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Author: Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
Title: The castell of health, corrected, and in some places augmented by the first author thereof, Sir Thomas Elyot Knight
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Print source: The castell of health, corrected, and in some places augmented by the first author thereof, Sir Thomas Elyot Knight
Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
At London: Printed by the Widdow Orwin, and are to be sold by Matthew Lownes, [1595]
Alternate titles: Castell of helthe.
Subject terms:
Health -- Early works to 1800.
Hygiene -- Early works to 1800.
URL: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21308.0001.001
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THE PROHEME OF SIR THOMAS ELIOT KNIGHT, INTO his booke called the Castell of Health.
A Table of the speciall things, which are contayned in this Booke.
The first Booke of the Castell of Health.
Of the complexion of man. CAP. 2.
Of Humours.
Bloud, Fleume, Choler, Melancholy.
Of the Members.
The second Table.
Meates and drinkes.
The second Booke of the Castell of Health.
Of quantitie. CAP. 1.
Of qualitie of meates. CAP. 2.
Of custome.
Of the temperature of meates to be receiued. CAP. 4.
What distemperance happeneth by the excesse of sundrie qualities in meates and drinks. CAP. 5.
What commoditie happeneth by the moderate vse of the sayd qualitie of meates and drinkes. CAP. 6.
Of fruites. CAP. 7.
Of Gourds.
Of Melons and Pepons.
Cucumbers.
Dates.
Of Figges.
Of Grapes, and Raysons.
Of Cheries.
Of Peaches.
Of Apples.
Of Quinces.
Of Pomegranates.
Of Peares.
Medlars.
Walnuttes.
Fiberd and hasell nuttes.
Of Almondes.
Of Chestnuttes.
Of Prunes.
Oliues.
Of Capers.
Orenges.
Herbes vsed in potage, or to eate. CAP. 8.
Lettice.
Colewortes and Cabages.
Cycory or Suckory.
Endiue and Scariole.
Mallowes.
White beetes.
Purslaine.
Charuayle.
Sorrell.
Parsley.
Fenell.
Ayseseede.
Beanes.
Peason.
Rape rootes, and Nauewes. CAP. 9.
Turnep.
Parsneps and Carrets.
Radish rootes.
Garlike.
Onyons.
Leekes.
Sage.
Hysope.
Bourage.
Sauery.
Roket.
Time.
Peniroyall.
Towncresses.
Rosemary.
Spices growing out of this realme vsed in meate and drinke. CAP. 10.
Pepper.
Ginger.
Saffron.
Cloues.
Maces.
Nutmegges.
Of Bread. CAP. 11.
Of Flesh. CAP. 12.
Swines flesh.
Lambe.
Mutton.
Kid and Veale.
Hare, and Cony.
Deere red and fallowe.
Of Birds.
Capons, Hennes and Chickens.
Fesaut.
Partrich.
Quailes.
Larkes.
A Plouer.
Blacke birdes or ousyls.
Sparrowes.
Woodcockes.
Pygeons.
Goose.
Ducke.
Crane and Bustarde.
Hearon, Byttour, Shouelar.
The partes and members of birdes and beastes. CAP. 13.
The gysard or stomacke.
The liuer.
The inward of beasts, as tripes and chitterlings.
The lunges or lightes.
The Spleene or Mylt.
The heart.
The braine.
Marow.
The stones and Vdders.
The head.
Tongue.
The feete.
Of fish generally. CAP. 14.
Of Butter. CAP. 15.
Of Cheese. CAP. 16.
Of Egges. CAP. 17.
Of drinks, and first of water.
Of Wine. CAP. 19.
Of Milke. CAP. 20.
Of Ale, Beere, Cider, and Whay. CAP. 21.
Of Hony. CAP. 22.
Sugar. CAP. 23.
Of time. CAP. 24.
Diet concerning sundry times of the yeare, written by the old Phisition Diocles, to King Antigonus.
Of Ages. CAP. 25.
Moderation in dier, hauing respect to the strength or weakenes of the person CAP. 26.
Times in the day concerning meales. CAP. 27.
Of diuersities of meates eaten, whereby health is appayred. CAP. 28.
Of order of receiuing of meates, and drinke. CAP. 29.
Of sleepe and watch. CAP. 30.
The commoditie of exercise, and the time when it should be vsed. CAP. 31.
Of Fricasies or rubbings preceding exercise. CAP. 32.
The diuersities of exercises. CAP. 33.
Of gestation, that is to say, where one is carried, and is of an other thing moued, and not of himselfe. CAP. 34.
Of Vociferation. CAP. 15.
The third Booke of the Castell of Health.
Of Repletion. CAP. 1.
Of Euacuation. CAP. 2.
Of abstinence. CAP. 3.
Of Vomite. CAP. 4.
Of purgation by siege. CAP. 5.
The particular commodities of euery purgation. CAP. 5.
Letting of bloud. CAP. 6.
Of scarifying called boxing or cupping. CAP. 7.
Of bloud suckers or leaches. CAP. 8.
Of Hemeroydes or piles. CAP. 9.
Of effectes of the mind. CAP. 10.
Of Ire. CAP. 11.
Of Dolour, or heauines of the mind. CAP. 12.
Of Hope.
The dominion of sundrie com∣plexions. CAP. 13.
The times appropried to euery naturall humour. CAP. 14.
Peculiar remedies against the distemperance of euery humour.
Diet of them which are of sanguine complexion. CAP. 15.
Diet of cholerike persons. CAP. 16.
Diet of Fleumaticke persons. CAP. 17.
The diuision of melancholy, and the diet of persons melancholicke. CAP. 18.
The fourth Booke of the Castell of Health.
What cruditie is, and remedies therefore. CAP. 1.
Of distillations called commonly rheumes, and of some re∣medies against them right necessary. CAP. 2.
By what tokens one may know whether the sto∣mack and head be hot or cold.
Of Lassitude. CAP. 3.
Lassitude extensiue. CAP. 4.
Lassitude, with the feeling of inflamation. CAP. 5.
Diet of them that are ready to fall into sicknes. CAP. 6.
Sickenes most common to peculiar times of the yeare and ages. CAP. 7.
Sicknesses of spring time.
Sicknesses of Sommer.
Sicknesses of autumne.
Sicknesses of Winter.
Sicknesses happening to children.
Sicknesses happening to yong men from 14. yeares of age.
Sicknesses of age.
The generall significations and tokens of sicknes. CAP. 8.
Of vrines. CAP. 9.
The substance of the vrine. CAP. 10.
The precepts of the ancient phisition Diocles to King Antigonus. CAP. 11.
Of them in whose stomacke meate is corrupted. CAP. 12.
Of the vertue of meates. CAP. 13.
A Diet preseruatiue in the time of pe∣stilence. CAP. 14.