John Pechey, A Plain Introduction to the Art of Physick (1697)
Date
1697
Author
Book title
A Plain Introduction To The Art of Physick. Containing The Fundamentals, And Necessary Preliminaries to Practice. Whereby the Reading of Practical Authors will be render'd easie and intelligble to the Young Student. To which is added, The Materia Medica contracted. And Alphabetical Tables of the Vertues of Roots, Barks, Woods, Herbs, Flowers, Seeds, Fruits, Juices and Gums, of Animals and things taken from them, of Minerals, &c. Also a Collection of choice Medicines Chymical and Galenical, Together with A different way of making the most celebrated Compositions in the Apothecaries Shops
Publication place
London
Publisher
Henry Bonwicke
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
- herbal
- medicine
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Salt of Mars. Take of Spirit of Wine and Oyl of Vitriol, each equal Parts; put them in a clean Frying-pan, and set it in the Sun for some time, then in the Shade without stirring; it will turn to a Salt; dry it, and keep it in a Viol well stopt. It is good for Obstructions. The Dose is from six to twelve Grains in some proper Liquor. (p. 372)
sample: Salt of Mars. Take of Spirit of Wine and Oyl of Vitriol, each equal Parts; put them in a clean Frying-pan, and set it in the Sun for some time, then in the Shade without stirring; it will turn to a Salt; dry it, and keep it in a Viol well stopt. It is good for Obstructions. The Dose is from six to twelve Grains in some proper Liquor. (p. 372)
Alston
XVII.I.395
Wing
P1027
