Venner, T.

Via recta ad vitam longam.or, a treatise wherein the right way and best manner of living for attaining to a long and healthfull life, is clearly demonstrated and punctually applyed to every age and constitution of body.

      London, Abel & Rooper, 1660. The fourth impression, amplified with many profitable additions... Whereunto is annexed a very necessary and compendious treatise of the famous baths of Bathe; With.... An accurate Treatise concerning Tobacco. 4to. 3 parts in 1 (3) ff, 404, (8)p. Contemp. sheep; rebacked. good copy. Fourth edition of his collection of three works by the medical writer Tobias Venner (1577-1660), There are separate title-pages for each work. Included are works on the medical benefits of the baths of Bathe and the authors famous treatise on the use of tobacco: " It is interesting as showing the prevelance of tobacco smoking as early as 1621: Venner upbraids those who 'cannot travel without a tobacco pipe at their mouth, and who smoke between the courses at meals". (DNB XX< 212 -213). KEYWORDS: public health drugs balneology