Medical remedies and recipes, Seventeenth century
Scope and Contents
'Sundrie rare remedies, and receipts, with histories also, translated out of Zacutus Lusitanus his 3 books de praxi medica admiranda, lent me by Mr Sam Peck my worthy friend, & phisition at Chelmsford'. With 'A perfect alphabeticall index of all the rare receipts, cures, and histories, conteyned in this written booke, translated by D. B. ...' [i.e. Drue Burton?], and with accounts of various cures from the works of Amatus Lusitanus.
Dates
- Creation: Seventeenth century
Creator
- Lusitanus, Zacutus, 1575-1642 (physician) (Person)
- Lusitano, Amato, 1611-1658 (physician) (Person)
- Burton, Drue, fl 1607-1630 (of Sleaford, Lincs.; secretary to Sir Francis Crane) (Person)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (125 pages.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
In the Library by the mid 1750s.
Physical Description
Paper.
Repository Details
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