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A35365 The English physitian, or An astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation being 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 ... / by Nich. Culpeper. Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. 1652 (1652) Wing C7501; ESTC R24897 290,554 180

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leave_n of_o herb_n etc._n etc._n chap._n 2._o of_o flower_n chap._n 3._o of_o seed_n chap._n 4._o of_o root_n chap._n 5._o of_o bark_n chap._n 6._o of_o juice_n sect._n 2._o of_o make_v and_o keep_v compound_n chap._n 1._o of_o distil_v water_n chap._n 2._o of_o syrup_n chap._n 3._o of_o julep_n chap._n 4._o of_o decoction_n chap._n 5._o of_o oil_n chap._n 6._o of_o electuary_n chap._n 7._o of_o conserve_n chap._n 8._o of_o preserve_v chap._n 9_o of_o lohoch_n chap._n 10._o of_o ointment_n chap._n 11._o of_o plaster_n chap._n 12._o of_o pultiss_n chap._n 13._o of_o troche_n chap._n 14._o of_o pill_n chap._n 15._o the_o way_n of_o fit_a medicine_n to_o compound_v disease_n of_o all_o
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