THe wife of Master Seabright of London, Esquire,* 1.1 being about 60. yeares old, was often taken with diuers and sundry passions, as Convulsions, and para∣lyticall stupefactions of her sense of feeling; And had
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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- 1616.
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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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beene sundry times releeued by my Potable gold. But to ouercome, & vtterly to suppresse the great aboun∣dance of those humors or matter, which caused these fits so often to returne, without being perfectly cu∣red, I aduised her to take sometimes of my Essence of gold. Which when shee had taken, shee cast vp a great quantitie of Melancholicke blacke stuffe. Since which time, she hath neuer beene troubled with any of those passions.
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Convulsions with losse of sense.