Natura exenterata: or Nature unbowelled by the most exquisite anatomizers of her. Wherein are contained, her choicest secrets digested into receipts, fitted for the cure of all sorts of infirmities, whether internal or external, acute or chronical, that are incident to the body of man. / Collected and preserved by several persons of quality and great experience in the art of medicine, whose names are prefixed to the book. Containing in the whole, one thousand seven hundred and twenty. Very necessary for such as regard their owne health, or that of their friends. VVhereunto are annexed, many rare, hitherto un-imparted inventions, for gentlemen, ladies and others, in the recreations of their different imployments. With an exact alphabetical table referring to the several diseases, and their proper cures.

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Natura exenterata: or Nature unbowelled by the most exquisite anatomizers of her. Wherein are contained, her choicest secrets digested into receipts, fitted for the cure of all sorts of infirmities, whether internal or external, acute or chronical, that are incident to the body of man. / Collected and preserved by several persons of quality and great experience in the art of medicine, whose names are prefixed to the book. Containing in the whole, one thousand seven hundred and twenty. Very necessary for such as regard their owne health, or that of their friends. VVhereunto are annexed, many rare, hitherto un-imparted inventions, for gentlemen, ladies and others, in the recreations of their different imployments. With an exact alphabetical table referring to the several diseases, and their proper cures.
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London, :: Printed for, and are to be sold by H. Twiford at his shop in Vine Court Middle Temple, G. Bedell at the Middel Temple gate Fleetstreet, and N. Ekins at the Gun neer the west-end of S. Pauls Church,
1655.
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Recipes -- Early works to 1800.
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"Natura exenterata: or Nature unbowelled by the most exquisite anatomizers of her. Wherein are contained, her choicest secrets digested into receipts, fitted for the cure of all sorts of infirmities, whether internal or external, acute or chronical, that are incident to the body of man. / Collected and preserved by several persons of quality and great experience in the art of medicine, whose names are prefixed to the book. Containing in the whole, one thousand seven hundred and twenty. Very necessary for such as regard their owne health, or that of their friends. VVhereunto are annexed, many rare, hitherto un-imparted inventions, for gentlemen, ladies and others, in the recreations of their different imployments. With an exact alphabetical table referring to the several diseases, and their proper cures." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A89817.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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Oyle of Aparicio for any green wound or Gun-shot.

TAke of the leaves of Carduus Benedictus four ounces, of Va∣lerian roots foure ounces, of the flowers of St. Johns wort,

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six ounces, Cumfry two ounces, Wheat dryed in an Oven four ounces, steep all these in a quart or somwhat more of White-wine three daies, then seeth them in a new earthen pot till half be consumed, then strain it out hard from the Herbs, and put to it three pound of oyle Olive, then seeth it till the Wine be consumed, which will require some six hours, then add to it of Venice Turpentine six ounces, of Myrrhe and Mastick of each three ounces, of Frankincense in fine powder two oun∣ces, and when the oyle is seething, strew in the powders by lit∣tle and little, and stir them a pace, then take it off the fire pre∣sently, for if it seeth any thing too long it is spoiled, then put it into a narrow mouthed glass close stopped, then set it in a Kettle of seething water with hay, and set the glass fast that it fall not, so let it stand a quarter of an hour till the powder be dissolved, let not the water seeth after the oyle is put in, but keep at one heat. If you can get of the true Tobacco, add two or three ounces to the other herbs of the leaves only of the Tobacco.

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