John Hester, The Pearl of Practice (1594)
Date
1594
Author
John
Hester
Note: 30/09/2005
Book title
The Pearle of Practise, or Practisers Pearle, for Phisicke and Chirvrgerie. Found out by I. H. (a Spagericke or distiller) amongst the learned obseruations and prooued practises of many expert men in both faculties. Since his death it is garnished and brought into some methode by a welwiller of his
Publication place
London
Printer
Richard Field
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
- herbal
- medicine
Summary
Brief chapters on herbs sometimes comment on their names
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: topical
Word-entry
type: logical
sample: GAther the herbe Thithymale (called Spurge) in the moneth of May: take forth the iuice and mixe it with sugar roset, or sugar violet, in fine powder: then make of them both a moist part, and keepe it in a glasse, close stopped. (p. 75)
sample: GAther the herbe Thithymale (called Spurge) in the moneth of May: take forth the iuice and mixe it with sugar roset, or sugar violet, in fine powder: then make of them both a moist part, and keepe it in a glasse, close stopped. (p. 75)
Alston
XVII.I.102
STC
13253
