The pearle of practise, or Practisers pearle, for phisicke and chirurgerie. Found out by I. H. (a spagericke or distiller) amongst the learned obseruations and prooued practises of many expert men in both faculties. Since his death it is garnished and brought into some methode by a welwiller of his.

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The pearle of practise, or Practisers pearle, for phisicke and chirurgerie. Found out by I. H. (a spagericke or distiller) amongst the learned obseruations and prooued practises of many expert men in both faculties. Since his death it is garnished and brought into some methode by a welwiller of his.
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Hester, John, d. 1593.
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At London :: Printed by Richard Field, dwelling in the Black-friers,
1594.
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Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800.
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"The pearle of practise, or Practisers pearle, for phisicke and chirurgerie. Found out by I. H. (a spagericke or distiller) amongst the learned obseruations and prooued practises of many expert men in both faculties. Since his death it is garnished and brought into some methode by a welwiller of his." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03123.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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FIrst you shall purge them with the extract of Helleborus niger: the dose whereof is from eight graines to twelue, being before well corrected, and then drunke in some con∣uenient liquor or potion. That done, he gaue them mor∣ning and euening of this composition: the which the lon∣ger that they vse, the better will it be for them. ℞ essenciae Peoniae, conserue of Rosemarie flowres, of Betonie, ana q.v. mixe them together in forme of an electuarie: then adde

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thereto, for euery ℥ of that composition, of oleum cranij hu∣mam ℈ j, and ℈ ss of oile of Rosemarie flowers, and twelue grames of oleum vitrioli. Hereof let them take ℥ ss, at a time, either by it selfe, or with some conuenient liquor, broth, or potion. Also the nuke of the neck, must be anointed with Oleum castorei: when they do fall, you shall anoint their nosethrils with oleum succinum, for that will in short time recouer them againe. It will be also very expedient to vse those things that comfort the braine and the heart.

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