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A20494 Directions given by the patentees, how their compounded stuffe is to be vsed in dying 1604 (1604) STC 6903.5; ESTC S3168 1,318 1 View Text
A54817 Physicall directions in time of plague Printed by command from the Lords of Councell. 1644 (1644) Wing P2144; ESTC R217890 1,984 8 View Text
A90816 The true every man & woman their own doctor: or, a salve for every sore Being a book full of rare receipts for the most dangerous distempers incident to the bodies of men, women and children; and is very fit to be in all families against any time of sickness, gathered out of the library of that famous traveller Dr. Ponteus and now publish'd for the good and benefit of the kingdom; and being nothing but what is experienced by many thousands of people in city and country, doing good to many. Don't read only but practice also, then speak as you find; and give God the praise in all things. With six most excellent receipts for all sorts of cattle whatsoever. Licensed according to order. Ponteus, John. 1676 (1676) Wing P2804F; ESTC R231946 4,940 11 View Text
A88464 The orders and directions, of the right honourable the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, to be diligently observed and kept by the citizens of London, during the time of the present visitation of the plague As also, rules and instructions, to all brewers, butchers, fish-mongers, victualling-houses, hackney-coaches, brokers, and the rest of the inhabitants, both in city and suburbs. With divers excellent receipts, as well for the cure of the plague, as for preventing the further increase and infection thereof, by Gods blessing and assistance: set forth and approved of by the learned Sir Walter Rawleigh, Mr. Culpepper, and divers other famous physicians and doctors; and now published for the use and benefit of all his Majesties liege subjects. City of London (England). Court of Aldermen. 1665 (1665) Wing L2864I; ESTC R232156 5,325 10 View Text
A42987 A short treatise shewing the causes and remedies of that general disease spread abroad throughout this nation, commonly termed by many the plague of the guts but it is very probable to bee that sort of flux, called by the name of dysenteria, or red-flux. With some other remarkable remedies for other diseases worthy to bee noted. Published by N.H. of Dorchester, in the county of Dorset for the good of those that desire their health. Try and trust. Try man as the instrument, but trust God as the helper. N. H. 1658 (1658) Wing H100A; ESTC R215851 7,379 24 View Text
B03572 The gentlewomans cabinet unlocked wherein is contained many excellent receipts for neat dressing of divers sorts of meats, both flesh and fish, with their proper sauces. Also directions for the best way of making pancakes, fritters, tansies, puddings, custards, cheesecakes ; and such like fine knacks, and other delicate dishes, which are most frequently used in gentlemens houses. 1675 (1675) Wing G523CA; ESTC R177375 8,823 27 View Text
B23094 Melancholys bane: or, Choice, pleasant, and profitable recreations Gathered out of many most famous and industrious searchers of art and natures secrets. By Edward Fountaine, an expert artist, living upon London-bridge, next door to the Angel. Fountaine, Edward. 1654 (1654) Wing F1648C 8,970 19 View Text
A02275 The honest and plaine dealing fa[r]rier or, A present remedy for curing diseases and hurts in horses Gathered and written as well for the good [o]f any that will practise it, as for my self, there being nothing contained therein but what is of my owne experience and practise. By Thomas Grymes. Grymes, Thomas. 1636 (1636) STC 12406; ESTC S119059 9,192 44 View Text
A63808 A pocket-companion, containing things necessary to be known by all that values their health and happiness being a plain way of nature's own prescribing, to cure most diseases in men, women and children, by kitchen-physick only : to which is added, an account how a man may live well and plentifully for two-pence a day / collected from The good housewife made a doctor, by Tho. Tryon.; Good house-wife made a doctor. Selections Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703. 1694 (1694) Wing T3193; ESTC R38375 11,872 24 View Text
A16460 A necessarie and briefe treatise of the contagious disease of the pestilence with the causes, signes, and cures of the same. Collected and newly composed for the benefit and comfort of the vulgar sort. By W. Boraston ... Boraston, William. 1630 (1630) STC 3372; ESTC S106525 13,362 56 View Text
A40044 A brief collection of many rare secrets many of which are approved and physical and the rest most pleasant and recreative : very necessary for all sorts of people / newly set forth and published by La Fountain, an expert operator. La Fountaine.; Fountaine, Edward. 1650 (1650) Wing F1648; ESTC R29853 13,919 13 View Text
A03731 The good hous-wiues treasurie Beeing a verye necessarie booke instructing to the dressing of meates. Hereunto is also annexed sundrie holsome medicines for diuers diseases. 1588 (1588) STC 13854; ESTC S108615 14,105 40 View Text
A50847 The countrymans friend, and no circumventing mountebanck But a rare method of chyrurgery and physick, teaching the country people excellent cures, the likewas [sic] never laid open in any age before. Besides here are four arts, three, of them concerning horses, and the fourth an art to keep a field of corn from any manner of fowles, that devour grain, this art is only by anointing a few crow feathers, for neither pidgeon, sparrow, rook nor crow will endure the field where they stick. By Abraham Miles. Miles, Abraham. 1662 (1662) Wing M2041; ESTC R217818 15,363 40 View Text
B08404 [A Brief account of some choice & famous medicines] B. R. 1676 (1676) Wing B158; ESTC R170413 16,312 32 View Text
A40002 Englands happiness increased, or, A sure and easie remedy against all succeeding dear years by a plantation of the roots called potatoes, whereof (with the addition of wheat flower) excellent, good and wholesome bread may be made every year, eight or nine months together, for half the charge as formerly : also by the planting of these roots ten thousand men in England and Wales, who know not how to live or what to do to get a maintenance for their families, may of one acre of ground make thirty pounds per annum / invented and published for the good of the poorer sort, by John Forster ... Forster, John. 1664 (1664) Wing F1601; ESTC R40960 16,456 38 View Text
A65208 A necessary family-book both for the city & country, in two parts. Containing exact, plain and short rule and directions, for taking and killing all manner of vermin on land and in water: as, Part I. By land. The fox, polcat, buzzard, kite, weasle, adder, snake, caterpiller, frog, mile, pismire, fly, bug, rats and mice, fleas and lice. Part II. By water. The hern, dob-chick, coot, or more-hen, cormorant, sea-pie, kings-fisher, otter, water-rat, and ospray, all great destroyers of fish. To which are added, many natural and artificial conclusions, both pleasant and profitable. The whole illustrated with many proper figures. By R. W. gent. R. W. 1688 (1688) Wing W100; ESTC R217643 17,312 95 View Text
A96258 De variolis & morbillis: Of the small pox and measles: with their definitions, distinctions, causes, differences, signs, prognosticks, and cures, with cautions in aire and diet to prevent them. Also cordiall remedies, by which we may preserve our bodies from them, with locall medicines of excellent vertues to be applied outwardly or carried in the hand, to repel the venemous and pestiferous aire from entring into the body. / By Anthony Westwood, practitioner in Physick and Chirurgery at Arundel in Sussex. Westwood, Anthony. 1656 (1656) Wing W1486; Thomason E1674_3; ESTC R208425 17,580 92 View Text
A17464 A verie perfect discourse, and order hovv to know the age of a horse and the diseases that breede in him, with the remedies to cure the same: as also, the description of euery veyne, and how and when to let him blood, according to the diuersitie of the disease: as hath been proued by the author L.W.C. L. W. C. 1601 (1601) STC 4286; ESTC S113441 17,625 40 View Text
A16436 A booke of secrets shewing diuers waies to make and prepare all sorts of inke, and colours: as blacke, white, blew, greene, red, yellow, and other colours. Also to write with gold and siluer, or any kind of mettall out of the pen: with many other profitable secrets, as to colour quils and parchment of any colour: and to graue with strong water in steele and iron. ... Translated out of Dutch into English, by W.P. Hereunto is annexed a little treatise, intituled, instructions for ordering of wines: shewing how to make wine, that it may continue good and faint not ... Written first in Italian, and now newly translated into English, by W.P.; Ettliche Künste, auff mancherley Weisz Dinten und allerhand Farben zu bereyten. English. Phillip, William, attributed name.; W. P., fl. 1618. 1596 (1596) STC 3355; ESTC S103623 18,499 42 View Text
A28996 Medicinal experiments, or, A collection of choice and safe remedies, for the most part simple and easily prepared very useful in families and fitted for the service of country people : the third and last volume, published from the author's original manuscripts : whereunto is added several other useful notes explicatory of the same / by ... R. Boyle ... Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. 1694 (1694) Wing B3992; ESTC R1739 19,675 120 View Text
A48581 The country-man's treasure shewing the nature, cause, and cure of all diseases incident to cattel : with proper means to prevent their common diseases and distempers : being very useful receipts as they have been practiced by the long experience of five and thirty years, and all approved of : fitted for the use of all farmers and others that deal in cattel / by James Lambert ; with a table of the several diseases therein contained. Lambert, James. 1676 (1676) Wing L231; ESTC R41333 20,191 67 View Text
A77803 A new discovery of the French disease and running of the reins their causes, signs, with plain and easie direction of perfect curing the same. By R. Bunworth, Bunworth, Richard. 1666 (1666) Wing B5477; ESTC R232652 21,111 96 View Text
A30115 A new discovery of the French disease and running of the reins their causes, signs, with plain and easie direction of perfect curing the same / by R. Bunworth. Bunworth, Richard. 1662 (1662) Wing B5476; ESTC R29144 21,177 95 View Text
A70776 Ptōchopharmakon, seu Medicamen miseris, or Pauperum pyxidicula salutifera. Help for the poor collected for the benefit of such as are not able to make use of physitians and chiurgians, or live remote from them. Also an appendix concerning letting blood in the smallpox. By Robert Pemel, physitian of Crane-brook in Kent. Pemell, Robert. 1650 (1650) Wing P1132A; ESTC R221420 21,512 80 View Text
A45751 A discoverie for division or setting out of land, as to the best form published by Samuel Hartlib esquire, for direction and more advantage and profit of the adventurers and planters in the fens and other waste and undisposed places in England and Ireland ; whereunto are added some other choice secrets of experiments of husbandry ; with a philosophical quere concerning the cause of fruitfulness, and an essay to shew how all lands may be improved in a new way to become the ground of the increase of trading and revenue to this common-wealth. Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.; Dymock, Cressy. Discovery for new divisions, or, setting out of lands. 1653 (1653) Wing H985; ESTC R9861 21,776 42 View Text
A42118 A treatise of the nature and use of the bitter purging salt contain'd in Epsom and such other waters by Nehemiah Grew. Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712. 1697 (1697) Wing G1960; ESTC R27397 21,859 66 View Text
A16437 A booke of soueraigne approued medicines and remedies as well for sundry diseases within the body as also for all sores, woundes, ... Not onely very necessary and profitable, but also commodious for all suche as shall vouchsafe to practise and vse the same. 1577 (1577) STC 3356; ESTC S116179 22,192 74 View Text
A44920 The compleat vineyard, or, A most excellent way for the planting of vines not onely according to the German and French way, but also long experimented in England : wherein are set forth the whole circumstances necessary for the planting a vineyard ... / by William Hughes. Hughes, William, fl. 1665-1683. 1665 (1665) Wing H3333; ESTC R5783 23,228 38 View Text
A88597 Clavis medicinæ: or, The practice of physick reformed wherein is described the nature and cause of most diseases and the select way of cure for the same. A method contrary to all authors in being. By Jeremiah Love, doctor of pysick [sic]. Love, Jeremiah. 1674 (1674) Wing L3187A; ESTC R230714 23,779 80 View Text
A18366 A shorte discourse of the most rare and excellent vertue of nitre wherein is declared the sondrie and diuerse cures by the same effected, and how it may be aswell receiued in medicine inwardly as outwardly plaiterwise applied: seruing to the vse and commoditie aswell of the meaner people as of the delicater sorte. Chaloner, Thomas, Sir, 1561-1615. 1584 (1584) STC 4940; ESTC S116718 24,286 50 View Text
A09740 A discovery of subterraneall treasure viz. of all manner of mines and mineralls, from the gold to the coale; with plaine directions and rules for the finding of them in all kingdoms and countries. And also the art of melting, refining, and assaying of them is plainly declared, so that every ordinary man, that is indifferently capacious, may with small change presently try the value of such oares as shall be found either by rule or by accident. Whereunto is added a reall experiment whereby every ignorant man may presently try whether any peece of gold that shal come to his hands be true or connterfeit [sic] ... Also a perfect way to try what colour any berry, leafe, flower, stalke, root, fruit, seed, barke, or wood will give: with a perfect way to make colours that they shall not stayne nor fade like ordinary colours. ... Plattes, Gabriel, fl. 1638-1640. 1639 (1639) STC 20000; ESTC S100866 25,150 76 View Text
A20865 A new counsell against the pestilence declaring what kinde of disease it is, of what cause it procedeth, the signes and tokens thereof: with the order of curing the same.; Consilium novum de pestilentia. English Drouet, Pierre, fl. 1578.; Twyne, Thomas, 1543-1613. 1578 (1578) STC 7241; ESTC S108183 25,412 76 View Text
A07931 A daily exercise for ladies and gentlewomen Whereby they may learne and practice the whole art of making pastes, preserues, marmalades, conserues, tartstuffes, gellies, breads, sucket candies, cordiall vvaters, conceits in sugar-vvorkes of seuerall kindes. As also to dry lemonds, orenges, or other fruits. Newly set forth, according to the now approued receipts, vsed both by honourable and vvorshipfull personages. By Iohn Murrell, professour thereof. Murrell, John, 17th cent. 1617 (1617) STC 18301; ESTC S101449 26,053 168 View Text
A58573 Prophylaktikon, or, Some considerations of a notable expedient to root out the French pox from the English nation with excellent defensive remedies to preserve mankind from the infection of pocky women : also an advertisement, wherein is discover'd the dangerous practices of ignorant pretenders to the cure of the disease / by L.S., Dr. of physick. L. S. 1673 (1673) Wing S112; ESTC R29344 26,159 98 View Text
A68556 The treasurie of commodious conceits, & hidden secrets and may be called, the huswiues closet, of healthfull prouision. Mete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates both men and women: and also pleasaunt for recreation, with a necessary table of all things herein contayned. Gathered out of sundrye experiments lately practised by men of great knowledge. By I. Par. Partridge, John, fl. 1566-1573. 1573 (1573) STC 19425.5; ESTC S110299 27,425 98 View Text
A17157 A comfortable regiment, and a very wholsome order against the moste perilous pleurisi whereof many doe daily die within this citee of London, and other places: and what the cause is of the same, doen by William Bulleyn, December. 8. Anno salutis 1562. Bullein, William, d. 1576. 1562 (1562) STC 4035; ESTC S118844 27,662 76 View Text
A00291 The English farrier, or, Countrey-mans treasure Shewing approved remedies to cure all diseases, hurts, maimes, maladies, and griefes in horses: and how to know the severall diseases that breed in them; with a description of every veine; how, and when to let them blood, according to the nature of their diseases. With directions to know the severall ages of them. Faithfully set forth according to art and approved experiment, for the benefit of gentlemen, farmers, inholders, husbandmen, and generall for all.; Verie perfect discourse, and order how to know the age of a horse, and the diseases that breede in him, with the remedies to cure the same L. W. C. 1639 (1639) STC 10410; ESTC S109988 27,722 64 View Text
A34751 The Country-mans physician where is shew'd by a most plain and easie manner, how those that live for from cities, or market towns, and cannot have the advice of physicians, may be able of themselves, by the help of this book, to cure most diseases happening to the body of man : a work very useful and necessary for all that understand not the learned languages. 1680 (1680) Wing C6558; ESTC R37667 28,012 110 View Text
A77078 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. 1653 (1653) Wing B3708; Thomason E690_13; ESTC R206996 29,551 51 View Text
A06820 A new booke, intituled, I am for you all, complexions castle as well in the time of the pestilence, as other times, out of the which you may learne your complexion, your disease incident to the same, and the remedies for the same. Published by Iames Manning, minister of the word.; I am for you all, complexions castle Manning, James, minister at Wellingborough. 1604 (1604) STC 17257; ESTC S109784 29,810 50 View Text
A14584 A book of cookrye Very necessary for all such as delight therin. Gathered by A.W. A. W. 1591 (1591) STC 24897; ESTC S103616 29,830 82 View Text
B00452 This is the glasse of helth. A great treasure for pore men, necessary and nedefull for euery person to loke in, y[t] wyll kepe theyr body from syckenesses, and dyseases: and it sheweth how the planettes reygne in euery houre of the daye & the nyght, with the natures & exposicions of the .xii. sygnes, deuyded by the .xii. monethes of the yere. And after foloweth of all the euyll and daungerous dayes of the yere. And sheweth the remedyes, for dyuers infyrmyties and dyseases, that hurteth the body of man.. Moulton, Thomas.; Wyer, Robert, fl. 1530-1556, printer. 1547 (1547) STC 18225.6; ESTC S94248 32,200 74 View Text
A16627 Helps for suddain accidents endangering life By which those that liue farre from physitions or chirurgions may happily preserue the life of a poore friend or neighbour, till such a man may be had to perfect the cure. Collected out of the best authours for the generall good, by Stephen Bradvvell. physition. Bradwell, Stephen. 1633 (1633) STC 3535; ESTC S104676 34,535 144 View Text
A64795 The experienc'd angler, or, Angling improv'd being a general discourse of angling, imparting many of the aptest wayes and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river. Venables, Robert, 1612?-1687. 1662 (1662) Wing V183; ESTC R16184 35,054 125 View Text
A07853 The mirrour or glasse of health Necessary and needefull for euery person to looke in, that will keepe their bodye from the sickenesse of the pestylence, and it sheweth how the planets do reygne euery hower of the day and nyght, wyth the natures and expositions of the xii. signes, deuyded by the twelue months of the yeare. And sheweth the remedyes for dyuers infirmyties and diseases that hurteth the body of man.; Myrour or glasse of helthe Moulton, Thomas. 1580 (1580) STC 18225; ESTC S107529 35,282 122 View Text
A70159 [Logos alexipharmakos] or, Hyperphysicall directions in time of plague collected out of the sole-authentick dispensatory of the chief physitian both of soule and body, and, disposed more particularly, though not without some alteration and addition, according to the method of those physicall directions printed by command of the Lords of the Counsell at Oxford 1644 and very requisite to be used with them : also, certain aphorismes, premised, and conclusions from them deduced, concerning the plague, necesiary to be knovvn and observed of all, that would either prevent it, or get it cured / by Lionell Gatford ... Gatford, Lionel, d. 1665. 1644 (1644) Wing G335; ESTC R8380 35,555 37 View Text
A09123 The widowes treasure plentifully furnished with sundry precious and approoued secretes in phisicke and chirurgery for the health and pleasure of mankinde : hereunto are adioyned, sundry pretie practises and conclusions of cookerie : with many profitable and holesome medicines for sundrie diseases in cattell. Partridge, John, fl. 1566-1573. 1588 (1588) STC 19433.7; ESTC S3385 35,594 114 View Text
A02045 The castel of memorie wherein is conteyned the restoring, augmenting, and conseruing of the memorye and remembraunce, with the safest remedies, and best preceptes therevnto in any wise apperteyning: made by Gulielmus Gratarolus Bergomatis Doctor of Artes and Phisike. Englished by Willyam Fulvvod. The contentes whereof appeare in the page next folovvynge.; De memoria reparanda. English Gratarolo, Guglielmo, 1516?-1568?; Fulwood, William. 1562 (1562) STC 12191; ESTC S117976 36,540 132 View Text
A17489 An hospitall for the diseased wherein are to bee founde moste excellent and approued medicines, as well emplasters of speciall vertue, as also notable potions or drinkes, and other comfortable receptes, bothe for the restitution and the preseruation of bodily healthe : very necessary for this tyme of common plague and immortalitie, and for other tymes when occasion shall require : with a newe addition / gathered by T.C. T. C., fl. 1579.; Cartwright, T. 1579 (1579) STC 4304; ESTC S4169 37,724 94 View Text
A47168 Art's master-piece, or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex ... by C.K. C. K. 1697 (1697) Wing K2; ESTC R20096 38,268 173 View Text
A66843 The cook's guide: or, Rare receipts for cookery Published and set forth particularly for ladies and gentlwomen; being very beneficial for all those that desire the true way of dressing of all sorts of flesh, fowles, and fish; the best directions for all manner of kickshaws, and the most ho-good sawces: whereby noble persons and others in their hospitalities may be gratified in their gusto's. Never before printed. By Hannah Wolley. Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670. 1664 (1664) Wing W3276; ESTC R221168 38,430 129 View Text
A55577 A new digester or engine for softning bones containing the description of its make and use in these particulars : viz. cookery, voyages at sea, confectionary, making of drinks, chymistry, and dying : with an account of the price a good big engine will cost, and of the profit it will afford / by Denys Papin ... Papin, Denis, 1647-1714. 1681 (1681) Wing P309; ESTC R17820 39,592 64 View Text
A45229 The husbandman's jewel directing how to improve land from 10 l. per annum to 50 l. with small charge by planting ... Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637. 1695 (1695) Wing H3806; ESTC T36873 39,874 54 View Text
A60476 The experienc'd fowler: or, The gentleman, citizen, and country-man's pleasant and profitable recreation Containing, I. The true art of taking water and land fowl, with divers kinds of nets, lime-twigs lime-bushes, and how to make the best bird-lime. II. Directions for bat-fowling, lowbelling, tramelling, and driving fowl, how to find their haunts, and take them with springes, snares, &c. III. An exact method for using the fowling-piece at a true level, to shoot at the water, ground, bush or flying. ... By J. S Gent. Smith, John, d. 1684. 1697 (1697) Wing S4108C; ESTC R220081 40,290 164 View Text
A63802 A new art of brewing beer, ale, and other sorts of liquors so as to render them more healthfull to the body and agreeable to nature, and to keep them longer from souring, with less trouble and charge then generally practised, which will be a means to prevent those torturing distempers of the stone, gravel, gout, and dropsie : together with easie experiments for making excellent drinks with apples, currans, goodberries, cherries, herbs, seeds, and hay &c., and the way to preserve eggs five or six months from being musty or rotten : wih an appendix how to make fruit trees constantly fruitful : also a way how every one may purge themselves with common salad herbs and roots, and a method how to prevent constiveness in the body / by the author of The way to long life, health, and happiness &c. Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703. 1690 (1690) Wing T3187; ESTC R26334 40,831 148 View Text
A49322 Dr. Lowers, and several other eminent physicians, receipts containing the best and safest method for curing most diseases in humane bodies : very useful for all sorts of people, especially those who live remore [sic] from physicians. Lower, Richard, 1631-1691. 1700 (1700) Wing L3309; ESTC R30508 41,273 122 View Text
A77802 The doctresse: a plain and easie method, of curing those diseases which are peculiar to women. Whereunto are annexed physicall paradoxes, or a new discovery of the æconomy of nature in mans body. / Written by R.B. &c. Bunworth, Richard. 1656 (1656) Wing B5474; Thomason E1714_2; ESTC R209649 41,464 161 View Text
A09117 The treasurie of commodious conceits, and hidden secretes Commonlie called The good huswiues closet of prouision, for the health of her houshold. Meete and necessarie for the profitable vse of all estates. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: and now newly corrected, and inlarged, with diuers necessary phisicke helpes, not impertinent to euery good huswife to vse in her house amongst her own famelie. Partridge, John, fl. 1566-1573. 1591 (1591) STC 19429; ESTC S100351 42,215 97 View Text
A30869 The French perfumer teaching the several ways of extracting the odours of drugs and flowers and making all the compositions of perfumes for powder, wash-balls, essences, oyls, wax, pomatum, paste, Queen of Hungary's Rosa Solis, and other sweet waters ... : also how to colour and scent gloves and fans, together with the secret of cleansing tobacco and perfuming it for all sorts of snuff, Spanish, Roman, &c. / done into English from the original printed at Paris.; Parfumeur françois qui enseigne toutes les manieres de tirer les odeures des flours. English Barbe, Simon. 1696 (1696) Wing B689A; Wing F2192_CANCELLED; ESTC R20672 43,178 142 View Text
A43017 The family-physician, and the house-apothecary containing I. Medicines against all such diseases people usually advise with apothecaries to be cured of, II. Instructions, whereby to prepare at your own houses all kinds of necessary medicines that are prepared by apothecaries, or prescribed by physicians, III. The exact prices of all drugs, herbs, seeds, simple and compound medicines, as they are sold at the druggists, or may be sold by the apothecaries, IV. That it's plainly made to appear, that in preparing medicines thus at your own houses, that it's not onely a far safer way, but you shall also save nineteen shillings in twenty, comparing it with the extravagant rates of many apothecaries / by Gideon Harvey ... Harvey, Gideon, 1640?-1700? 1678 (1678) Wing H1065; ESTC R13943 43,731 199 View Text
A13646 A treatise of the pestilence vvherein is shewed all the causes thereof, with most assured preseruatiues against all infection: and lastly is taught the true and perfect cure of the pestilence, by most excellent and approued medicines. Composed by Thomas Thayre chirurgian, for the benefite of his countrie, but chiefly for the honorable city of London. Thayre, Thomas. 1603 (1603) STC 23929; ESTC S101271 44,224 74 View Text
A38455 An English herbal, or, A discovery of the physical vertues of all herbs in this kingdom what planet governs each herb, and how to gather them in their planetary hours : containing some hundreds of medicines made of English herbs, whereby any person may keep his body in health, or cure himself when sick, for a small charge, with such herbs and roots as naturally grow in England : collected for a general good. 1690 (1690) Wing E3088; ESTC R8390 44,374 74 View Text
A69185 The second part of the good hus-wiues iewell Where is to be found most apt and readiest wayes to distill many wholsome and sweet waters. In which likewise is shewed the best maner in preseruing of diuers sorts of fruits, & making of sirrops. With diuers conceits in cookerie with the booke of caruing.; Good huswifes jewell. Part 2 Dawson, Thomas. 1597 (1597) STC 6395; ESTC S105210 44,704 120 View Text
A96121 The way to save wealth shewing how a man may live plentifully for two-pence a day. Likewise how to make a hundred noble dishes of meat, without either flesh, fish, or fowl. To make bread of roots, herbs, and leafs of trees. To brew good cheap liquor, without malt or hops. To make shoes last long. To make coals last long. To save soap in washing. To save cloth in cutting out a shirt. To make coffee of horse-beans To feed cattel well, without hay, grass, or corn. To save candles. To know any one's mind by signs; if there be twenty in company, they cannot apprehend it. To order bees aright. To settle your estate with Christian prudence. To know Scripture-weights and measures. Of dreams. To cure wounds by sympathy. The way to live long. To make spring-potage. To cure all sorts of cattle for 12 d. charge. To improve land, order and cure all deseases in singing birds. To kill vermin. To brew pale ales. To make wines, and all sorts of liquor, and an easy way to fine, and order them. With divers other curious matter Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703. 1695 (1695) Wing W1172; ESTC R204135 45,191 78 View Text
A19957 The good husvvifes ievvell VVherein is to be found most excellent and rare deuises for conceits in cookerie, found out by the practise of Thomas Dawson. Whereunto is adioyned sundry approued reseits for many soueraine oyles, and the way to distill many precious waters, with diuers approued medicines for many diseases. Also certaine approued points of husbandry, very necessarie for all husbandmen to know.; Good huswifes jewell. Part 1 Dawson, Thomas. 1587 (1587) STC 6391; ESTC S113079 45,591 114 View Text
A06911 The complete farriar, or The kings high-way to horsmanship Experimentally unfolding 1. The dyeting and governing of the running horse. 2. How to order, feed, and keep any horse for war, pleasure, hunting, or travell. 3. How to know the age of any horse. Lastly, certaine rare and approved secrets for the cure of the worst infirmities in horses. By G. Markam.; Discource of horsmanshippe. Abridgments Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637. 1639 (1639) STC 17341; ESTC S121248 46,187 190 View Text
A00309 Epulario, or The Italian banquet wherein is shewed the maner how to dresse and prepare all kind of flesh, foules or fishes. As also how to make sauces, tartes, pies, &c. After the maner of all countries. With an addition of many other profitable and necessary things. Translated out of Italian into English.; Epulario. English Rosselli, Giovanne de. 1598 (1598) STC 10433; ESTC S105525 46,482 80 View Text
A26131 A discourse shewing the nature of the gout with directions to such remedies as will immediately take away the pain ... : and also helps for palsies, plurisies, cholick, convulsions in limbs ... : with receipts and directions for the cure of the king's evil and other diseases / by W. Atkins. Atkins, William. 1694 (1694) Wing A4125; ESTC R28312 46,595 146 View Text
B03765 The young cooks monitor: or, Directions for cookery and distilling. Being a choice compendium of excellent receipts. Made publick for the use and benefit of my schollars. / By M.H. M. H. 1683 (1683) Wing H95; ESTC R177779 46,855 167 View Text
A03040 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.; Herbal. Copland, William, d. 1568 or 9. 1552 (1552) STC 13175.15; ESTC S112790 47,172 162 View Text
A62068 The compleat method of curing almost all diseases to which is added an exact description of their several symptoms / written in Latin by Dr. Thomas Sydenham ; and now faithfully Englished. Sydenham, Thomas, 1624-1689. 1694 (1694) Wing S6307; ESTC R34635 47,961 126 View Text
A47273 Medela pestilentiae wherein is contained several theological queries concerning the plague, with approved antidotes, signes and symptoms : also an exact method for curing that epidemicial distemper, humbly presented to the Right Honourable and Right Worshipful the lord mayor and sheriffs of the city of London. Kephale, Richard. 1665 (1665) Wing K330; ESTC R26148 48,416 100 View Text
A07166 A booke of fishing with hooke & line, and of all other instruments thereunto belonging. Another of sundrie engines and trappes to take polcats, buzards, rattes, mice and all other kindes of vermine & beasts whatsoeuer, most profitable for all warriners, and such as delight in this kinde of sport and pastime. Made by L.M. Mascall, Leonard, d. 1589.; Berners, Juliana, b. 1388? Boke of Saint Albans. 1590 (1590) STC 17572; ESTC S120078 48,617 97 View Text
A29856 Cursus osteologicus being a compleat doctrine of the bones according to the newest and most refin'd notions of anatomy : shewing their nature, substance, composition, manner of ossification, nourishment, &c. ... : to which is annex'd by way of appendix, an excellent method of whitening, cleansing, preparing, and uniting the bones, to form a movable skeleton ... / by Robert Baker, Chirurgeon. Baker, Robert, Chirurgeon. 1697 (1697) Wing B515; ESTC R16777 48,840 142 View Text
A32715 Two discourses Charleton, Walter, 1619-1707. 1669 (1669) Wing C3694; ESTC R7401 49,868 248 View Text
A47270 A true gentlewomans delight Wherein is contained all manner of cookery: together with preserving, conserving, drying and candying. Very necessary for all ladies and gentlewomen. Published by W. I. gent. Kent, Elizabeth Grey, Countess of, 1581-1651.; W. J. 1653 (1653) Wing K317A; ESTC R220380 49,935 161 View Text
B00420 A profitable booke declaring dyuers approoued remedies, to take out spottes and staines, in silkes, veluets, linnnen [sic] and woollen clothes. With diuers colours how to die velvets and silkes, linnen and woollen, fustian and threade. Also to dresse leather, and to colour felles. How to gylde, graue, sowder and vernishe. And to harden and make softe yron and steele. : Very necessarie to all men, speciallye for those which hath or shall haue any doinges therein: with a perfite table herevnto, to fynde all thinges readye, not the like reuealde in English heretofore. / Taken out of Dutche, and englished [sic] by L.M.. Mascall, Leonard, d. 1589. 1583 (1583) STC 17590; ESTC S126114 50,650 94 View Text
A09713 Delightes for ladies to adorne their persons, tables, closets, and distillatories with beauties, banquets, perfumes and waters. Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1611? 1602 (1602) STC 19978; ESTC S1267 50,686 193 View Text
A47169 The Kitchin-physician, or, A guide for good-housewives in maintaining their families in health wherein are described the natures, causes, and symptoms of all diseases, inward and outward, incident to the bodies of men, women, and children : prescribing natural, useful and proper published for the common good ... by T.K., Doctor in Physick. T. K., Doctor in physick. 1680 (1680) Wing K20; ESTC R18406 50,933 148 View Text
A43024 A theoretical and chiefly practical treatise of fevors wherein it's made evident that the modern practice of curing continual fevors is dangerous and very unsuccessful : hereunto are added several important observations and cures of malignant fevors not inserted in the former impression / written in Latin by Gideon Harvey ... ; now rendered into English by J.T. and surveyed by the author.; De febribus tractatus theoreticus et practicus praecipue. English Harvey, Gideon, 1640?-1700?; J. T. 1674 (1674) Wing H1076; ESTC R23411 50,974 135 View Text
A04785 A defensatiue against the plague contayning two partes or treatises: the first, shewing the meanes how to preserue vs from the dangerous contagion thereof: the second, how to cure those that are infected therewith. Whereunto is annexed a short treatise of the small poxe: shewing how to gouerne and helpe those that are infected therewith. Published for the loue and benefit of his countrie by Simon Kellwaye Gentleman. Kellwaye, Simon. 1593 (1593) STC 14917; ESTC S109245 51,054 114 View Text
B07743 Hereafter foloweth the knowledge, properties, and the vertues of herbes. Wyer, Robert, fl. 1530-1556, printer. 1540 (1540) STC 13175.6; ESTC S92946 51,055 124 View Text
A19018 A closet for ladies and gentlevvomen. or, The art of preseruing, conseruing, and candying With the manner hovve to make diuers kinds of syrups: and all kind of banqueting stuffes. Also diuers soueraigne medicines and salues, for sundry diseases. 1608 (1608) STC 5434; ESTC S118904 51,165 202 View Text
A16381 [A booke of cookerie, otherwise called the good huswiues handmaid.]; Book of cookery. 1597 (1597) STC 3299; ESTC S121381 51,289 116 View Text
A96154 Cosmeticks or, the beautifying part of physick. By which all deformities of nature in men and women are corrected, age renewed, youth prolonged, and the least impediment, from a hair to a tooth, fairly amended. With the most absolute physical rarities for all ages. Being familiar remedies, for which every one may be his own apothecary. / All extracted out of that eminent physician John Jeams Wecker, never yet extant in the English tongue before, but was promised to the world by Mr. Nic. Culpeper. Wecker, Johann Jacob, 1528-1586.; Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654, attributed name. 1660 (1660) Wing W1235; Thomason E2140_3; ESTC R208368 51,507 157 View Text
A63235 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 physick. 1665 (1665) Wing T2274; ESTC R221780 51,579 177 View Text
A89394 The compleat bone-setter wherein the method of curing broken bones, and strains, and dislocated joynts, together with ruptures, vulgarly called broken bellyes, is fully demonstrated. Whereunto is added The perfect oculist, and The mirrour of health, treating of the pestilence, and all other diseases incident to men, women and children. Also, the acute judgement of urines. / Written originally by Friar Moulton, of the Order of St. Augustine. Now revised, Englished and enlarged by Robert Turner philomathēs. Moulton, Thomas.; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665. 1657 (1657) Wing M2967; Thomason E1673_1; ESTC R208418 52,056 191 View Text
A34445 The art of cookery refin'd and augmented containing an abstract of some rare and rich unpublished receipts of cookery / collected from the practise of that incomparable master of these arts, Mr. Jos. Cooper, chiefe cook to the late king ; with severall other practises by the author ; with an addition of preserves, conserves, &c., offering an infallible delight to all judicious readers. Cooper, Joseph, chiefe cook to the late king. 1654 (1654) Wing C6055; ESTC R20750 52,071 206 View Text
A50456 Tutela sanitatis sive Vita protracta The protection of long life, and detection of its brevity, from diætic causes and common cutoms. Hygiastic præcautions and rules appropriate to the constitutions of bodyes; and various discrasyes or passions of minde; dayly to be observed for the preservation of health and prolougation of life. With a treatise of fontinells or issues. Whereunto is annexed Bellum necessarium sive Medicus belligerans the military or practical physitian reveiwing [sic] his armory: furnished with medical weapons munition against the secret invaders of life; fitted for all persons and assaults; with their safe and regular use, according to medical art and discipline by Everard Maynwaring doctor in physick. Maynwaringe, Everard, 1628-1699? 1664 (1664) Wing M1517; ESTC R213837 52,197 167 View Text
A50963 Medicina militaris, or, A body of military medicines experimented by Raymundus Mindererus ... ; Englished out of High-Dutch.; Medicina militaris. English Minderer, Raymund, 1570?-1621. 1674 (1674) Wing M2189; ESTC R20182 52,898 167 View Text
A03046 A newe herball of Macer, translated out of Laten in to Englysshe; Herbal. Macer, Floridus, attributed name. 1543 (1543) STC 13175.8C; ESTC S103752 52,907 122 View Text
A02281 Havvking, hunting, fouling, and fishing, with the true measures of blowing A vvorke right pleasant and profitable for all estates, vvhoso loueth it to practise, and exceeding delightfull, to refresh the irksomnesse of tedious time. Whereunto is annexed the maner and order in keeping of hawkes, their diseases, and cures: and all such speciall poynts, as any wise apperraine to so gentlemanlike qualitie. now newly collected by W.G. faulkener. Pulblicum comodum priuato preferendum.; Boke of Saint Albans Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?; Gryndall, William. 1596 (1596) STC 12412; ESTC S112449 53,206 89 View Text
A24961 An Account of the causes of some particular rebellious distempers viz. the scurvey, cancers in women's breasts, &c. vapours, and melancholy, &c. weaknesses in women, &c. gout, fistula in ano, dropsy, agues, &c. : together with the vertues and uses of a select number of chymical medicines studiously prepar'd for their cure and adapted to the constitutions and temperaments of all ages and both sexes / by an eminent practitioner in physick, surgery and chymistry ... 1670 (1670) Wing A259; ESTC R7121 53,236 92 View Text
A66839 The compleat servant-maid; or, The young maidens tutor Directing them how they may fit, and qualifie themselves for any 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. Composed for the great benefit and advantage of all young maidens. Woolley, Hannah, fl. 1670. 1677 (1677) Wing W3273A; ESTC R221142 53,634 187 View Text
A14298 Approved directions for health, both naturall and artificiall deriued from the best physitians as well moderne as auncient. Teaching how euery man should keepe his body and mind in health: and sicke, how hee may safely restore it himselfe. Diuided into 6. sections 1. Ayre, fire and water. 2. Meate, drinke with nourishment. 3. Sleepe, earely rising and dreames. 4. Auoidance of excrements, by purga. 5. The soules qualities and affections. 6. Quarterly, monethly, and daily diet. Newly corrected and augmented by the authour.; Naturall and artificial directions for health Vaughan, William, 1577-1641. 1612 (1612) STC 24615; ESTC S106222 54,245 162 View Text
A66357 Virginia's discovery of silke-vvorms, with their benefit and the implanting of mulberry trees : also the dressing and keeping of vines, for the rich trade of making wines there : together with the making of the saw-mill, very usefull in Virginia, for cutting of timber and clapbord, to build with-all, and its conversion to other as profitable uses. Williams, Edward, fl. 1650. 1650 (1650) Wing W2659; ESTC R235035 55,527 81 View Text
A92202 Most excellent and approved medicines & remedies for most diseases and maladies incident to man's body, lately compiled and extracted out of the originals of the most famous and best experienced physicians both in England and other countries, by A. R. Doctor in Physick decesased. And since revised by an able practitioner in the same science, and now published for the universall good and benefi [sic] of this Common-wealth. Read, Alexander, 1586?-1641. 1651 (1651) Wing R434; Thomason E1301_1; ESTC R209005 55,664 160 View Text
A92968 Enchiridion medicum: an enchiridion of the art of physick. Methodically prescribing remedies in such an order, that it may be accounted to the sick-man a sanctuary, and to the studious a library: containing a salubrious remedy for every malady incident to the body of man. Very necessary to be known and understood of all that desire their own health. / Written in Latine, by our learned country-man John Sadler Dr. in Physick: translated, revised, corrected and augmented by R.T. Sadler, John, 1615-1674.; Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665. 1657 (1657) Wing S275; Thomason E1678_1; ESTC R209145 56,016 224 View Text
A22844 Certaine statutes especially selected, and commanded by his Maiestie to be carefully put in execution by all iustices, and other officers of the peace throughout the realme with his Maiesties proclamation for further direction for executing the same. Also certaine orders thought meete by his Maiestie and his Priuie Counsell, to bee put in execution, together with sundry good rules, preseruatiues, and medicines against the infection of the plague, set downe by the Colledge of the Physicians vpon his Maiesties speciall command: as also a decree of the Starre-Chamber, concerning buildings and in-mates.; Laws, etc. England and Wales.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I); Royal College of Physicians of London. 1630 (1630) STC 9342; ESTC S125901 56,831 142 View Text
A06288 Certain necessary directions, aswell for the cure of the plague as for preuenting the infection; with many easie medicines of small charge, very profitable to His Maiesties subiects / set downe by the Colledge of Physicians by the Kings Maiesties speciall command ; with sundry orders thought meet by His Maiestie, and his Priuie Councell, to be carefully executed for preuention of the plague ; also certaine select statutes commanded by His Maiestie to be put in execution by all iustices, and other officers of the peace throughout the realme ; together with His Maiesties proclamation for further direction therein, and a decree in Starre-Chamber, concerning buildings and in-mates. Royal College of Physicians of London. 1636 (1636) STC 16769.5; ESTC S108814 57,021 154 View Text