Corlyon, Mrs.

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"A Booke of diuers Medecines, Broothes, Salues, Waters, Syroppes and Oyntementes of which many or the most part haue been experienced and tryed by the speciall practize of Mrs Corlyon. Anno Domini 1606."

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Comprises a contents page at the front and index at the back, with the following recipts: Eyes A medecine for a Pinn and a Webb or any other soore Eye A Powder to take away the Pearle in the Eye; A Medecine to staye the Humors from fallinge to the Eyes, and good for the meegreeme A Medecine for a Bruse in the Eye A medecine for Rednesse in the Eyes, the whiche proceedeth only of hott Humors; A very good Medecine to comfort a weake Eye or to helpe those that have had the smale Pockes or Measelles in theire Eyes A Medecine for the Rednesse of the Eyes without paine An especiall good water for the clearinge of the Eye: and to preserve Sighte A Medecine to late out proude fleshe, growinge within the corner of the Eye; An other Medecine for to take away the Pynn and webb in the eye, or a Tey in the eye, wch growethe from the corner of the eye to the blacke, and is like a litle Gutt A Medecine for a Burne in the Eye eyther by Fyer or Gunpowder A Drincke to cleare the Sighte An other Drincke to cleare the Sighte; A Plaister to stay the Humors that feede the Catorick, to be applied to the temples when the former Drinckes ar in takinge To make very good Balles to Stay ye reume A medicine for reddnesse in the Eyes; An other Medecine for reddnesse in the Eyes A Medecine for one that hath a Strype in the Eye or a Bruse in the Face A Medecine for a Pynn and a webb or any such like in the Eye A Medecine to comfort the Sighte A Medecine to clense a soore Eye that is all covered with Bloode like a Jellye A Medecine for a soore Eye; For the Eyes that be sore A Drincke to heale a pin & a webb in the Eye A water for the humor that falls into the eyes For the Pinn and webb in the Eye to be applied to the contrary wrest, and to be shifted every 24 howers, and will cure in three dressinges; Head A Gargas or Medecine for the Megreeme in the heade A Plaister for the same greefe to be applied after you have taken the Gargas; A Medicine for a paine in the Heade that commeth with a burninge Fever An other Medecine for the same greefe To make a quilte to stay the Rhewme of what kinde soever it bee The trewe cause whence many of the Paines of the heade do proceede, how to know those paines and the Reameadyes for them; A Medicine for those that cannot sleepe An other Medicine to procure Sleepe; A thirde Medecine to procure Sleepe A Medecine for the paine in the Heade that commeth of colde Humors A Medecine to clense the Braine, to helpe those that have a corrupt ayre at theire Noses and to clense the Lunges of such grosse humors, as ar distilled downe from the putrified Heade A Medecine good for those that ar troubled with winde in theire Heades; An other Medecine for the same greefe to be used presently after you have doen with the former A Medecine for the falling of the Uvola A Gargle good for the Rhewme A Medecine for paine in the head; A Comfortable Medecine for paine in the Heade For the falling of the Uvola; Eares A Medecine for those that ar deafe and to recover perfect hearinge; A Medecine to drawe out an Impostume that is bredd in the Eare A Medecine to drawe an Earewigge out of the Eare A Medecine for the singing in the eares An other very good Medecine for the same An other Medecine for the same; Face A Medecine to cure a face that is Redd, and full of Pimples; A Medecine for those that have a flushinge in theire faces and to cleare theire faces of wormes or such like thinges A Medecine for the Morfewe; Teethe Mouthe A Medecine for the Toothe ache An other Medecine for the Toothe ache; A Medecine to skower the teethe, to make them cleane and stronge, and to preserve them from perishinge beyng used two or three tymes a weeke A Medecine for those that have lost theire Speeche eyther by Sicknesse, feare or otherwise A Medecine for a Canker in the mouthe; A Medecine for the Rhewme in the teethe or Gummes taught by Mrs Maynarde A very good Medecine for the tootheache For a Canker in the mouthe or Throote For a soore mouthe happening to Children when they breede Teethe; Throote A Medecine for a soore Throote An other Medecine for the same A Medecine for the quinzey or Swellinge of the kernelles in the throote An other Medecine for the same greefe; A Gargle for a Soore Throote A good Medecine for the kinges evell so that it be taken at the beginninge. And it is good for any other swelling in the throote or in any other part of the bodye A Gargle approved good for a soore Throote; Breste A Medecine to rypen a soore Breste or any other Impostumation in the Necke or elswhere; Howe to dresse a soore Breste when it is broken withe the Pultesse aforesaid An assured good Medecine to cure a Breste of an olde Soore and to helpe the Rupture or Brokennesse of the Bellye; A Medecine to drye upp a woemans Milke troubling her in Childbedd or to take away a Wenn from any place A Medecine to preserve a Breste that is Soore from breaking and to asswage any Swelling or anguish whether it come of Bruse or otherwise if it be taken in tyme A Medecine to breake any Impostumation in such Places where a Pultesse cannot be laid as in the Face or such like A Medecine for a Soore Breste; Lunges Coughe A Medecine for the coughe of the Lunges, and will helpe those that have had it a longe tyme A Possett Ale for the Coughe that commeth of an hott Rhewme A Medecine for an hott Rhewme; A Medecine and Quilte for those that have a drye and weake Coughe, the wch commeth of the dryness of the Lunges or of a salte Rhewme the which is most incident to those that be Aged A Conserve for the same greefe; A Medecine for the bleading of the Lunges A Tyssant for those that have the Coughe of the Lunges, and will helpe them though they be entered into the first or Second degrees of a Consumption A Water of Lycoresse to cure the stoppinge of the Lunges, to helpe the Shortnesse of Breathe or Losse of Speeche the whiche proceedeth of the Suffocation of the Lunges; A Tissant for the Coughe eyther of the Lunges or Stomacke A Powder for the same disease to be eaten with meate in steede of Salte using it now and then A Medecine for one that is in a Consumption An other Medecine for one that is in a Consumption A Medecine for the Chyne Coughe and Coughe of the Lunges, many tymes experienced; A very comfortable Jellye for those that ar weake A speciall good Medecine and will keepe those that doe use to take it from falling into a Consumption A very good Medecine for the Coughe An approved Medecine for the Coughe or for a colde or for breakinge of Fleame; A Medecine for the stoppinge of the Pipes A Medecine for the Coughe with shortnesse of breathe and hath cured some troubled therewith togeather with a continuall Fever. La. Russell A Powder good for to breake and helpe a greate colde A good Medecine to cutt and avoide toughe fleeme bothe in olde and younge experienced A Medecine for a colde or coughe and it may be geven to a younge Childe For the Lunges Mr Hoskets receipte; Pluresye Stitche Spleene A Tissant to unstopp the Lyver and the Spleene, it is good to disgest Melancholy and to purge the Pluresye; An assured good Medecine for a Pluresye An other Medecine for the Pluresye; A Drincke to breake the Pluresye and to drawe it from the Syde A Medecine to trye a Pluresye from a Stitche and is approved good for the Stitche A Possett Ale for a Stitche An other Medecine for a Stitche; A Medecine for the opening of the Lyver the Spleene and the Gall and for the stoppinge of the Lunges with a greate Coughe An approved Medecine for the Pluresye A Medecine for a Stitche good also for a Pluresye; Lyver Spleene An outward Medecine to coole the Lyver A Medecine for the swellinge of the Spleene; An other Medecine for the Spleene A speciall Medecine for any stopping of the Lyver, and for the Jaundyes A very good Medecine for the Spleene; For a tympany or great swellinge in the Body For the hardnes of the Lyvor For the stoppinge opilation or hardnes of the Spleene; Stomake A very good Medecine to putt away any greefe from the Stomake or to dygest a Surfett A Medecine for those that have a moist Stomake the wch. commeth of the Rhewme fallinge into the Stomake; A Medecine for winde in the Stomake A Drincke to dissolve winde in the Stomake A Medecine for an Impostumation in the Stomake and will consume it without breakinge it uppwardes A Possett Ale to clense any Impostume or Bruse A Medecine for an Impostume that is broken; A Powder good for winde in the Stomake or any other parte A Dredge good for Winde in the Stomake A Medecine good for those that ar apte often to caste throughe weakenesse of the Stomake; Woormes A Medecine for the wormes eyther in olde Folkes or Children. It will procure loosenesse and is good to prevent an Agewe in a Childe A Drincke for the wormes A Medecine or Oyntement for the wormes The makinge of Oxemell good for the wormes and to cutt dissolve and avoide toughe fleeme; A good Medicine for the smale mawe wormes; Collicke Stone A Medecine for the Collicke A Medecine for those that cannot make water A Medecine for the Stone in the kidneye; A Drincke for the same Greefe and is to be taken when you do apply the quiltes if you can have them together, yf not one of them alone severallye A Medecine for any Collicke or Greefe that commeth of winde An other Medecine for the same greefe A Powder for the Collicke and the Stone; An assured good Medecine for the Strangullyon A Quintasye for the Stone A Medecine for the Collick and the Stone An especiall good Medecine for the Stone; A Medecine for the Collicke A Medecine for the Stone; A very soveraigne Medecine for the Collicke and the Stone A very sufficient Medecine for the Stoone A good and well approved powder for the Stone A Medecine for the Stone; A Powder for the Stone An other approved good powder for the Stone A Medecine for the Stone A very good Medecine for the Collicke; Purgations Glisters Suppositers Fluxx Loosenesse An order howe to take Alloes Sucketrino A Purgation of Seeneye A Glister good for the Collicke; A Glister good to staye the Bloodye Fluxe A Medecine to staye the Bloodye Fluxe A Medecine to staye anye Fluxx An other Medecine to stay all kinde of Fluxxes A Medecine to staye the Skowering that proceedes from a weaknesse in the Backe A Suppositer to purge gentlye withall uppon any occasion; An other Suppositer to like effect and purpose A Suppositer good for those that ar troubled withe the Collicke or winde A Medecine to staye any skowringe or Fluxxe especiallye for woemen in childbedd: experienced An other Medecine to staye a Fluxxe The Duchesse of Feria her washinge of Alloes: A good purging Pyll; A Medecine to be taken inwarde good for a weaknesse in the Backe An approved Medecine for the Bloodye Fluxx; An approved Medecine for the stoppinge of a fluxxe A Purginge Ale; Jaundies A Medecine good for those that ar enteringe into the yeollowe Jaundyes An other Medecine for those that ar enteringe into the yeollowe Jaundyes An especiall good Medecine for the Jaundyes whether it be Blacke or yeollowe; An other especiall good Medecine for the Jaundyes eyther Blacke or yeollowe if it be taken in tyme A very good drinck for those that be geven to Melancholye, and weepinge A Medecine for the Jaundies A Drincke for the yeollowe Jaundies; An approved good Medecine for the Jaundies An other good Medecine for the same yeollowe Jaundies An other Medecine for the yeollowe Jaundies An other Medecine for the yeollowe Jaundies; Bleedinge A Medecine to stanch Bleedinge at the Nose Another Medecine to stoppe Bleedinge at the Nose An other Medecine for Bleedinge at the Nose that will assuredlye hlpe, if all other do fayle A Medecine to stanche the bleeding of a greene wounde and will heale it; A Medecine to stanche bleedinge to knytt the Synnowes and to heale any greene wounde havinge no Boone perished A Powder for a wound of olde Soore that bleedeth muche A water for a Soore that bleedeth much A Water to stanche the Bleedinge of a Soore or to heale an old Soore A Powder to stanche any bleadinge wounde; Sweate A Medecine to preserve one from the Swette A Possett Ale good for those that have the Swette A very good drinck to procure such as have this disease, to Swett, because for those that do only Burne, and cannot Swette, it is helde most daungerous; Plauge An order of Dyett to be used in tyme of Sicknesse and will preserve the Observers thereof from the Plauge A Medecine good for those that have taken the infection of the Plauge; An other Medecine for the Plauge to be taken as soone as you can after the Party begynnes to be sicke An Almonde milke to coole those that be in the extreeme heate of the Plauge A Medecine to trye whether those will live or dye that have the Plauge come out uppon them An other Medecine to rypen breake and drawe out the coore of the Plauge Soore; A Pomaunder good to preserve the Bearers thereof from the Plauge Minardus medecine for the Pestilence An Electuary of an wonderfull vertue in the tyme of Pestilence; A medecine preservative against the infection of the Plaugue A Medecine preservative against the Plague A Medecine for the Plaugue to be taken as soone as any one dothe feele hym selfe Sicke; Goute An approved good Medecine to ease the paine of the Goute An other Medecine for the same greefe A Medecine for the Goute that commeth of an hott Humor. It will ease the paine and coole the heate; A Medecine good for the Gowte, and to drawe out all evell Humors from any parte of the Bodye: Also very good to amende the Sighte, ease any paine in the Heade, breake any Impostume, and to take awaye defectes in hearinge; A Medecine for the bytinge of a mad Dogg to be used either for men or Beastes La: Winnwoode Generall Medicines for particuler effectes, not sortinge wth the former Chapters For one yt hath a Rupture A Plaster for the same My Lady of Buckhnest Receptt; A Pultesse for a Soore Legg that is swolne A Pultesse for a Legge that is swolne and is harde and colde and whereof there is no skynn broken A Pultesse for a Legge that is Wrenched A Bathe for a legg that is swolne with colde A Bathe for the Droppsye in the Legges A Medecine for Legges that ar swolne with the Droppsye and chaunge not colour; A soveraigne good Medecine for a legge that is poysoned or venomed eyther with Salve water or otherwise A Medecine for a straine or Bruse A Water good to washe any festered Soore or Canker An other water for the same purpose A Medecine for the Shingles; A Medecine to eate deade fleshe out of any Soore A Medecine to bringe a greene wounde that gapeth togeather and to cause it to matter A Medecine for a Tetter that waters A Medecine for an Itche that hath been of Longe continuance A Medecine for the prickinge of a Thorne, and howe to drawe out the same Thorne A Medecine for a Soore called an Ancome; A Medecine for a Felon An other speciall good Medecine for a Felon An other very sufficient Medecine for a Felon A Medecine for the stynginge of an Edder An other Medecine for one that is stonge with an Edder; An other Medecine for the stynginge of an Edder or Snake or any other venemous thinge A Water or drincke to alter or drive away a Fever or Agewe A water for the Palsye. It is also good to quicken memorye and to cheare the Sighte A Drincke for the Palsye A Medecine for the deade Palsye; A Medecine for the Palsye in the heade An approved Medecine for the Palsye An especiall good Medecine for the fallinge Sicknesse A Medecine to staye the Emerodes A Medecine for such as make water like cleare Bloode; A Medecine for the fallinge of the Mother A Medecine for heate in the kidneyes A Medecine for the Tympanye A Medecine for Scaldinge or Burninge and to take away the Heate A Medecine for Legges that ar swolne A Medecine for knobbes that growe in the fleshe beginninge like wirtes sometymes runninge in seacrett places For a paine in the Joynte called in the Northe the Worme For the Syatica in the hipp Bone For the drawinge out of any venome of rustye Iron; To keepe the byting of a madd Dogge from rancklinge For the Ague in a woemans Breste A Medecine for a Felon A Medecine or Water for a Tetter A Medecine for the Dropsye Another Medecine or drincke good for the Dropsye A Medecine for the greene Sicknesse An Electuarye for the fallinge Sicknesse; A Medecine for any extremitye of the Whittes A Medecine for the fallinge of the Mother A Medecine for the rysinge of the Mother A Medecine for a Childe broken out with the itche all over A Medecine to An other Medecine for the same An other Medecine to procure Throes for the same An especiall good Medecine for the falling downe of the fundament; A Medecine for a pushe or a Byle A Medecine to alter or drive away an Ague or Fever A Powder good for Broothes A Brothe for those that ar sicke of an hott Fever; A Culles for those that ar weake, to be taken as ofte as theire Stomakes will serve A sharpe Brothe for those that be sick of any disease A Brothe for those that be weake with Sicknesse; A Brothe good for those that have a great weaknesse in theire Backe the wch commeth with an extreeme Skowringe. It will strengthen the Bodye and staye any kinde of Loosenesse or Fluxxe An other Brothe good for the same purposes; A Brothe called a Grewell good for those that have the greefe of the Spleene A Brothe for those that be enteringe into a Consumption and will preserve them from it if it be taken in tyme and continued withall so longe as occasion shall require A good Brothe for those that ar in a Consumption, but especiallye for the Consumption, that is taken after an hott Fever; A very comfortable receipte for those that have paine in theire Backes. It will staye the Bodye that is troubled withe any kinde of Fluxx or with the wast of Nature An other way to distill a Cocke for those that ar in an hott Consumption; An other way to distill a Cock good for those that ar broughte weake with an Agewe or such like Sicknesse A speciall good distullation for those that ar in a burninge Fever The distillation of a Pigg very good for those that ar weake and faynte, and yet not Sicke but many tymes distempered with Heate; A Brothe to be used and taken in the morninges, of those, that ar fallinge into a Consumption A very comfortable Brothe for any weaknesse; An other like restorytive Brothe China Brothe to rectefye the distemper of partes correct malignitye of Humors, and consequently, to restore your losse of Substance and Strengthe; A Brothe to keepe the Backe from slymye causes and from the breedinge of the Stone A Brothe for those that ar greeved with Melancholye; A Mortresse good to geve to those that ar weake The smooringe of a Capon very restorative A Barlye creame good for the heate of the Lunges or to be taken in any hott Sicknesse; A Cawdell of Almondes good for those that have a weaknesse in theire Backes A Cawdell good for those that ar troubled with a great drynesse; An excellent water good for a Surfett approved by my selfe and others Waters The makinge of Rosa Solis The makinge of a Quintessence good to disgest a Surfett or to revive one beynge in a deadlye, Sounde; The makinge of Cynamome water The makinge of Doctor Stephens water: It is good for the Goute, the Palsye; the Tootheache, and for all diseases, that come of Rhewme; The makinge and vertues of Aqua mirabilis et pretiosa The makinge of Mr. Keebelles redd water; The makinge of a water for the Palsye: It is good also to quicken Memorye and to cheare the Sighte The makinge of a water good for the Passion of the harte and for those that have taken thoughte; The makinge of a water good for the bytinge of a Madd Dogge. It will helpe Eyther man or Beaste, if it be taken within nyne dayes The makinge of a water good for the Stone The makinge of a water good for the Collicke and the Stone The makinge of Balme Water; An other way or receipte for the makinge of Cynamome water The makinge of Snayle water good for the yeollowe Jaundies or such like stoppinges A wounde water, experienced to cure an Ulcer in the Bladder Andrew Thomson; A distilled water approved to be very good for a Consumption; Syrupes A Syrupe for the coughe of the Lunges A Syrupe of Lycoresse good for the Lunges and Shortnesse of the Breathe,; A Syrupe of Vineger good for to coole in anye hott Fever, or any other hott Sicknesse and to breake Chooler and grosse Fleame in the Stomake A Syrupe to coole the Stomake and to allaye Choller A Syrupe to provoke one to sleepe A Syrupe of Damaske Roses, good to purge Choller; A Syrupe of Horehounde good for the Consumption of the Lunges A Syrupe cordiall good for such as have taken thoughte A Syrupe good for the Stomake and to disgest a Surfeite; A Syrupe or Conserve to open the Pipes to comfort the Harte and to expell Melancholye A Syrupe to restore Nature A Syrupe or Water to breake any Colde and scower the Pypes. It will besides purefye and cleare the bloode and keepe the Lunges in Very good temper; A Syrupe of Marshe Mallowes A Syrupe or Conserve of Alcacangye Berryes A Syrupe or Conserve good for the Stone; A Syrupe good for a Consumption A Syrupe very restorative and speciallye preservative A Syrupe good for a greate colde La. Sheffeilde; Mel Rosarum good for a soore mouthe and many other infirmityes; Salves Seareclothes A Seareclothe good for all Aches and Bruses it beynge applied presently uppon the hurte. It is a very good Salve for any greene wounde or olde Soores savinge the Pockes A Seareclothe for the Spleene or Stitche or winde in the Bodye. It is good also to stanche Bleedinge; A Salve to heale a Canker Soore A Salve to cure every olde Soore and to take out broken bones A drawinge and healinge Salve for any Soore A Salve to heale and skinn a Soore that is full of water and runneth muche; A Salve for all Soores to be made onlye in Maye A Salve called Gratia Dei A Salve to cure the Bytinge of a Dogge a Hogge a Horse or a Man A Seareclothe or Salve good for the Syatica A Salve to heale any olde Soore, and is good also for the Syatica; A Water and Treate approved to be soveraigne good for any newe or olde Soores The makinge and use of the Treate A Salve to clense and heale all manner of greene Woundes A Salve for any wounde caused by Gunshott A Salve good to cure any Burninge or Scaldinge; The makinge of the greene Salve A speciall good doble Seareclothe to skinn and heale A very good Seareclothe for all manner of heate for any Burninge or Scaldinge or to asswage the Heate about any Soore A water and Salve to heale a cutt; A Tente and meanes to cure a Fistula For any Scotche or Cutte Paracelsus his plaister called Implastrum Fodicationum Paracelsi, good for many diseases mentioned undernethe; A speciall good Seareclothe of excellent vertue as after appearethe. Mr. Tayler; A Salve to heale a smale cutt An approved good Medecine or Water. for any Soore. La. Pagett A Seareclothe for an olde Ache. Mrs. Heathe; A Seareclothe good for any swellinge or Ache An approved good Medecine or water for an olde Soore An excellent Salve or Plaister for an Ache or for the swellinge of an Ague; An Oyntement good for all Aches Bruses and such like prescribed by Mr Burgen Oyntementes An Oyntement good for the Palsye An Oyntement of St Johns woorte good for all Aches, and is good eyther of itselfe or to be putt in Salves for watering Soores. It is also good for any Pricke or greene wounde; An Oyntement for the Collicke or any other greefe in the Bellye or Sydes that commethe of winde An Oyntement of redd Roses good to coole heate in the Cheste that commeth of the inflamation of the Lunges or for heate in the palmes of the handes or Sooles of the feete, the wch may happen by Sicknesse or otherwise An Oyntement of the woormes of the earthe good to strengthen the Backe, to coole it and to take away any Aches An Oyntement of Swalloes good for the shrinckinge of Synnowes or for any Straine; An Oyntement good to heale any greene wounde. It will helpe a man that hath brused his Stones: Putt to it Brimstone and it is good for the Itche An Oyntement called Pampilion. It is good to asswage any swellinge, to take away any heate, and to supple any Soore that is styffe. It will asswage a soore Brest, and keepe it from breakinge, if it be taken in tyme An Oyntement approved good for all diseases in the heade that proceede of colde An Oyntement to kill a Wilde fyer or any other Inflamation that commethe of a Soore or otherwise It will heale any Burne or Scalde beynge taken in tyme and used as followethe; An Oyntement for the diseases called the Floxx An Oyntement for the Stomake approved good against the Coughe A speciall good Oyntement called the greene Oyntement An Oyntement good to kill woormes in the Stomake, to helpe a weake disgestion, and to geve an appetyte; A speciall Oyntemente good for Children that ar weake It will helpe those that ar elder who have been brought weake with Sicknesse or ar enteringe into a Consumption It hathe been often experienced and hath doen very much good An Oyntemente good for any Tetter Ringwoorme or other Soore that blistereth or waterethe A good Oyntement for Aches in the Bones An other Oyntement good for an Ache in the Bones; An Oyntement good for the Spleene An Oyntement called Oyle of Exeter An Oyntement of the hearbe Nicoitiana, good for any Cutt or Wounde, and for any Ache in the Bones. Also where the Skynn is taken awaye, it will heale; An Oyntement for all kinde of Aches and Bruses A very good Oyntement for any Ache or Bruse, or for any noyse in the Heade and to drawe out a Thorne The golden Oyle good for all Aches and Bruses Mr Burghen; A Redd Oyle speciallye good to heale a smale cutt or great wounde, and is availeable to many other purposes. to be applied alwayes Bloode warme The makinge of Oyle of Roses An Oyntement good for the Dropsey An excellent Oyntement for any Ache or Bruse comounlye called the yeollowe Oyntement; An Oyle good for the shrinkinge of Synnowes or veines aswell by occasion of Fyer burninge or any other accident For the Scurvye. divers medecines A Bagge for Ale A Bathe for the Legges; A Plaister and Oyntemt by the Prescription of Mr Fenton A Plaister prescribed by Dor Foster A Drincke for the Scurveye My Lady Winwoods pilles for the spleen and against melancholy; The syrup for melancholy of mr halsy his prescription The Countes of Kent her receit for a consumption; Mrs Staffords salve for a green wound Mrs staffords green salve for an old soare For a bruse in the Eye A syrup for a cold, & stopping of the brest, & the like; An oyntement to be given both inwardly and outwardly for the kinges evil for the plurisy, burgings, scaldings, green woundes, & sore Eyes

Publication/Creation

1606

Physical description

1 volume 6 ll. + 381 [wrongly numbered 350] pp. + 3 bl. ll. 4to. 22 x 161/2 cm.

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Purchased 1/5/1919.

Biographical note

Above the title, and in the same hand, is written 'Liber Comitissae Arundeliae'. This lady is Alathea [née Talbot], Countess of Arundel and Surrey [ -1654], wife of Thomas Howard, second Earl of Arundel [1586-1646]. Her portrait by Hollar, appears as a frontispiece to a book of receipts 'Nature embowelled: her choicest secrets digested into receipts ...' London, 1655; which may possibly be based on the contents of this MS. From the Hassop Hall Library, Lot 92 (part).

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Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Location of duplicates

In addition, a microfilm copy is held as AMS/MF/232.

Notes

Hashmarks (#) in the summary are used to indicate where the indexers were unable to read the original text.

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Accession number

  • 39881