A right profitable booke for all diseases: called, The pathway to health. Wherein are to be founde most excellent & approued medicines of great vertue: as also notable potions and drinks, and for the distilling of diuers precious waters, and making of oyles, and other comfortable receits for the health of the body, neuer before imprinted. First gathered by Peter Leuens, master of art of Oxford, and student in phisicke and surgery: and now newly corrected and augmented.

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Title: A right profitable booke for all diseases: called, The pathway to health. Wherein are to be founde most excellent & approued medicines of great vertue: as also notable potions and drinks, and for the distilling of diuers precious waters, and making of oyles, and other comfortable receits for the health of the body, neuer before imprinted. First gathered by Peter Leuens, master of art of Oxford, and student in phisicke and surgery: and now newly corrected and augmented.
Author: Levens, Peter, fl. 1587.
Publication: At London :: printed by I. Roberts for Edward VVhite, and are to be solde at the little North doore of Paules Church, at the signe of the Gun,; 1596.
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Subject terms: Diseases; Medicine, Popular
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¶ Against the Impostume of the eyes, and web of the same, put the iuice of Hony-suckle often therin, or mingle it with pure hony and straine it, and it wasteth the Impostume and the web maruailously, and it was thus proued. One tooke a Cock and a Whelp, and pricked their eyes with a crooked Iron or néedle, so that they séemed that their eyes were out, and then hee brused this hearbe, and put it in their eyes, and they became faire and cleare as they were before, at the which he did maruaile: and proued it many times vpon diuers persons.