The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued
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The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued
Author
Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
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[Londini :: In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress.],
1534 [i.e. Anno. M.D.XXXIX [1539]]
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Hygiene -- Early works to 1800.
Health -- Early works to 1800.
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"The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A69278.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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☞ Sorell.
Beyng sodden, it louseth the bealy. In a tyme of pestilence, yf one beynge fastynge, do chewe some of the leaues, and sucke downe the iuyce, it meruaylousely preserueth from infections, as a newe practiser called Guainerius, doth wryte. And I my selfe haue proued it in my household. The sedes therof brayed and drunke with wine and water, is very holsome agaynste the cholike * 1.1 and frettynge of the guttes: it stoppeth fluxes, and helpeth the stomake anoyed with replecion. It is colde in the thyrde degree, and drye in the seconde.