The soldier's vade mecum: or, the method of curing the diseases and preserving the health of soldiers ... Translated from the Latin / ... To which is added, a treatise on the same subject, translated from Frederic Hoffman [sic] ... Also an essay on the diseases of sailors.

  • Lucantonio Porzio
Date:
1747
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Credit: The soldier's vade mecum: or, the method of curing the diseases and preserving the health of soldiers ... Translated from the Latin / ... To which is added, a treatise on the same subject, translated from Frederic Hoffman [sic] ... Also an essay on the diseases of sailors. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    § 43] With thefe Herbs the Reapers and Labourers, before the Days of Virgil, recruited their droop- ing Spirits; and they are ftill ufed for the fame Purpofe by thofe, who, at the Mouth of Tyber, are, during the hotteft Months of the Summer, fince thefe People are fonder of a Garlick. Head, than of the moft exquifite Delicacies. vee’ ' : Cri. Ay P,. EL | Containing fome Obfervations on Bread, Have here no Occafion to explain wherein the Goodnefs of Bread confifts, fince that Task is already perform’d by Hippocrates, pét- haps becaufe in his Days many Perfons were ig- norant of the Marks by which to diftinguifh good Bread from fuch asis bad, But every body now Knows the Difference; and thofe Perfons who would think ita Reproach to make bad Bread of good Meal, might with a little more Care and Attention, even make good Bread of Meal that is not perfectly good. But without infifting longer on this, I fhall only obferve, that however good Bread may be, yet it eafily acquires a bad Smell, and becomes mouldy, efpecially in moift Places. But it ac- | ) quires aN
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