The natural history of lac, amber, and myrrh : with a plain account of the many excellent virtues these three medicinal substances are naturally possessed of, and well adapted for the cure of various diseases incident to the human body: and a restorative balsamic tincture ... / By John Cook.

  • Cook, John, approximately 1705-1777.
Date:
1770
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The natural history of lac, amber, and myrrh : with a plain account of the many excellent virtues these three medicinal substances are naturally possessed of, and well adapted for the cure of various diseases incident to the human body: and a restorative balsamic tincture ... / By John Cook. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. PREFACE is become fo very ^ & common, that a Book looks naked without one. It puts me in mind of the hone fleps before the door that introduces one into the building. My end in this piece is to recommend fimple, or but little compounded medi¬ cines, in order to cure the many calamities incident to human bodies. For the beft rule in all cafes of phyfic is, to anfwer the end by exhibiting as few me-, dicines as pofiibie, and never to make a cure