The true every man & woman their own doctor: or, a salve for every sore: Being a book full of rare receipts for the most dangerous distempers incident to the bodies of men, women and children; and is very fit to be in all families against any time of sickness, gathered out of the library of that famous traveller Dr. Ponteus and now publish'd for the good and benefit of the kingdom; and being nothing but what is experienced by many thousands of people in city and country, doing good to many. Don't read only but practice also, then speak as you find; and give God the praise in all things. With six most excellent receipts for all sorts of cattle whatsoever. Licensed according to order.

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Title: The true every man & woman their own doctor: or, a salve for every sore: Being a book full of rare receipts for the most dangerous distempers incident to the bodies of men, women and children; and is very fit to be in all families against any time of sickness, gathered out of the library of that famous traveller Dr. Ponteus and now publish'd for the good and benefit of the kingdom; and being nothing but what is experienced by many thousands of people in city and country, doing good to many. Don't read only but practice also, then speak as you find; and give God the praise in all things. With six most excellent receipts for all sorts of cattle whatsoever. Licensed according to order.
Author: Ponteus, John.
Publication: London :: printed by F.L. for Matthias Drew, bo[ ] living in St. Sepulchres Church yard, and sold by himself, and [ ] living in Red-Lyon Court in White-cross-street,; 1676.
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Subject terms: Medicine, Popular; Medicine
Cite this Item: "The true every man & woman their own doctor: or, a salve for every sore: Being a book full of rare receipts for the most dangerous distempers incident to the bodies of men, women and children; and is very fit to be in all families against any time of sickness, gathered out of the library of that famous traveller Dr. Ponteus and now publish'd for the good and benefit of the kingdom; and being nothing but what is experienced by many thousands of people in city and country, doing good to many. Don't read only but practice also, then speak as you find; and give God the praise in all things. With six most excellent receipts for all sorts of cattle whatsoever. Licensed according to order." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A90816.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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XLII. For a Consumption

TAke the Heart and Lungs of a Call new killed, a Capon; let these be bruised in a Stone Morter, and boyled with an hundred Snails, till the ••oth be as thick as Pottage; put to it Harts tongue, Maiden hair, Hysop, ••bias, Sage, of each an handful, with China Roots sliced, and bea∣ta; two ounces of the Juice of Colts-foot Roots, eight ounces of Blood •• a Pig newly killed, and Conserve of Red-Roses one pound; these being •…•…ll mixed, let them be Distilled with a gentle fire, and reserve it.