The English physician or an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation : Being a compleat method of physick, whereby a man may preserve his body in health; or cure himself, being sick, for three pence charge, with such things onely as grow in England, they being most fit for English bodies. Herein is also shewed, 1. The way of making plaisters, oyntments, oyls, pultisses, syrups, decoctions, julips, or waters of all sorts of physical herbs, that you may have them ready for your use at all times of the year. 2. What planet governeth every herb or tree (used in physick) that groweth in England. 3. The time of gathering all herbs, but [sic] vulgarly, and astrologically. 4. The way of drying and keeping the herbs all the year. 5. The way of keeping the juyces ready for use at all times. 6. The way of making and keeping all kinde of usefull compounds made of herbs. 7. The way of mixing medicines according to cause and mixture of the disease, and part of the body afficted. By N. Culpeper, student in physick and astrology.

  • Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654
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1652
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Astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation

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London : printed by William Bentley, 1652.

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24 unnumbered pages, 188, 179-266 pages, 12 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait

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With an engraved frontispiece portrait (plate).
Text and register continuous despite pagination.
Includes index.
Reproduction of original in the British Library.

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Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) C7501A

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2530:4) s1999 miun s

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