The English physitian: or an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation. Being a compleat method of physick ... / By Nich. Culpeper.

  • Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.
Date:
1652
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Credit: The English physitian: or an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation. Being a compleat method of physick ... / By Nich. Culpeper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    !• I / Ths EitgliJ})^ Thyfitian. ^53 7. Regard the Heart, keep that upon the Wheels becaufe the Sun is the Fountain of Life, ahd therefore thofe Univerfal Remedies AnTum potabUCi and the Phylofophers Stone, cure all Difeafes by only fortifying the Heart. But that this may appear unto you as cleer as the Sun when he is upon the Meridian, I here quote you an Exar^le, which I perfor¬ med when 1 was as far off from my lludy as I am now> yet am I not afhamed the world fhould fee how much or little of my Leflon I have learned without Book. Onfnly, 1651. there came a Letter to . me out of Bedferd(hirei from a Gentleman (at that lime) altogether to me unknown, though fince well known, who was a Student both in Aftrologic and Phyfick: The words which are thcfcj Mr. Culpeper Siy Love remembred unto you, although I know you not by face', ya becaufe I do much 'cefped that pretty little Lai'k, you fo lately let fly into the world, which you call Semciotica Uranica, which I have lately taken into my Cage > I am therefore imbofdned to write unto you in the behalf of a Neighbors i-i'ife, who is take?i with a very violent Difeafe which began in the lowr parts of her Body, but is no'w af~ tended upwards, and tormenteth her in her Breaft, Throat,Tongue, and Lips: This Dif~ eafe took pojf'^jji on of her (nsjhe relatetb tome) about a fortnight before Michaelmas laft, but the certain day and hourJhe is not able to no¬ minate > (hejentfor me, and enquired whether fie were not under an ill Tongue or not, or of what nature the Difeafe woe : I have fcntyoit the cnclofed Scheam,^! could find but one te(ti- mony ofFafeination oi' witchcraft, which was one Sign pojfejfing the Cusps of the Twelfth and Fir(t Eoufes, which to me holds forth no morethanafirongfu^itionofit by the Ce¬ rent', However lam confident there is a Na¬ tural Vtfeaf which hurts much, becaufe the Lord of the Sixt, which ufually gives fignifir cation of Natural Difeafes, is now placed in the Afcendent-, but at prefe'nt I for be a:r to make any large difeourf of mine own Opinions, being defirous that you Would endeavor your Skill in this Cure, ftrr there is not a DoBor of them all far ornear that have been fo skilful tofindouttheDifeaf, much lefi to'effcB the Cure. Sr. I expeSi your Anfwermean time bidyoufarewel, andremaifi yours inAffeBi- en, &c. The inclofcd Scheam. A a a My 1 ■ -