The breuiarie of health vvherin doth folow, remedies, for all maner of sicknesses & diseases, the which may be in man or woman. Expressing the obscure termes of Greke, Araby, Latin, Barbary, and English, concerning phisick and chirurgerie. Compyled by Andrew Boord, Doctor of phisicke: an English-man.

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Title: The breuiarie of health vvherin doth folow, remedies, for all maner of sicknesses & diseases, the which may be in man or woman. Expressing the obscure termes of Greke, Araby, Latin, Barbary, and English, concerning phisick and chirurgerie. Compyled by Andrew Boord, Doctor of phisicke: an English-man.
Author: Boorde, Andrew, 1490?-1549.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: By Thomas East,; 1587.
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Subject terms: Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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A remedy.

First he that wil be whole in the body & handes, let him vse to wash the hands oft in a day, specially in y^e morning and after diner & supper, & for any impediment in y^e handes take of dere suet an vnce, of Malowes thrée handfuls, of wa∣ter two pintes, of secke a pinte, séeth all this together & di∣uers times in a day specially morning & euening wash the hands and kepe them warme out of the winde. Or els take of the pouder of Enula campana rootes an vnce & a halfe, of bores grece iii. vnces, of mercury mortified with fasting spit¦tle an vnce & a halfe, of Camphire a dram and a halfe, incor∣porate all this together, and morning and euening anoynt the handes and kéepe the handes warme from the winde.