262 results filtered with: Medicine, Popular - Early works to 1800
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Proposals for printing a medicinal dictionary : designed as a body of physic and surgery both with regard to theory and practice. Compiled from the best writers ancient and modern: with useful observations. Illustrated with copper plates. / By R. James, M.D.
James, R. (Robert), 1703?-1776Date: [1741]- Books
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Advertisement : There is lately found out at Norwood in the Parish of Croydod, in the country of Surry, at Biggen Farm, at Richard Jacksons, an excellent purging water.
Date: [1675?]- Books
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Approved medicines of little cost, to preserve health and also to cure those that are sick : provided for the souldiers knap-sack, and the country mans closet. Written by Richard Elkes Gent. Student in the art of physick, living at Bagshot in the county of Surry.
Elkes, RichardDate: 1651- Books
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At the Golden-Ball in Duke-Street in the Old-Artillery without Bishops gate, advice & medicines may be had of J. Spinke, physician.
Spinke, JohnDate: [1700?]- Books
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Advertisement of a powder which is a most safe and speedy help for the stone and gravel, and those miseries which attend them : as pain in the back, stoppage of urine, cholick, &c. of which, in short, take this impartial account.
Date: [1700?]- Books
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A closet for ladies and gentlewomen. Or, The art of preserving, conserving, and candying : VVith the manner how to make divers kindes of sirups, and all kinde of banqueting stuffes. Also divers soveraigne medicines and salves for sundry diseases.
Date: 1647- Books
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London's medicinal-informer : Containing, I. A brief enquiry into the ancient state of the practices of physick and surgery in the world. II. The present state of those professions in London. III. Quacks rightly distinguish'd from other practicers; characteris'd, and chastiz'd. IV. The venereal disease in its cause, nature, signes, dangerous effects; best most cheap, easy, safe, and private methods of cure, truly represented; in order to prevent peoples being ruin'd either by that disease, of by unskilful pretenders to its cure. / By a London physician.
London physicianDate: 1710- Books
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Just publish'd. Venus deceiv'd, or an account of the seat, and nature of a clap, or running of the reins in men and women; with its perfect cure : (tho' attended with the very worst of symptoms) in 24 hours time by external applications only.
Wright, Andrew, active 1680Date: [1680?]- Books
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Launæus redivivus: or, A true narrative of the admirable effects of Delaun's pill : that ancient & excellant Galenick medicine, approved of, and sold for above fifty years, in Black-Fryers, now newly reviv'd, and exposed to sale, at the signe of Delaun's Head there, for the good of all, by especially the poor, whose purses reach not to whole boxes or bottles of physick. For, the patient is not now obliged to expend above six pence to prove the operation of this peerless pill; one being a sufficient dose for most constitutions: yet is above twice as costly, and but half the purchase of any other. With some reflexions on the danger of mercurial medicines, practis'd and invented by ignorant and impudent empericks. As also, a short discourse and description of the scurvy, dropsie, venereal, and other distempers. By Nathaniel Lomax, student in physick.
Lomax, NathanielDate: 1675- Books
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The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor : directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any sort of these employments. Viz. Waiting-woman, house-keeper, chamber-maid, cook-maid, under-cook-maid, nursery-maid, dairy-maid, laundry-maid, house-maid, scullery-maid. Whereunto is added a supplement containing the choicest receipts, and rarest secrets in physick and chirurgery. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1685- Books
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A discourse of the sulphur-bath at Knarsbrough in York-shire : By Will. Simpson, M.D.
Simpson, William, M.DDate: 1675- Books
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[A rich storehouse or treasurie for the diseased] : [Wherein are many approued medicines for diuers and sundry diseases, which haue beene long hidden, and not come to light before this time. First set forth for the benefit and comfort of the poorer sort of people, that are not of abilitie to goe to the physicions.] / [By G.W.].
A. T., practitioner in physickeDate: [1630]- Books
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By the King and Queens Authority : These are to give notice, that here is lately arrived an experienced and most famous High-German doctor, who by his great study, and constant practice in several parts of the world, as well in princes courts as in hospitals, and war-like expeditions, hath obtained such a physical method, as to cure all external and internal distempers (if curable).
Date: [1689]- Books
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Read, try, judge, and speak as you find. At the Black Ball and Old Lilly's Head, next door to the Feather shops that are within Black-Friers Gate-way, which is over against Ludgate Church : just by Ludgate in London (through God's mercy to do good) now liveth J. Case, who succeds in the room of Mr. Tho. Saffold lately deceased, who is an approved and licensed physician and student in astrology. Of Him the sick may have advice for nothing.
Case, John, active 1680-1700Date: [1692]- Books
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Read, try, judge, and speak as you find : At the Black Ball and Old Lilly's Head, next door to the Feather shops that are within Black-Friers Gate-way, which is over against Ludgate Church, just by Ludgate in London (through God's mercy to do good) still liveth Thomas Saffold, an approved and licensed physician, and student in Astrology. Of Him.
Saffold, Thomas, 1640-1691Date: [1680]- Books
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A choice manual, or, Rare and select secrets in physick and chyrurgery: collected, and practised by the Right Honourable, the Countesse of Kent, late deceased. Whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascon powder, and lapis contra yarvam by a professor of physick. As also most exquisite waies of preserving, conserving, candying &c.
Kent, Elizabeth Grey, Countess of, 1581-1651Date: 1682- Books
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The family-dictionary; or, Houshold companion : wherein are alphabetically laid down exact rules and choice physical receipts for the preservation of health, prevention of sickness, and curing the several diseases, distempers, and grievances, incident to men, women, and children. Also, directions for making oils, ointments, salves, cordial-waters, powders, pills, bolus's, lozenges, chymical preparations, physical-wines, ales, and other liquors, &c. and descriptions of the virtues of herbs, fruits, flowers, seeds, roots, barks, minerals, and parts of living creatures, used in medicinal potions, &c. Likewise, directions for cookery, in dressing flesh, fish, fowl, seasoning, garnishing, sauces, and serving-up in the best and most acceptable manner. The whole art of pastry, conserving, preserving, candying, confectioning, &c. Also, the way of making all sorts of perfumes, beautifying-waters, pomatums, washes, sweet-balls, sweet-bags, and essences: taking spots and stains out of garments, linen, &c. and preserving them from moths, &c. Washing point, sarsnets, and restoring faded linen; and scowering, or brightning tarnished gold, or silver lace, plate, &c. Together, vvith the art of making all sorts of English vvines, as currants, cherries, gooseberries, and cyder, mead, metheglin, &c. And the art of fining, and recovering foul and faded wines. The mystery of pickling, and keeping all sorts of pickles throughout the year. To which is added, as an appendix, the explanation of physical terms, bills of fare in all seasons of the year. With the art of carving. And many other useful matters. / By J.H.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713Date: [between 1600 and 1699?]- Books
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An advertisement In Great Knight-Rider-Street near Doctors-Commons back gate; a blew-ball being over the door : Liveth a physician which hath a pill far beyond any medicament yet ever known, or at least published; which cureth those diseases so many pretend to and so few understand, called, the French Pox and Gonorrhea.
Date: [1680?]- Books
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Gentlemen and ladies. I am a German surgeon, &c. who (being a stranger here) am oblig'd to publish bills : therefore I must beg pardon of the publick if I do not express my self so well as others.
Nevill, John, active 1710.Date: [1710?]- Books
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The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chyrurgery, preserving and candying &c., which were presented unto the Queen by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem when she pleased to descend to private recreations.
Date: 1661- Books
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A Book of fruits & flovvers : Shewing the nature and use of them, either for meat or medicine. As also: to preserve, conserve, candy, and in wedges, or dry them. To make powders, civet bagges, all sort of sugar-works, turn'd works in sugar, hollow or frutages; and to pickell them. And for meat. To make pyes, biscat, maid dishes, marchpanes, leeches, and snow, craknels, caudels, cakes, broths, fritter-stuffe, puddings, tarts, syrupes, and sallets. For medicines. To make all sorts of poultisses, and serecloaths for any member swell'd or inflamed, ointments, waters for all wounds, and cancers, salves for aches, to take the ague out of any place burning or scalding; for the stopping of suddain bleeding, curing the piles, ulcers, ruptures, coughs, consumptions, and killing of warts, to dissolve the stone, killing the ring-worme, emroids, and dropsie, paine in the ears and teeth, deafnesse.
Date: 1653- Books
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Delightes for ladies : to adorne their persons, tables, closets and distillatories. With beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters.
Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608?Date: 1603- Books
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New experiments upon vipers : with exquisite remedies that may be drawn from them as well for the cure of their bitings, as for that of other maladies : also a tetter [sic] of Francisco Redi, concerning some objections made upon his observations about vipers written to Monsieur Bourdelot and Mr. Alex. Morus : together with the sequel of New experiments upon vipers, in a reply to a letter written by Sign. Fredi / by M. Charas ; now rendred English.
Charas, Moyse, 1619-1698Date: 1677- Books
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At the blew ball in Great Knight-Rider-Street, by Doctors Commons Back Gate : liveth a physitian which hath a pill far beyond any medicament yet ever known, or at least published; which cureth those diseases so many pretend to, and so few do understand, called the French Pox, and gonnorhea.
Date: [1680?]- Books
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Thomas Saffold, an approved and licensed physician, and student in astrology, still lives at the Black-Ball and old Lilly's Head : next door to the feather-shops that are within Black-Fryars Gate-way, which is over against Ludgate-Church, just by Ludgate, in London, who resolves these questions following, viz. Whether any ones life may be happy or unhappy.
Date: [between 1674 and 1691]