The apologie, or defence of a verity heretofore published concerning a medicine called aurum potabile that is, the pure substance of gold, prepared, and made potable and medicinable without corrosiues, helpfully giuen for the health of man in most diseases, but especially auaileable for the strenghning [sic] and comforting of the heart and vitall spirits the perfomers of health: as an vniversall medicine. Together with the plaine, and true reasons ... confirming the vniversalitie thereof. And lastly, the manner and order of administration or vse of this medicine in sundrie infirmities. By Francis Anthonie of London, doctor in physicke.
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The apologie, or defence of a verity heretofore published concerning a medicine called aurum potabile that is, the pure substance of gold, prepared, and made potable and medicinable without corrosiues, helpfully giuen for the health of man in most diseases, but especially auaileable for the strenghning [sic] and comforting of the heart and vitall spirits the perfomers of health: as an vniversall medicine. Together with the plaine, and true reasons ... confirming the vniversalitie thereof. And lastly, the manner and order of administration or vse of this medicine in sundrie infirmities. By Francis Anthonie of London, doctor in physicke.
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Anthony, Francis, 1550-1623.
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London :: Printed by Iohn Legatt,
1616.
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Gold -- Therapeutic use -- Early works to 1800.
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"The apologie, or defence of a verity heretofore published concerning a medicine called aurum potabile that is, the pure substance of gold, prepared, and made potable and medicinable without corrosiues, helpfully giuen for the health of man in most diseases, but especially auaileable for the strenghning [sic] and comforting of the heart and vitall spirits the perfomers of health: as an vniversall medicine. Together with the plaine, and true reasons ... confirming the vniversalitie thereof. And lastly, the manner and order of administration or vse of this medicine in sundrie infirmities. By Francis Anthonie of London, doctor in physicke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A20238.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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HEnry Kickinson one of my Lords seruants, it* 1.1 pleased God to visite with an extraordinary Quotidian feuer, hauing a sensible paine in his bones, which made him so sore that he could not abide one to touch him: and with the extremitie thereof, became euen mad and senselesse, not know∣ing any man. Also so weake, that euery one of his friends expected death. He continued in this extrea∣mitie a fortnight, before I was sent to him: In which time, he had taken little sustenance. His body also was extreamely hot, and he tooke no rest.
After the first spoonfull that I gaue him, within halfe an houre he fell asleepe, and slept the space of one houre, and when he awoke did cast a little. At night I gaue him one other spoonfull after which he slept two houres, and then spake these words. Will not Master Holmes come againe vnto me? and other such like speaches manifestly approouing that he had found comfort by that which I had giuen him. Then did he giue thankes vnto God. All that I gaue him was eleuen spoonfuls. So by little and little he amen∣ded, and became perfectly recouered.