Dr. Willis's practice of physick, being all the medical vvorks of that renowned and famous physician: containing these ten several treatises, viz. I. Of fermentation. II. Of feavours. III. Of urines. IV. Of the accension of the bloud. V. Of musculary motion. VI. Of the anatomy of the brain. VII. Of the description and use of the nerves. VIII. Of convulsive diseases. IX. Pharmaceutice rationalis the 1st and 2d part. X. Of the scurvy. Wherein most of the diseases belonging to the body of man are treated of, with excellent methods and receipts for the cure of the same. Fitted to the meanest capacity by an index for the explaining of all the hard and unusual words and terms of art, derived from the Greek, Latine, or other languages, for the benefit of the English reader, with a large alphabetical table to the whole. With thirty two copper plates. Done into English by S.P. Esq;

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  • Dr. Willis's practice of physick, being all the medical vvorks of that renowned and famous physician: containing these ten several treatises, viz. I. Of fermentation. II. Of feavours. III. Of urines. IV. Of the accension of the bloud. V. Of musculary motion. VI. Of the anatomy of the brain. VII. Of the description and use of the nerves. VIII. Of convulsive diseases. IX. Pharmaceutice rationalis the 1st and 2d part. X. Of the scurvy. Wherein most of the diseases belonging to the body of man are treated of, with excellent methods and receipts for the cure of the same. Fitted to the meanest capacity by an index for the explaining of all the hard and unusual words and terms of art, derived from the Greek, Latine, or other languages, for the benefit of the English reader, with a large alphabetical table to the whole. With thirty two copper plates. Done into English by S.P. Esq;
  • Remaining medical works; Medical-philosophical discourse of fermentation; Five treatises, viz. 1. Of urines; Essay of the pathology of the brain and nervous stock; Pharmaceutice rationalis
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London : printed for T. Dring, C. Harper, and J. Leigh, and are to be sold at the corner of Chancery-lane, and the Flower-de-Luce over against St Dunstans Church in Fleet-street, MDCLXXXI. [1681]
Added name
Logan, David, 1635-1700?, engraver.; Pordage, Samuel, 1633-1691?, tr.
Publication year
1681
ESTC No.
R38952
Grub Street ID
120988
Description
[12], 178, [4], 191, [5], 106, [42], 155, [9], 179, [1], 56, [16] p., [32] leaves of plates : diagrams, port. ; 2°.
Note
First English edition, translated by Samuel Pordage

Frontis. portrait (pi1v) of the author signed: D: Loggan: delin: et sculp:

"The remaining medical works" (Wing W2855A) has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed for T. Dring, C. Harper, J. Leigh, and S. Martyn", bound after general title page

"A medical-philosophical discourse of fermentation" (Wing W2840) has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed for T. Dring, C. Harper, J. Leigh, and S. Martiyn", on A3r

"Five treatises, viz. 1. Of urines" (Wing W2837) has separate pagination, register, and dated title page with imprint "printed for T. Dring, C. Harper, J. Leigh, and S. Martin"

"An essay of the pathology of the brain and nervous stock" (Wing W2836) has separate pagination, register, and dated title page with imprint "printed by J.B. for T. Dring"

"Pharmaceutice rationalis" parts 1 (Wing W2848A) and 2 (Wing W2850) each have separate pagination, register, and title page dated 1679

Includes indices

"Pharmaceutice rationalis", part 2, identified as Wing W2850 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700" reel 17710