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Jordan's elixir of life, and cure for the spleen; or, a collection of all the songs sung by Mrs. Jordan, since her first appearance in London. With many other favourite songs, sung by her in The Theatres of Dublin, York, Edinburgh, and Cheltenham, and a number of Duetts, Trios, Glees, &c. that she has a part in. To which is prefixed, Authentic memoirs of Mrs. Jordan, now First Published. Embellished with a superb Engraving of Mrs. Jordan, in Sir Harry Wildair.
Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816.Date: 1789- Books
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Otto Tachenius his clavis to the ancient hippocratical physick or medicine : made by manual experience in the very fountains of nature, whereby through fire and water, in a method unheard of before, the occult mysteries of nature and art are unlocked and clearly explained by a compendious way of operation.
Tachenius, Otto, -approximately 1670Date: 1677- Books
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Otto Tachenius his Hippocrates chymicus, which discovers the ancient foundations of the late viperine salt : and his clavis thereunto / translated into English by J.W.
Tachenius, Otto, -approximately 1670Date: 1677- Archives and manuscripts
Compendium of alchemical tracts
Date: Mid 17th CenturyReference: MS.388- Digital Images
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Ming Chinese prescription book, first page
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The secret of everlasting life : the first translation of the ancient Chinese text on immortality / Richard Bertschinger.
Bertschinger, Richard.Date: [1994]- Ephemera
Dr. Baker, name on the door (No.1) Adam-and-Eve-Court, Oxford-Street, informs the public, that he continues to dispose of his medicines, so famous for their salutary effects, at the usual prices, viz. the Anti-Venereal Elixir, at 3s per bottle; which will radically cure every symptom of the venereal disease, inveterate scurvy, rheumatism, old standing sores, and eruptions of the skin ...
Baker, Dr.Date: [1770?]- 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- Archives and manuscripts
Johann Gerlach
Gerlach, Johann, fl.c.1575Date: 1572-1576Reference: MS.309- Pictures
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A group of physicians stand by a cow that has died while 'aborting' a man; perhaps representing the potential effect of vaccination. Coloured etching.
Reference: 16150i- Archives and manuscripts
Juvenalis
JuvenalisDate: Late 15th centuryReference: MS.392- Books
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Dell'elixir vitae / di frà Donato d'Eremita di Rocca d'Euandro dell'ord. de pred. : libri quattro.
Donato d'Eremita.Date: 1624- Books
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Otto Tachenius his Hippocrates chymicus discovering the ancient foundation of the late viperine salt : with his Clavis thereunto annexed translated by J.W.
Tachenius, Otto, -approximately 1670Date: 1690- Books
Mortal coil : a short history of living longer / David Boyd Haycock.
Haycock, David Boyd, 1968-Date: [2008], ©2008- Books
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The British jewel, or Complete housewife's best companion; Containing I. A number of the most useful and uncommon receipts in cookery, with the manner of trussing poultry, rabits, hares, &c. illustrated with curious cuts, shewing how each is to be trussed. II. The best and most fashionable receipts for all manner of pastry, pickling, &c. with some general rules to be observed therein. III. Directions for making all sorts of English wines, shrub, vinegar, varjuice, catchup, sauces, soups, jellies, &c. IV. A table to cast up expences by the day, week, month or year. V. Every man his own physician; a valuable collection of the most approved receipts for the cure of most disorders incident to human bodies, from the most eminent English physicians. VI. The manner of preparing the elixir of life, turlington's balsam, Fryar's balsam, the court or lady's black sticking plaster, lip-salve, lady york's receipt to preserve from the small-pox or plague, &c. the royal patent snuff for the head and eyes; Dr. Braken's powder for the teeth, a secret for the cure of the tooth ach, a speedy method to destroy warts or corns, &c. VII. Directions for destroying rats, mice, eugs, fleas, &c. with a choice variety of useful family receipts. Together with a method of restoring to life people drowned, or in any other manner suffocated, to which is added the complete farrier, being the method of buying, selling, managing, &c. and of the diseases and cures incident to horses.
Date: 1769- Books
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The new British jewel, or, complete housewife's best companion. Containing I. A number of the most uncommon and useful Receipts in Cookery, with the Manner of trussing Poultry, Rabbits, Hares, &c. illustrated with Curious Cuts, shewing how each is to be trussed. II. The best and most fashionable Receipts for all Manner of Pastry, Pickling, &c. with some general Rules to be observed therein. III. Directions for making all Sorts of English Wines, Shrub Vinegar, Verjuice, Catchup, Sauces, Soups, Jellies, &c. IV. A Table to cast up Expences by the Day, Week Month, or Year. V. Every Man his own Physician; a valuable Collection of the most approved Receipts for the Cure of most Disorders incident to human Bodies, from the most eminent English Physicians. VI. The Manner of preparing the Elixir of Life, Turlington's Balsam, Friar's Balsom. the Court or Lady's Black Sticking Plaster, Lip-Salve, Lady Yorke's Receipt to preserve from the Small-Pox or Plague, &c. the Royal Patent Snuff for the Head and Eyes; Dr. Bracken's Powder for the Teeth, a Secret for the Cure of the Toothach, a speedy Method to destroy Warts or Corns, &c. Vii. Directions for destroying Rats, Mice, Bugs, Fleas, &c. And a choice variety of useful family receipts, Together with a Method of restoring to Life People drowned, or in any other Manner suffocated. Also the complete farrier, Being the Method of Buying, Selling, Managing, &c. and of the Diseases incident to Horses, with their Cures. To which is added the Royal gardener, or monthly calendar.
Date: M.DCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The British jewel, or, complete housewife's best companion. Containing I. A number of the most uncommon and useful Receipts in Cookery, with the Manner of trussing Poultry, Rabbits, Hares, &c. illustrated with Gurious Cuts, shewing how each is to be trussed. II. The best and most fashionable Receipts for all Manner of Pastry, Pickling, &c. with some general Rules to be observed therein. III. Directions for making all Sorts of English Wines, Shrub, Vinegar, Verjuice, Catchup, Sauces, Soups, Jellies, &c. IV. A Table to cast up Expences by the Day, Week, Month, or Year. V. Every Man his own Physician; a valuable Collection-of-The-Most approved Receipts for the Cure of most Disorders incident to human Bodies, from the most eminent English Physicians. VI. The Manner of preparing the Elixir of Life, Turlington's Balsam, Friar's Balsam, the Court or Lady's Black Sticking Plaster. Lip-Salve, Lady Yorke's-Receipt to preserve from the Small-Pox or Plague, &c. the Royal Patent Snuff for the Head and Eyes; Dr. Bracken's Powder for the Teeth, a Secret for the Cure of the Tooth-Ach, a speedy Method to destroy Warts or Corns, &c. Vii. Directions for destroying Rats, Mice, Bugs, Fleas, &c. And a choice variety of useful family receipts, Together With A Method of restoring to Life People drowned, or in any other Manner suffocated. Also, the complete farrier, Being the Method of Buying, Selling, Managing, &c. and of the Diseases incident to Horses, with their Cures. To which is added, the royal gardener, or monthly calendar.
Date: 1776- Books
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The British jewel; or complete housewife's best companion. Containing I. A Number of the most uncommon and useful Reciues in Cockery, with the Manner of trusing Poultry, Rabbits, Hares, &c. illustrated with curious Cuts, shewing how each is to be trussed. II. The best and most fashionable Recipe for all Manner of Pastry, Pickling, &c. with some general Rules to be observed therein; with a Cut, and proper Directions how to lay a Table for four different Courses, in the present Taste, by the Author, and others. III. Directions for making all Sorts of English Wines, Shrub, Vinegar, Verjuice, Catchup, Sauces, Soups, Jellies, &c. IV. A Table to cast up Expences by the Day, Week, Month, or Year. V. Every Man his own Physician; a valuable Collection of the most approved Recipes for the Cure of most Disorders incident to Man or Woman, by the most eminent Physicians in all Europe. VI. The Manner of preparing the Elixir of Life, Turlington's Balsam, Friar's Balsam, the Court of Ladies Black Sticking Plaister, Lip-Salve, Lady York's Recipt to preserve from the Small-Pox, or Plague, &c the Royal Patent Snuff for the Head and Eyes; Dr. Braken's Powder for the Teeth, a Secret for the Cure of the Tooth-Ach, a speedy Method to destroy Watts or Corns. &c. Vii. Directions for destroying Rats, Mice, Bugs, Fleas, &c. &c. &c. And a choice variety of useful family recipes: Together With A Method of restoring to Life, People apparently drowned; or in any other Manner suffocated. Also the complete farrier, Being the Method of buying, selling, managing, &c. and of the diseases incident to Horses, with their Cures. To which is added, the royal gardener, or monthly calendar. With the particular Months when River Fish Spawn, and are most in Season; and the best Method of Brewing.
Date: [1785?]- Books
Body and spirit : Tibetan medical paintings / edited by Laila Williamson and Serinity Young ; introduction by Janet Gyatso ; medical tangkas painted by Romio Shrestha and atelier.
American Museum of Natural History.Date: 2009- Books
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The British legacy: or, fountain of knowledge. Containing, (among upwards of two hundred other curious particulars, of the utmost service to families in general) the horse defected: Being the most accurate and satisfactory Account of the Diseases incident to that noble Beast, ever yet publish'd; ... Wrote by Way of Dialogue between a Horse-Doctor and a Groom, by James Macdonald, M. D. The best Manner of Breaking a Colt; of ordering a Horse of Pleasure; and ample Directions for the Management of a Race-Horse. Certain Method of preventing Chimneys from Smoaking, ... with a Print, the better to enable those concerned in Building to prevent these great Inconveniencies for the future. The valuable Fire-Ball; by the Use of which, Families may make four or five Bushels of Coals go as far as forty. An excellent Way to bring Singing-Birds to a very great Perfection, by that famous German Lewis de Burgh. Extraordinary Method of Breeding Game-Cocks; ... Indian Way of marking on Silk, Linnen, Woollen, &c. Curious Method of Casting Urine, and how Disorders are known by it. The Art of Curling, Dressing, and Colouring Hair. Sir Hans Sloane's valuable Cure for Disorders of the Eyes. Certain Method of preventing the Teeth from being uneven, or bad, by Sig. Curzoni, Operator of the Teeth and Gums. Mons. Rouille's Lip-Salve. The Tea-Tree, and Manner of growing it in England. Instructions for mounting Fans. Manner of making Elixir of Life, Friar's Balsam, &c. With the gardener's legacy; containing all the Instructions necessary for the Cultivation of the Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen-Garden. By Edward Knight. Illustrated with several Prints, many of which are in the Chinese Taste.
Date: [1754]- Books
Reproductive aging / Maxine Weinstein and Kathleen O'Connor, issue editors.
Date: 2010- Books
Obsessions and convictions of the human intellect / by F.W. Westaway.
Westaway, F. W. (Frederic William)Date: [1938]- Books
Muppū kuru / āciriyar Vaittiyarattiṉam Vi. Palarāmayyā.
Palarāmayyā, Vi.Date: 1971- Books
Muppū kuru / āciriyar Vaittiyarattiṉam Vi. Palarāmayyā.
Palarāmayyā, Vi.Date: 1981- Books
Psychonauts : drugs and the making of the modern mind / Mike Jay.
Jay, Mike, 1959 December 14-Date: [2023]