street ID

106591

Description

[32], 472, [3], 434-696. p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

Books 2 and 3 titled: Clavis alchymiae; Books 1, 2, 3 have special t.p. and Book 2 has date: 1691.

Errata on p. [3].

Pages 213 and 313-314 have faded print. Pages 257-274 have print show-through. Pages 210-333 photographed from British Library copy and inserted at end.

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