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The Magick of Kirani, King of Persia, and of Harpocration : containing the magical and medicinal vertues of stones, herbes, fishes, beasts, and birds : a work much sought for by the learned but seen by few : said to have been in the Vatican-Library in Rome but not to be found there nor in all the famous libraries of the empire / now published and translated into English from a copy found in a private hand.
Date: Printed in the year 1685- Books
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Hoplocrisma-spongus: or, A sponge to vvipe avvay the weapon-salve : A treatise, wherein is proved, that the cure late-taken up amongst us, by applying the salve to the weapon, is magicall and unlawfull By William Foster Mr. of Arts, and parson of Hedgley in the county of Buckingham.
Foster, William, 1591-1643Date: 1631- Books
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The unlearned alchymist his antidote, or, A more full and ample explanation of the use, virtue and benefit of my pill, entituled, An effectual diaphoretick, diuretick, purgeth by sweating, urin : Whereunto is added sundry cures and experiences, with particular direction unto particular diseases and distempers; with a catalogue of peoples names, with their dwelings which have used and known the use of the same: also sundry plain and easie receits which the ingenious may prepare for their own health. By Richard Matthew, and are to be had at his house by the Lyons Den at the Tower, next Gate to the By-Ward.
Mathews, Richard, -1661Date: 1660- Books
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Natures explication and Helmont's vindication. Or A short and sure way to a long and sound life : being a necessary and full apology for chymical medicaments, and a vindication of their excellency against those unworthy reproaches cast on the art and its professors (such as were Paracelsus and Helmont) by Galenists, usually called Methodists. Whose method so adored, is examined, and their art weighed in the ballance of sound reason and true philosophy, and are found too light in reference to their promises, and their patients expectation. The remedy of which defects is taught, and effectual medicaments discovered for the effectual cure of all both acute and chronical diseases. / By George Starkey, a philosopher made by the fire, and a professor of that medicine which is real and not histrionical.
Starkey, George, 1627-1665Date: 1657. [i.e. 1658]- Books
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Medicina diastatica, or, Sympatheticall mumie : containing many mysterious and hidden secrets in philosophy and physick, by the [brace] construction, extraction, transplantation and application [brace] of microcosmical & spiritual mumie : teaching the magneticall cure of diseases at distance, &c. / abstracted from the works of Dr. Theophr. Paracelsus by the labour and industry of Andrea Tentzelius ... ; translated out of the Latine by Ferdinando Parkhurst.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541Date: 1653- Books
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Natures explication and Helmont's vindication, or, A short and sure way to a long and sound life : being a necessary and full apology for chymical medicaments, and a vindication of their excellency against those unworthy reproaches cast on the art and its professors ... by Galenists, usually called Methodists ... / by George Starkey.
Starkey, George, 1627-1665Date: 1657- Books
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The unlearned alchymist his antidote, Or a more full and ample explanation of the use, virtue and benefit of my pill. Entituled, An effectual diaphoretick, diuretick, purgeth by sweating urine : Whereunto is added, sundry cures and experiences, with particular direction unto particular diseases and distempers. Also, sundry plain and easie receits, which the ingenious may prepare for their own health. Together with a precious pearl in the midst of a dunghil, being a true and faithful receit of Mr. Richard Matthews's pill, according to his own practice recorded in writing under his own hand, 1659. Presented to the world by Mris. Anne Mathews, amongst many sad complaints of wrongs done to her, and the commonalty, and her deceased husband. By Richard Mathews, and are to be had at his house by the Lyons Den at the Tower, next gate to the By-ward.
Mathews, Richard, -1661Date: 1663- Books
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Praxis catholica, or, The countryman's universal remedy : wherein is plainly and briefly laid down the nature, matter, manner, place and cure of most diseases, incident to the body of man, not hitherto discovered, whereby any one of an ordinary capacity may apprehend the true cause of his distempers, wherein his cure consists, and the means to effect it : together with rules how to order children in that most violent disease of vomiting and looseness, &c. : useful likewise for seamen and travellers : also an account of an imcomparable powder for wounds or hurts which cure any ordinary ones at once dressing / written by Robert Couch ... ; now published with divers useful additions (for publick benefit) by Chr. Pack.
Couch, RobertDate: 1680- Books
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The unlearned alchymist his antidote, or, A more full and ample explanation of the use, virtue and benefit of my pill, entituled, An effectual diaphoretick, diuretic, purgeth by sweating, urine : whereunto is added, sundry cures and experiences, with particular direction unto particular diseases and distempers : also, sundry plain and easie receits, which the ingenuous may prepare for their own health / by Richard Mathew; and are to be had at his house by the Lyons Den at the Tower, next gate to the By-Ward.
Mathews, Richard, -1661Date: 1662- Books
The magick of Kirani King of Persia, and of Harpocration; containing the magical and medicinal virtues of stones, herbs, fishes, beasts and birds. A work much sought for by the learned, but seen by few; said to have been in the Vatican-Library in Rome; but not to be found there. Nor in all the famous libraries of the empire. Now published and translated into English from a copy found in a private hand.
Date: [1685]- Books
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The boke of secretes of Albertus Magnus : of the vertues of herbes, stones, and certayne beastes. Also, a boke of the same aucthor of the maruaylous thinges of the worlde: and of certaine effectes, caused of certayne beastes.
Date: [1570?]- Books
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The boke of secretes of Albertus Magnus : of the vertues of herbes, stones, and certayne beasts : also, a boke of the same author, of the maruaylous thinges of the world, and of certaine effectes caused of certaine beastes.
Date: M. D. LX [1560]- Books
Medicina diastatica or sympatheticall mumie: containing, many mysterious and hidden secrets in philosophy and physick. By the construction, extraction, transplantation and application of microcosmical & spiritual mumie. Teaching the magneticall cure of diseases at distance, etc / Abstracted from the works of Dr. Theophr. Paracelsus: by the labour and industry of Andrea Tentzelius ... Translated out of the Latine by Ferdinando Parkhurst.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541.Date: 1653- Books
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A compendium of the rationall secretes, of the worthie knight and moste excellent doctour of phisicke and chirurgerie, Leonardo Phiorauante Bolognese : deuided into three bookes. In the first is shewed many secretes apperteinyng vnto physicke. In the seconde is shewed many secretes apperteining vnto chirurgerie, with their vses. In the third is shewed diuers compositions, apperteinyng bothe to physicke and chirurgerie, with the hidden vertues of sondrie vegitables, animalles, and mineralls, and proued wel by this authour, hetherto neuer set out before.
Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1517-Date: 1582- Books
De ratione et vsu diervm criticorvm opvs recens natvm, in qvo mens tum ipsius Ptolemaei, tũm aliorum astrologorum hac in parte dilucidatur / Authore Thoma Boderio. Cvi accessit Hermes Trismegistus de decubitu infirmorum, nunquam anteà in lucem editus.
Boderius, Thomas, active 1555.Date: 1555- Books
De ratione et vsu diervm criticorvm opvs recens natvm, in qvo mens tum ipsius Ptolemaei, tũm aliorum astrologorum hac in parte dilucidatur / Authore Thoma Boderio. Cvi accessit Hermes Trismegistus de decubitu infirmorum, nunquam anteà in lucem editus.
Boderius, Thomas, active 1555.Date: 1555- Books
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A choice collection of rare chymical secrets and experiments in philosophy : as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums, and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar. / Collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, kt. chancellour to her Majesty the Queen Mother. Hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman.
Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665Date: 1682- Books
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[Pharmako-basanos]: or, The touch-stone of medicines : Discovering the vertues of [brace] vegetables, minerals, & animals, by their tastes & smells. : In two volumes. / By Sir John Floyer.
Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734Date: 1687-[1690]- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: Early 17th Century- Books
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Paracelsus, his Archidoxis : comprised in ten books : disclosing the genuine way of making quintessences, arcanums, magisteries, elixirs, &c : together with his books of renovation & restauration, of the tincture of the philsophers, of the manual of the philosophical medicinal stone, of the virtues of the members, of the three principles, and finally his seven books of the degrees and compositions, of receipts and natural things / faithfully and plainly Englished, and published by J.H., Oxon.
Paracelsus, 1493-1541Date: 1660- Books
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Daffy's original and famous Elixir salutis : the choice drink of health, or, health-bringing drink, being a famous cordial drink, found out by the providence of the almighty, and ... experiences by my self and other divers persons ... a most excellent preservative of mankind. A secret far beyond any medicament yet known ... the same being fitted unto all ages, sexes, complexions and constitutions ... / Never published by any but Anthony Daffy, and now by me Elias Daffy his son.
Daffy, AnthonyDate: 1698- Books
Il reggimento della peste / dell' ... Leonardo Fiorauanti ... nuovamente ristampato, corretto & ampliato in questa ultima impressione aggiontovi alcuni secreti dati in luce dall'autore avanti la sua morte pertinenti alla materia del libro.
Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1517-Date: 1594- Books
Opera chymiatrica, qvae hactenvs in lvcem prodiervnt omnia, a plvrimis, qvae in prioribus editionibus irrepserant, mendis vindicata, et selectissimis medicamentis aucta, inque vnum fasciculum collecta. Quorum catalogum versa indicabit pagina / [Johann Rhenanus].
Rhenanus, Johann, active 1610.Date: 1635- Books
Secreti medicinali ... divisi in tre libri. Nel primo insegna a conoscere uarij, & diuersi segni naturali, con molti secreti mirabili nella medicina, & cirugia : nel secondo dimostra il modo di far uarij, & diuersi medicamenti nel terzo si tratta dell'alchimia dell'huomo, & dell'alchimia minerale, materia molto vtilissima a ciaschedune / di M. Leonardo Fieravanti.
Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1517-Date: 1561- Books
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De secretis mulierum: or, the mysteries of human generation fully revealed. Written in Latin by Albertus Magnus. Faithfully rendered into English [sic], with explanatory notes, ... by, ... John Quincy. M.D.
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.Date: 1725