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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Signs of a cold and moist Phlegmatick Constitu∣tion.
If moisture be joyned to the cold not much, nor that coldness great, the body shall be white in colour, fat, thick, soft, reddish Hair, inclining to palen••ss, but if the frigidi••y with the ••umidity be more intense the body shall be th••ck, coloured yellow, exceeding bald, the hair smooth, the vein•• lying hid, ••uc••••emp••raments are dull and slow of app••ehension and for the most part altogether ••ol••, no ways ready, simple, no•• prone to anger.
Not that any sca••c••ly may be said to be of a simple Com〈…〉〈…〉l••ction, without mixture of som•• other, neither do any abide long what they are.
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