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The art of chymistry : as it is now practiced / written in French by P. Thibaut ... ; and now translated into English by a fellow of the Royal Society.
Thibaut, P. (Pierre)Date: 1675- Books
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A character of a true physician, or, A true chymist compared with a goose-quill pedant : with a short view of the frauds and abuses in physick, committed by the confederate prescribing doctoral methodists, with their combinators the apothecaries ... : being a vindication of such physicians as follow not their method but make and administer their own medicines, being the honestest, safest, cheapest, and speediest way of practice, both for physician and patient / by R. Fletcher.
Fletcher, R. (Richard), active 1676-1677Date: 1676- Books
Miscellanea curiosa : containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age; being the most valuable discourses, read and delivered to the Royal Society, for the advancement of physical and mathematical knowledge. As also a collection of curious travels, voyages, antiquities, and natural histories of countries; presented to the same Society. In three volumes.
Date: 1708- Books
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Phylaxa medicinæ. The cabinet of physick : Containing, a set of the best medical preparations now used in the art of physick, as they are prepared, and daily prescribed in the continual practise of the author hereof, William Salmon, M.D. Living in the great house, near Black-Fryers Stairs, London.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: 1700- Books
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A brief relation of the life and death of the late famous mathematician and astrologer, Mr. Vincent Wing : Together with his nativity, as it was done, many years before his death, by his own hand; and now for general satisfaction, made publick. By J. G. philomathēmatikos.
Gadbury, John, 1627-1704Date: 1670- Books
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Epiloimia epē, or, The anatomy of the pestilence : a poem in three parts : describing the deplorable condition of the city of London under its merciless dominion, 1665 : what the plague is, together with the causes of it : as also, the prognosticks and most effectual means of safety, both preservative and curative / by William Austin.
Austin, William, active 1662Date: 1666- Books
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The whole duty of a Christian : containing all things necessary, both as to what he is to know, and do, for the obtaining a happy eternity ; to which is added, More particular directions, how to prepare for a comfortable death.
Seller, Abednego, 1646?-1705Date: 1699- Books
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The country-man's treasure : shewing the nature, cause, and cure of all diseases incident to cattel : with proper means to prevent their common diseases and distempers : being very useful receipts as they have been practiced by the long experience of five and thirty years, and all approved of : fitted for the use of all farmers and others that deal in cattel / by James Lambert ; with a table of the several diseases therein contained.
Lambert, James, active 17th centuryDate: 1676- Books
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A new art of brewing beer, ale, and other sorts of liquors : so as to render them more healthful to the body and agreeable to nature, and to keep them longer from souring with less trouble and charge than generally practiced, which will be a means to prevent those torturing distempers of the stone, gravels, gout and droupsie : to which is added the art of making mault, &c., and directions how husbandmen may advance their corn 4d. or 6d. per bushel, with several other useful & profitable things relating to country affairs : recommended to all brewers, gentlemen and others that brew their own drink / by Tho. Tryon.
Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703Date: 1691- Books
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The London dissector; or, system of dissection, practised in the Hospitals and lecture rooms of the Metropolis, explained by the clearest rules, for the use of students: comprising a description of the muscles, vessels, nerves, and viscera, of the human body, as they appear on dissection; with directions for their demonstration / [Anon].
Scratchley, James, 1784-1849.Date: 1813- Books
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The line of proportion or numbers, commonly called Gunter's line made easie : by the which may be measured all manner of superficies and solids as boards, glass, pavement, timber, stone, &c. : also, how to perform the same by a line of equal parts, drawn from the centre of a two-foot rule : whereunto is added, The use of the line of proportion improved : whereby all manner of superficies and solids may both exactly and speedily be measured, without the help of pen or compasses, by inspection, looking only upon the ruler / by William Leybourn.
Leybourn, William, 1626-1716Date: 1684- Books
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A new art of making wines, brandy, and other spirits, compliant to the late act of Parliament, concerning distillaton : illustrated by the doctrine of fermentation, by various examples of the growths and products of this land : wherein is laid down full and effectual directions, for the making of wholsome and medicinal wines : as also a true and facile way to bring low wines into proof spirits, which being by true art made from sound grain, are not inferior to those of France, for which reason are several propositions stated for the encouraging a brandy manufacturage here in England : also the way is shewn to exalt these spirits so high as to bear that proof to fire gunpowder, and their various uses, especially for lacker Jappan, and Chany varnishes, and several other useful receipts, which were never so plainly publish'd before : lastly is subjoyn'd, a general treatise concerning the original and nature of diseases : together with their cure by spagirick medicines : recommended to all that desire to improve and advance those liquors which are made from the English growths / by W.Y., spagirick physician in both medicines, and philosopher by fire.
Y-Worth, W. (William)Date: 1691- Books
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Introitus apertus ad artem distillationis, or, The whole art of distillation practically stated, and adorned with all the new modes of working now in use : in which is contained, the way of making spirits, aquavitæ, artificial brandy, and their application to simple and complex waters in the exact pondus of the greater and lesser composition, as also many curious and profitable truths for the exalting of liquors, being the epitomy and marrow of the whole art, supplying all that is omitted in the London distiller, French and baker &c., experience being the true polisher hereof : to which is added, the true and genuin way of preparing powers by three noble menstruums, sc. a purifiedisal armoniak, the volatile salt of tartar, and Sal Panaristos, through which they are exiles to an higher degree of perfection than any hitherto extant, together with their virtues and dose : illustrated with copper sculptures / by W. Y-worth.
Y-Worth, W. (William)Date: 1692- Books
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Medicaments for the poor, or, Physick for the common people : in two books : I, containing excellent remedies for most common diseases incident to mans body, made of such things as are common to be had in almost every countrey in the world, and are made with little art and small charge / first written in Latin by that famous and learned doctor, John Prevotius ... ; translated into English, with additions ; secondly, Health for the rich and poor by diet, without physick, by Nich. Culpeper.
Prevost, Jean, 1585-1631Date: 1670- Books
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Art and nature joyn hand in hand. Or, The poor mans daily companion : Wherein is shew'd for two pence charge, how you may cure any distempers incident to humane bodys: as first, the magical and physical vertues of beasts and birds, of trees and herbs, ... for curing of most diseases astrologically; a brief treatise of urines, as well of mens as of womens, to judge by the colour ... also a charme to know whether the sick party shall live or die; also to cure the Kings evil, ... against wry-necks, quartane agues, for one that cannot make water; how to make the true antidote powder called, the orvietane of Rome: to take away pearls, and films from the eyes; elixir vitæ, or, elixir of life, Gascoynes powder, the royal styptich water, which stops blood in an instant, also good for watery eyes, rheumatick eyes, inflamations in your eyes, pin, or web, and strengthens them to admiration; with many other things worthy of note. By John Durant, student in physick.
Durant, John, student in physickDate: 1697- Books
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Speculum perspicuum Uranicum, or, An almanack for the year of our redemption, 1686 : being the 2d. after the bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5653 years ... : wherein is contained, a true description of the year, and of the several parts thereof, with a true account of such eclipses as will happen this year : as also the true place of the sun and moon, with their rising and setting, and the moon's southing, with several necessary tables ... calculated for the meridian of the ancient and famous city of London ... / collected and published by Lancelot Coelson.
Coelson, Lancelot, 1627-approximately 1687Date: [1686]- Books
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Metallographia, or, An history of metals : wherein is declared the signs of ores and minerals both before and after digging, the causes and manner of their generations ... with the description of sundry new metals ... : as also the handling and shewing of their vegetability, and the discussion of the most difficult questions belonging to mystical chymistry, as of the philosophers gold, their mercury, the liquor alkahest, auram potabile, and such like : gathered forth of the most approved authors that have written in Greek, Latine, or High-Dutch, with some observations and discoveries of the author himself / by John Webster.
Webster, John, 1611-1682Date: MDCLXXI [1671]- Books
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The country-man's companion, or, A new method of ordering horses & sheep so as to preserve them both from diseases and causalties [sic], or, to recover them if fallen ill : and also to render them much more serviceable and useful to their owners, than has yet been discovered, known or practised : and particularly to preserve sheep from that monsterous, mortifying distemper, the rot / by Philotheos Physiologus, the author of The way to health, long life and happiness, &c.
Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703Date: [1684]- Books
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Animadversions upon Dr. Calamy's Discourse in the conformists cases against dissenters, concerning a scrupulous conscience : wherein the nature of a doubting, tender conscience is considered, together with the duty of such as are proffessed of it.
Date: 1700- Books
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Speculum perspicuum Vranicum, or, An almanack for the year of Christ, 1674 : being the second after bissextile, or leap year, and from the creation of the world, 5623 years, ... : wherein is contained a true description of the year, and of the several parts thereof, according to the English and forreign account ..., with a just account of such eclipses as will happen this year : calculated for the meridian of ... London, / collected and published by Lancelot Coelson.
Coelson, Lancelot, 1627-approximately 1687Date: 1674- Books
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The Queens closet opened : Incomparable secrets in physick, chirurgery, preserving, candying, and cookery; as they were presented to the Qveen by the most experienced persons of our times, many whereof they were honoured with her own practice, when she pleased to descend to these more private recreations. Never before published. / Transcribed from the true copies of her Majesties own receipt books, by W.M. one of her late servants.
Date: 1655- Books
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The experienc'd farrier, or, A compleat treatise of horsemanship : in two books, physical and chyrurgical : fitted to the use not only of gentlemen, but of all farriers, grooms, jockeys and breeders of horses : with directions for the choice of all stallions and mares, their shapes and colours, as shewing wherein that curiosity doth consist : with the virtue of drugs, both simple and compound, appertaining to farrying and where you may buy them, with a large alphabetical table of most simples for the cure of all inward and outward diseases / by E.R., Gent.
E. R., GentDate: 1691/2- Books
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Pharmacopoeia Batean[a], or, Bate's dispensatory : translated from the last edition of the Latin copy, published by Mr. James Shipton : containing his choice and select recipe's, their names, compositions, preparations, vertues, uses, and doses, as they are applicable to the whole practice of physick and chirurgery : the Arcana Goddardiana, and their recipe's interpos'd in their proper places, which are almost all wanting in the Latin copy : compleated with above six hundred chymical processes.
Bate, George, 1608-1669Date: 1700- Books
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The book of palmestry and physiognomy : being brief introductions, both natural, pleasant, and delectable, unto the art of chiromancy, or manual divination, and physiognomy; with circumstances upon the faces of the signs. Also, canons or rules upon diseases or sicknesses. Whereunto is also annexed, as well the artificial as natural astrology, with the nature of the planets. Written in Latine by John Indagine Priest, and translated into English by Fabian Withers.
Indagine, Johannes ab, -1537Date: 1676- Books
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Kitchin-physick: or, Advice to the poor : by way of dialogue betwixt Philanthropos, physician, Eugenius, apothecary, Lazarus patient. With rules and directions, how to prevent sickness, and cure diseases by diet, and such things as are daily sold in the market: as also, for the better enabling of nurses, and such as attend sick people; there being nothing as yet extant (though much desired) of this nature.
Cock, ThomasDate: [1676?]