Skilful Physician / Edition 1

by Carey D. Balaban

Overview

This book, The Skilful Physician, is a collection of guidelines for maintaining one's health plus recipes for disease remedies, perfumes and treated wines. It deals with the premise that preservation of good health requires attention to proper diet and life-style.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789057025310
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/18/1997
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Carey D. Balaban (University of Pittsburgh) (Author)

Table of Contents

THE SKILFUL PHYSICIAN
Glossary
Table of Natural Ingredients

Editorial Reviews

...The reader is really getting several books in one: first, the text of The Skilful Physician itself; second, an informative historical essay of health and healing during the mid-17th-century; third, a medical glossary of terms; and, finally, a brief but interesting gallery of 17th-century wood cuts. The editors of The Skilful Physician have clearly put a considerable amount of work into this reprinting. Those interested in the history of medicine and pharmacy, as well as those interested in popular health and healing in 17th-century England will find much of interest in this book.

Michael A. Flanery

A collection of recipes for natural disease remedies, perfumes, and treated wines, plus advice in diet and lifestyle, originally published in England in 1656 for a popular rather than professional audience and never before reprinted. Includes an introduction on 17th-century English medical theories and practices, a glossary, and a table of medicinal ingredients. For scholars and general readers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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