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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¶ Syckenesse of age.

¶ Difficultie of breathe / reumes with coughes / strangulyon / and dyfficultie in pyssynge / ache in

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the ioyntes, diseases of the raynes, wymmyn∣ges in the heed, palseyes, ytchynge of all the bo∣dy, lacke of slepe, moysture in the eyes and eares dulnesse of syght, hardnes of herynge, tisiknesse or shortnesse of breth.

¶ Although many of the sayd syckenesses doo happen in euery tyme and age, yet bycause they be moste frequent in the sayde tymes and ages, I haue wryten them, to the intent, that in the a∣ges and tymes moste inclyned vnto them, suche thynges mought be than eschewed, whiche are apte to ingendre the sayde diseases.

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