Naturall and artificial directions for health deriued from the best philosophers, as well moderne, as auncient. By William Vaughan, Master of Artes, and student in the ciuill law.

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Naturall and artificial directions for health deriued from the best philosophers, as well moderne, as auncient. By William Vaughan, Master of Artes, and student in the ciuill law.
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Vaughan, William, 1577-1641.
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London :: Printed by Richard Bradocke,
1600.
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Health -- Early works to 1800.
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What shall a man doe, if the Aire be either too hot, or too cold?

Hee must vse cold things to keepe away the heat, and hot things to expell the cold. He must adde dry things to moyst, and moyst to dry. To depart thence into another place were not amisse. For oftentimes it is seene, that sick folkes do recouer their former health onely by chaunge of aire. But if the aire be corrupt, and that a man cānot remoue thence very quickly, he must artificially rectifie it, by perfuming his chamber with Iuniper, Rose∣marie, Bay tree, or with wood of Aloes: and then by sprinkling vineger heere and there in his chamber. In briefe, a man in such cases must get him a nosegay composed of Roses, Violets, Maioram, Marigold, and such lyke. And when hee goeth abroad, he must hold in his mouth eyther the pill of an Orenge, or a peece of the roote of Angelica. Lykewise, hee must haue an especiall regard, that his chamber bee at least once a day neatly swept

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