Bruel, W

Praxis Medicinae, or, The Physicians Practise ... Explaining the Nature of Each Disease ... with direction for the Diet ... Cures .... John Norton for William Sheares

      London, 1639. Second Enlarged Edition.. A very good copy with some light toning and occ. spotting; good margins; small tear part way into p. 373 with marginal paper flaw.. 4to.,. Mettler comments that this book was, 'one of the most popular therapeutic works in the middle of the seventeenth century'. The book is a complete guide to treatments of all kinds omitting only surgical procedure. It is classified by disease or complaint supplying the causes and signs while recommending cures. The work is ambitious including chapters on palsey and paralysis, 'A method serving for the knowledge of Melancholy or Black Choler' etc.. The cures make use of the entire range of medicinal plants; each is indentified as is the compound and preparation.