A thousand notable things, on various subjects. Disclosed from the secrets of nature and art; practicable, profitable, and of great advantage; set down from long and curious study and experience, for the greater part; and the rest taken from the most judicious and celebrated authors of the ancients and moderns. Being a rich cabinet of selct curiosities and rarities, in one volume, digested into fourteen books, for the general use and good of mankind; with strict amendments, and large additions, to what formerly has been published in this kind; exceeding any other for the multitude of pleasing variety herein to be found / [Anon].

  • Lupton, Thomas
Date:
1793
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A thousand notable things, on various subjects. Disclosed from the secrets of nature and art; practicable, profitable, and of great advantage; set down from long and curious study and experience, for the greater part; and the rest taken from the most judicious and celebrated authors of the ancients and moderns. Being a rich cabinet of selct curiosities and rarities, in one volume, digested into fourteen books, for the general use and good of mankind; with strict amendments, and large additions, to what formerly has been published in this kind; exceeding any other for the multitude of pleasing variety herein to be found / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rats and Mice, to drive away, 22, 146 — Olfervation of* 21. Rednefs of Face, Ringworms, Tetters, Wheales, and all Swellings by Venomous Beafis, Spiders, Toads, &c. to cure, 7, 20, 48. ^ Remembrancer for all People, 183. Rheum, Coughs, and Colds, to cure, 49, 54, 62, 76, 104. Riddles, 175. Ringworms, to defray, 77. Room, to make Light in, appear what Colouryoupleafe,*]5 —to perfume, 223. Rojes, to make White and fmell well, 12Q -~—ta have a double Quantity, 146. Ruptures and Worms, to help, IOI. S Sage, Oil of, 244. Sallad, to make grow in two Flours, 220. Salve for all Sores, 4, 11,21. Scalds and Burns, to cure, 89. Sciatica, to remedy, 14, 22, 73, 74, 222. Scurvy, to help, 7. Seal, to take an Imprejfon of, 205. Seed of Artichoaks, to make fmell pleafantly, 18. Seventh Child cures the King's Evil, 13. Sheep Swelled, to cure, 16. Ships, the Inventor of, 232. Shoes that will never wear out, 82. Short-hand invented, 232. Shortnefs of Breath, to help, 24, 99, 120. Sick or Weak People to ref ore, 105—to know whether they Jhall live or die, 48, 63, 65, 97. Sicknefs Sudden, of Stomach, to cure, lo%-~Evfnt of to fnd cut, HO. Sight to ref ore, 5 6, 93, 100, ib. 108, 119. Signs of Death, 46, 80. Silver or Plate, to clean, 203, 209, 226, Sinews, and all other Parts of the Body, to help, z. Skin, to whiten, 134.