1562 MEDICAL in ENGLISH Bulwarke of Defence Against Sicknesse Sorenesse Woundes

 Bullein, William.


Bulwarke of Defence Against All Sicknesse, Sorenesse, and Woundes.


Volume 3 "Compoundes" (of 4)

London; 1562

page 153 - 210 

 small folio


modern leather-backed boards; some wear, some closed marginal tears on first 3 leaves , some period notes and marks.

VERY RARE

Size 7.5 by 11.5" 

Text in English
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medical and herbal text Bulleins Bulwarke of Defence againste all Sicknes, Sornes, and Wounds by the English physician and writer William Bullein.


 "How make you Alypta Muschata Health.

 A recipe/instruction featuring ingredients such as laudanum, stozar, stiyax, lignum aloes, myrrh, amber, and camphor, used to make perfumes and mix with electuaries.

 "How make you your owne Antidotari, Whiche you vse yor selfe? Health."

A detailed compound remedy (antidotari) recipe that begins with myrrhe, opium, black poppy, momordicum, parsly seed, smalage seed, squinantum, cassia fistula, white peter, black peper, and wild mustard.

The text notes that this mixture can be used against ailments including quartan agues, headaches, vertigo, falling evil (epilepsy), sleeplessness, frenzy, eye pain, rheums, toothaches, wind, coughs, and liver or yellow jaundice complaints
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