Directions for health : naturall and artificiall derived from the best physicians, as well moderne as antient ... / [William Vaughan].
- Vaughan, William, 1577-1641.
- Date:
- 1633
- Books
About this work
Also known as
Two treatises concerning the preservation of eye-sight
Publication/Creation
London : Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Harison (sic), 1633.
Physical description
6 unnumbered pages, 169, that is, 171 pages, 1 unnumbered page; 4 unnumbered pages, 38 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (4to)
Edition
The seventh edition /
Notes
Pp. 79-80 repeated in pagination
Collation includes final blank leaf
'Two treatises' has its own t.p., signatures and pagination
"Divided into 6 sections, comprehending 1. Ayre, fire, and water. 2. Food and nourishment. 3. Evacuations, as purgations, tobacco-taking, &c. 4. Infirmities, humours, and death. 5. Perturbations of the mind, & spiritual sicknesses. 6. Quarterly, monethly, and daily-dyet, with medicines to prolong life"--t.p
Copy 1 Note: On main t.p.: Author's name "Wm. Vaughan" added in MS; 17th cent.? ownership inscription: "Liber Joh. Broci."
References note
STC 24618
NLM (17th cent.) 12216.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/MST/303Location Access Closed storesEPB/MST/303.1-2Note