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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Title: 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.
Publication: [Londini :: In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress.],; 1534 [i.e. Anno. M.D.XXXIX [1539]]
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Subject terms: Hygiene -- Early works to 1800.; Health -- Early works to 1800.
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Lassitude extensiue. Ca. 3.

VVan one thynketh, that he dothe feele a swellyng or bollynge of the body, where in dede there doth not appere in syght or touchynge any swellynge, that is callyd Lassi∣tude extensiue, yf it hapneth without exercise or vehement mouyng. This doth happen of exces∣siue multitude of humours, which do extend the muscules or fyllettes. In this no sorenesse is felt but only an heuynes with extension or thrustyng out of the body. And bycause that there is abun∣dance of bloude in the body, beste remedye is to be letten bloude about the elbowe or ancle, after to be pourged, than to vse softe frycasyes with oyles afore rehersed, afterward moche reste and temperate bathes, and meates lackynge sharpe∣nes, and beynge abstersyue.