Approoved medicines and cordiall receiptes with the natures, qualities, and operations of sundry samples. Very commodious and expedient for all that are studious of such knowledge.
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Approoved medicines and cordiall receiptes with the natures, qualities, and operations of sundry samples. Very commodious and expedient for all that are studious of such knowledge.
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Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607.
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Imprinted at London :: In Fleete-streete by Thomas Marshe,
1580.
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Materia medica, Vegetable -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.
Therapeutics -- Early works to 1800.
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"Approoved medicines and cordiall receiptes with the natures, qualities, and operations of sundry samples. Very commodious and expedient for all that are studious of such knowledge." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08175.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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MEDICINES Colde and Dry in the thirde degree. (Book 3)
Herba Apollinaris, Iusquiamus vulgò, Henbane.
THe kynee of ••enbane that hath the white flower & the white seede is vsed in Phy∣sicke, to cease vehement pai∣nes and dystillations of the head, and the eyes: geuen in a conuenient quantity it prouoketh sleepe, the other kyndes are not to be vsed, for they be stupefactiue and perillous.
Mandragora, The Mandrake.
THe fruit of the Mādrake hath in it a cer∣tayne superfluous moystnesse, whereby it prouoketh sleepe: the rynde of the roote is stronger, and also dryeth.
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Caphura, Camphora, Camphire.
CAmphyre resisteth hoat swellings: and is good agaynst paynes of the head that come of Cholericke humors, and abateth lust and courage.
Sandali lutei, Albi, Rubri. The three kyndes of Saunders.
SAunders is good for the stomacke, head, and lyuer that be hoat: all kyndes be cor∣dialles, but the yellowe is of more vertue.
Cicuta, Hemlocke.
THis Hearbe taken inwards is perilous: bowbeit wyth other medicins it is mix∣ed in playsters to the vtter partes, and so v∣sed it extinguisheth and debateth milke: & also doth stay the increase of the breastes in virgins and maydens.
Tamarindi, Tamaryndes.
TAmarindes are thought to be a kinde of wylde Dates that growe in India: they
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represse choller, and purge the same, and ex∣tinguishe thirstynes.
Sideritis, Wall Sage.
ALl kyndes of Sideritis be stiptike and bynding, they heale wounds, stop blond, the bloudy Fluxe, and the Flux in women.
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