Volume 2

The method of physick, containing the causes, signes, and cures of inward diseases in mans body, from the head to the foot. Whereunto is added, the forme and rule of making remedies and medicines, which our physitions commonly use at this day, with the proportion, quantity, and names of each medicine / [Philip Barrough].

  • Barrough, Philip, active 1590
Date:
1639
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Credit: The method of physick, containing the causes, signes, and cures of inward diseases in mans body, from the head to the foot. Whereunto is added, the forme and rule of making remedies and medicines, which our physitions commonly use at this day, with the proportion, quantity, and names of each medicine / [Philip Barrough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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