The whole aphorismes of great Hippocrates, prince of physicians translated into English for the benefit of such as are ignorant of the Greek & Latine tongs ; vvhereunto is annexed a short discourse of the nature & substance of the eye, with many excellent & approued remedies for the cure of most the diseases thereof ; with an exact table shewing the substance of every aphorism.

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The whole aphorismes of great Hippocrates, prince of physicians translated into English for the benefit of such as are ignorant of the Greek & Latine tongs ; vvhereunto is annexed a short discourse of the nature & substance of the eye, with many excellent & approued remedies for the cure of most the diseases thereof ; with an exact table shewing the substance of every aphorism.
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Hippocrates.
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At London,: Printed by H. L. for Richard Redmer and are to bee solde at the great West-doore of Pauls, at the signe of the Star,
1610.
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Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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"The whole aphorismes of great Hippocrates, prince of physicians translated into English for the benefit of such as are ignorant of the Greek & Latine tongs ; vvhereunto is annexed a short discourse of the nature & substance of the eye, with many excellent & approued remedies for the cure of most the diseases thereof ; with an exact table shewing the substance of every aphorism." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03400.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 24, 2025.

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We must vse cold water to those sores from whence bloud dooth issue, or is a∣bout to issue, and not to be applyed in the same place by which it issueth but to those places from whence it floweth. And if anie in∣flammation or burning of the parts, do incline to a red and bloudie colour with

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fresh cleare bloud, apply colde things, or cold water vnto them: but if the inflā∣mations bee inueterate and old, it maketh them black. Also it helpeth the fiery in∣flammation, named Erysi∣pelas, if it be not vlcerated. For, being vlcerated it hur∣teth.

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