Every man his own doctor in two parts, shewing I. how every one may know his own constitution by certain signs, also the nature and faculties of all food as well as meats as drinks ... : the second part shews the full knowledge and cure of the pox, running of the reins, gout, dropsie, scurvy, consumptions and obstructions, agues ... / written by John Archer.

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Every man his own doctor in two parts, shewing I. how every one may know his own constitution by certain signs, also the nature and faculties of all food as well as meats as drinks ... : the second part shews the full knowledge and cure of the pox, running of the reins, gout, dropsie, scurvy, consumptions and obstructions, agues ... / written by John Archer.
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Archer, John, fl. 1660-1684.
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London :: Printed by Peter Lillicrap for the author,
[1671]
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Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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"Every man his own doctor in two parts, shewing I. how every one may know his own constitution by certain signs, also the nature and faculties of all food as well as meats as drinks ... : the second part shews the full knowledge and cure of the pox, running of the reins, gout, dropsie, scurvy, consumptions and obstructions, agues ... / written by John Archer." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A25754.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.

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Pears.

Pears there are of divers kinds and facul∣ties, the austere and sharp are astringent and cooling, and hurtful to the Stomach and Guts, sweat are more temperate, yet al∣most all are of a cold moist nature, but some are hot and moist, if taken before meat they are apt to stop a looseness, being taken after meat, they loosen the belly, and shut the mouth of the Stomach they are better boyled then raw.

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