¶ Syckenes moste commune to particular tymes of the yere and ages. Ca. 6.
ALthough I do not intēde to write of the cure of egritudes or syckenesses confyr∣med, as well bycause it moughte be re∣puted in me a great presumption, as also foras∣moche
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
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- Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
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- 1534 [i.e. Anno. M.D.XXXIX [1539]]
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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 15, 2024.
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as it were very peryllous to dinulgate that noble science, to cōmune people, not lerned in lyberall sciences and philosophie, whiche be requyred to be suffyciently in a phisition. And more ouer, many bokes of Hipocrates and Ga∣lene ought to be radde, before that one do take vpon hym the generall cure of mens bodies: yet not withstandyng, I truste I may without any note of arrogance write, what diseases do most commonly happen in sondry tymes of the yere & ages of men and women, with some signifyca∣tions, wherby the discrasie or distemperature of the body is perceyued, to the intent that the phi∣sition beinge farre of, maye be truely informed / consideryng that vrines farre caryed, doo often deceyue them / and lyke wyse lacke of the syghte of the pacyent / and inquisition of thinges which do precede or folowe the syckenesse. And with this I truste none honest and charytable phisi∣tion wylle be offended / but rather gyue to me thankes for my dyligence / in the aduaunrynge of theyr estimation, which by lacke of perfite in∣struction hath ben appayred.
¶ Syckenesses of sprynge tyme.
¶ Diseases procedynge of melancoly / as mad∣nesse / fallynge syckenesse / bleedynges / auynses / poses / hoorsenesse / coughes / lepries / scabbes / ache in the ioyntes.
¶ Syckenesses of sommer.
¶ Many of the sayd diseases / also feuers con∣cynuall / hotte feuers / feuers tertiane / quartay∣nes / vomites / flyres / watryng of eies / peynes of the eares / blysters and soores of the mouth / and sweattynges.
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¶ Syckenesses of Autumne.
¶ Dyuers of sommer syckenesses / also oppila∣tions of the spleene / dropsies / consumptiōs / strā∣gulyons / costyuenesse / ache in the huckle boones / shortnesse of wynde / frettynge of the bowelles / fallynge syckenesse / and melancoly dyseases.
¶ Syckenesse of wynter.
¶ Stitches and griefes in the sides / inflamatiō of the lunges / reumes / coughes / paynes in the bresle / sydes / and loynes / heed ache / & palseyes.
¶ Sycknesses happenyng to chyldern.
¶ Whan they be newe borne / there do happen to them soores of the mouth called Aphte / vomi∣tynge / coughes / watchyng / fearefulnesse / infla∣mations of the nauyll / moystures of the eares.
Wwhan they breede tethe / ytchynge of the gummes / feuers / crampes / and laskes.
Whan they ware elder / than be they greeued with kernelles / oppennesse of the moulde of the heed / shortnesse of wynde / the stone of the blad∣der / wourmes of the bealy / wartes / swellynges vnder the chynne / and in Englande commonlye purpyls / measels / and smalle pockes.
¶ Syckenesse happenyng to yonge men from .xiiii. yeres of age.
¶ Feuers cotydiane / tereyane / quarteyne / hotte feuers / spyttynge or vomitynge of bloude / pleu∣resies / diseases of the sydes / inflammation of the lunges / lethargies / fransye / hote syckenesses / cholerik passiōs / costiuenes or vehement laskes.
¶ 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.