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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AS in this case, so haue they dealt with di∣uers of the Nobility of this land & honou∣rable personages, who in extremity of their sickenesse, hauing first vsed (and that fruitlesly) all the course of Physicke which their Physitions in Art could aduise them) haue desired the helpe of my Aurum Potabile. But haue beene diuerted by malicious cauillations of those, who rather

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desire their owne lucre and gaine, then the life of their patients. Neuerthelesse some of the right Honourable, not beeing daunted by their terrify∣ings (more fit for children and babes, then for men and women of vnderstanding) haue made happie vse thereof both in Court and Citie; al∣though for causes conuenient, it is not publikely di∣uulged, and yet peraduenture not vtterly silenced. But time, in his due time, will bring the truth to light.

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