The marrow of physicke. Or, a learned discourse of the severall parts of mans body. Being a Medicamentary teaching the maner and way of making ... such oiles, unguents, sirrups ... pilles, &c ... as shall be usefull and necessary in any private house ... And also an addition of divers experimented medicines. Which may serve against any disease that shall happen to the body. Together with some rare receipts for beauties, and the newest and best way of preserving and conserving: with divers other secrets never before published ... / Collected ... by ... T. B., Gen. Practitioner in Physicke and Chyrurgery.

  • Thomas Brugis
Date:
1640
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Credit: The marrow of physicke. Or, a learned discourse of the severall parts of mans body. Being a Medicamentary teaching the maner and way of making ... such oiles, unguents, sirrups ... pilles, &c ... as shall be usefull and necessary in any private house ... And also an addition of divers experimented medicines. Which may serve against any disease that shall happen to the body. Together with some rare receipts for beauties, and the newest and best way of preserving and conserving: with divers other secrets never before published ... / Collected ... by ... T. B., Gen. Practitioner in Physicke and Chyrurgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ijif II i to The Marrow of Pbyfick. Mercury, Poets; the greatncfte of her body is the 37 pare of the earthy her character is thus. 2, Mercury maketh his courfe as the Sun and Ferns, he is a planet variable, unequal], good with the good, and bad, with the bad, fometimcstnafculine of the day, and cold with the cold, moift with the moift, and drie with the dtic planets, whichloevcr he ^configured unto; he ruksthe mouth, tongue,thoughts, andmemorie, de- vifersofany lubtilty, or craft, crafty, dcceitfull, proud, unconftant,and lying perfons; thegreatneffeof his body is the 32000. part of the earth; his charadcr is this. 2 Lum the moone makes her paflage through the Zodi- ackein nine and twenty daies and eight houres, and overtakes the Sunne in nine and twenty dales and twclue hourcs,or thereabouts; fheisa planet naturally cold and moift, of the night feminine; fhe is the carrier of the in¬ fluence of all. the planets through her orbe unto us, fhe rules the ftomacke ,-taft, liver, and the left fide; fir . go- verncs noble women, widdowes, alfo /ners, and vagabondes, and humors phlegmitike ; greatncfte of her body is the 39. part of the earth; her character is thus, y It lhall be alfo neccftary to confider the place, coun¬ try, foyle, windes, and waters; their good effeds, and their bad, the temperature ofjthefliraatc, and the nature of the fourc cardinall windes , Eaft, which is hot and drie: Weft, which is cold and moift: North, which is cold and drie: South, which is hot and moift, Thcfe I have the rather infifted upon, bccaufe I find them fo neceffary to be knowne, and duely confidered in the adir.iniftring of medicines. . CHAP., s r. *