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.
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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.
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Vaughan, William, 1577-1641.
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London :: Printed by T. S[nodham] for Roger Iackson, and are to be solde at his shop neere the Conduit in Fleetestreete,
1612.
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Health -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14298.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2025.
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A Table, declaring the Con∣tents
of the Sections and
Chapters of this Booke.
The first Section.
Chiefe causes and Rules for preseruation
of man health.
Chapter 1. OF Ayres for pleasure, health, and profit. Fol. 1
Chapter 2. Of Waters, with their kindes. 9
Chapter 3. Of Fire, and what kinde is best. 12
The second Section.
Food and nourishment whats good and
bad.
Chapter 1. OF Bread and Drinke of all kindes. Fol. 13
Chapter 2. Of Wines of all kindes, and how to choose the best. 19
...
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Chapter 3. Of Dyet drinkes for the sicke and healthy. 28
Chapter 4. Of Cyder and Perry, with the vse thereof. 31
Chapter 5. Of Flesh, and which is best, and how to preserue it
sweet. 33
Chapter 6. Of Fish of all sorts, and which is best. 40
Chapter 7. Of Milke, Butter, Cheese and Egges. 44
Chapter 8. Of Sauces, best and most sauory. 49
Chapter 9. Of Hearbes, with their vses. 54
Chapter 10. Of common Fruits, with their vses. 56
The third Section.
Sleepe, Earely rising and Dreames.
Chapter 1. OF Sleepe, with the commodities and discom∣modities
thereof. Fol. 58
Chapter 2. Of Early rising. 60
Chapter 3. Of Dreames. 61
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The fourth Section.
Euacuations.
Chapter 1. OF Exercise, and which is best. Fol. 64
Chapter 2. Of Vrines. 67
Chapter 3. Of Fasting. 68
Chapter 4. Of Venery. 69
Chapter 5. Of Bathes. 70
Chapter 6. Of Excrements and Bloud letting. 72
Chapter 7. Of Purgations, with the vse of Tobacco. 74
Chapter 8. Of Vomits. 82
Chapter 9. Of common sicknesses. 84
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The fift Section.
Infirmities and death.
Chapter 1. OF the causes of hot infirmities, and of cold. Fol. 87
Chapter 2. Of the wicked motions of the minde. 89
Chapter 3. Of the age of man, and how his life is deuided. 112
Chapter 4. Of the foure Humours. 121
The sixt Section.
Restauration of Health.
Chapter 1. OF the foure parts of the Yeare. Fol. 123
Chapter 2. Of Monethly Dyet. 129
Chapter 3. Of medicines and meanes to prolong life. 138
Chapter 4. Of Mirth, and the effects thereof. 141
Chapter 5. Of daily Dyet. 143
FINIS
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