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Clavis medicinae duplex = The two keys of medicine / Carl Linnaeus ; from a Swedish translation, with introduction and commentary by Birger Bergh [and others] ; translated by Peter Hogg ; edited by Lars Hansen.
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778.Date: 2012
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The English physitian enlarged : With three hundred sixty and nine medicines, made of English herbs that were not in any impression until this: the epistle will inform you how to know this impression from any other. Being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation: containing 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 only as grow in England, they being most fit for English bodies. Herein is also shewed th[e]se seven things, viz. 1. The way of making plaisters, oyntments, oyls, pultisses, syrups, decoctions, juleps, or waters, of all sorts of physical herbs,... 7. The way of mixing medicines according to cause and mixture of the disease, and part of the body afflicted. By Nich. Culpeper, Gent. student in physick and astrology.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1662
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Anatomia sambuci: or, The anatomie of the elder : Cutting out of it, plain, approved, and specifick remedies for most and chiefest maladies; confirmed and cleared by reason, experience, and history. / Gathered in Latine, by Dr Martin Blochwich, physitian-ordinary of Oshatin. Now translated for the advancement of our language and medicines.
Blochwitz, MartinDate: 1655
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The hope of health : wherin is conteined a goodlie regimente of life: as medicine, good diet and the goodlie vertues of sonderie herbes, doen by Philip Moore.
Moore, Philip, active 1564-1573Date: Maii. Anno salutis. M.D.lxiiii. [1564]
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Dr. Trigg's secrets, arcana's & panacea's : approved by his long admired experience and practice, whereby he wrought such wonderfull cures. With his most experienced secrets particularly appropriated to womens distempers. Now after his death to fulfill his request published as a legacy to his patients. By Eugenius Philanthropos.
Trigg, William, practicioner of physickDate: 1665
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Botanologia, the British physician, or, The nature and vertues of English plants : exactly describing such plants as grow naturally in our land with their several names, Greek, Latine or English, places where they grow ... each plant appropriated to the several diseases they cure and directions for their medicinal uses ... by means whereof people may gather their own physick ... with two exact tables, the one of the English and Latine names of the plants, the other of the diseases and names of each plant appropriated to their diseases with their cures / by Robert Turner, botanolog. stud.
Turner, Robert, active 1654-1665Date: 1687
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Adam in Eden, or, Natures paradise : the history of plants, fruits, herbs and flowers with their several names ... the places where they grow, their descriptions and kinds, their times of flourishing and decreasing as also their several signatures, anatomical appropriations and particular physical vertues together with necessary observations on the seasons of planting and gathering of our English simples with directions how to preserve them in their compositions or otherwise : ... there is annexed a Latin and English table of the several names of simples, with another more particular table of the diseases and their cures ... / by William Coles.
Coles, William, 1626-1662Date: 1657
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The English physitian enlarged : with three hundred sixty and nine medicines, made of English herbs, that were not in any impression until this. Being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation; containing 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 only as grow in England, they being most fir for English bodies. Herein is also shewed these seven things, viz 1. The way of making plaisters, oyntments, oyls, ... 2. What planet governeth every herb or tree ... 3. The time of gathering all herbs, ... 4. The way of drying and keeping the herbs all year. 5. The way of keeping their juyces ready for use at all times. 6. The way of making and keeping all kind of useful compounds made of herbs. 7. The way of mixing medicines according to the cause and mixture of the disease, and part of the body afflicted. By Nich. Culpeper, Gent. Student in Physick and Astrology.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1698
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The English physitian enlarged : with three hundred, sixty, and nine medicines, made of English herbs that were not in any impression until this. Being as astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation; containing 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 only as grow in England, they geing most fit for English bodies. Herein is also shewed these seven things: viz. 1 The way of making plaisters, ointments, oils, ... 2 What planet governeth every herb or tree ... 3 The time of gathering all herbs, ... 4 The way of drying and keeping the herbs all the year. 5 The way of keeping their juyces ready for use at all times. 6 The way of making and keeping all kind 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 afflicted. By Nich. Culpeper, Gent. Student in Physick and Astrology.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1666
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A boke of the propreties of herbes called an herball : wherunto is added the time [the] herbes, floures and sedes shold be gathered to be kept the whole yere, wyth the vertue of [the] herbes when they are stilled. Also a generall rule of all maner of herbes drawen out of an auncyent booke of phisyck by W.C.
Date: [1552?]]
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Blagrave's supplement; or, enlargement, to Mr. Nich. Culpeper's English physician : Containing a description of the form, names, place, time, celestial government, and virtues, all such medicinal plants as grow in England, and are omitted in his book, called The English-physician. And supplying the additional virtues of such plants wherein he is defective. Also with the virtues of all drugs as are found in any part of the world, and brought to be sold in our druggists and apothecaries shops, with their dangers and corrections. By Joseph Blagrave of Reading, student in physick and astrology.
Blagrave, Joseph, 1610-1682Date: 1677
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Stirpium aduersaria noua, perfacilis vestigatio : luculentaqne [sic] accessio ad priscorum, pr[a]esertim Dioscoridis & recentiorum, materiam medicam. Quibus prope diem accedet altera pars. Qua coniectaneorum de plantis appendix, de succis medicatis et metallicis sectio, antiquæ & nouatæ medicin[a]e lectiorum remedioru[m] thesaurus opulentissimus, de succedaneis libellus continentur. Authoribus Petro Pena. & Mathia de Lobel, medicis.
Pena, Pierre, approximately 1535-1605Date: 1570 [i.e. 1571 (1 Jan.)]
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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London.
Gerard, John, 1545-1612Date: Anno 1636
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Here begynnyth a newe mater, the whiche sheweth and treateth of ye vertues [and] proprytes of herbes, the whiche is called an herball : Cum gratia [and] priuilegio a rege indulto.
Date: Ye. xxv. day of Marche. The yere of our lorde. M.CCCCC.[and]xv. [1525]]
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The English physician enlarged with three hundred and sixty nine medicines, made of English herbs, that were not in any impression until this : being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation, containing a complete method of physic, whereby a man may preserve his body in health, or cure himself, being sick, for three-pence charge, with such things only as grow in England, they being most fit for English bodies ... / by Nich. Culpepper.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.Date: 1790
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The English physitian enlarged : With three hundred, sixty, and nine medicines, made of English herbs that were not in any impression until this. Being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation; containing 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 only as grow in England, they being most fit for English bodies. : Herein is also shewed these seven things, viz. 1. The way of making, plaisters, ointments, oils, pultisses, syrups, decoctions, juleps, 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, both vulgarly and astrologically. 4. The way of drying and keeping the herbs all the year. 5. The way of keeping their juyces ready for use at all times. 6. The way of making and keeping all kind of useful compounds made of herbs. 7. The way of mixing medicines according to cause and mixture of the disease, and part of the body afflicted. / By Nich. Culpepper.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1671
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Balsami, opobalsami, carpobalsami, & xylobalsami, cum suo cortice explanatio. Interprete & auctore Matthia de L'Obel, Medico insulano, Gallo- Belga. Ad clarissimum & honoratissimum dominum D. Georgium Careyum, baronem de Hunsdon, nobilissimi ordinis periscelidis equitem auratum, sacri cubiculi præfectum. Regiæ Maiestati à sanctioribus consilijs, & vectis insulæ administratorem.
L'Obel, Matthias de, 1538-1616Date: 1598
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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London.
Gerard, John, 1545-1612Date: Anno 1633
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The English physitian enlarged : with three hundred, sixty, and nine medicines made of English herbs that were not in any impression until this: ... Being an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation: containing 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 only as grow in England, they being most fit for English bodies. Herein is also shewed these seven things, viz. 1 The way of making plaisters, oyntments, oyls, pultisses, syrups, decoctions, julips, or waters, of al sorts of physical herbs ... 7 The way of mixing medicines according to cause and mixture of the disease, and part of the body afflicted. By Nich. Culpeper, Gent. student in physick and astrologie: living in Spittle Fields.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1653
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The compleat herbal of physical plants : containing all such English and foreign herbs, shrubs and trees as are used in physick and surgery ... : the doses or quantities of such as are prescribed by the London-physicians and others are proportioned : also directions for making compound-waters, syrups simple and compound, electuaries ... : moreover the gums, balsams, oyls, juices, and the like, which are sold by apothecaries and druggists are added to this herbal, and their irtues and uses are fully described / by John Pechey.
Pechey, John, 1655-1716Date: 1694
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The garden of health : conteyning the sundry rare and hidden vertues and properties of all kindes of simples and plants, together with the maner how they are to be vsed and applyed in medicine for the health of mans body, against diuers diseases and infirmities most common amongst men. Gathered by the long experience and industrie of William Langham, practitioner in phisicke.
Langham, WilliamDate: 1579 [i.e. 1597]
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Botanologia : the Brittish physician, or, the nature and vertues of English plants, exactly describing such plants as grow naturally in our land, with their several names Greek, Latine, or English, natures, places where they grow ... : by means whereof people may gather their own physick under every hedge ... : with two exact tables, the one of the English and Latine names of the plants, the other of the diseases and names of each plant appropriated to the diseases, with their cures / by Robert Turner.
Turner, Robert, active 1640-1664.Date: 1664
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A newe herball of Macer, translated out of Laten in to Englysshe.
Date: [1543?]
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A boke of the propertyes of herbes the whiche is called an herbal.
Date: [1541?]]
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A litle herball of the properties of herbes, newly amended [and] corrected, wyth certayn additions at the ende of the boke, declaring what herbes hath influence of certain sterres and constellations, whereby maye be chosen the best and most lucky tymes and dayes of their ministracion, according to the moone beyng in the signes of heaue[n] the which is daily appoi[n]ted in the almanacke, made and gathered in the yeare of our Lorde God. M.D.L. the. xii. daye of February, by Anthony Askha[m] physycyon.
Date: [1561]]