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Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: facsimile ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work in the history of herbal medicine and botanical science, Culpeper's Complete Herbal, and English Physician stands as one of the most comprehensive and enduring guides to natural remedies ever compiled. Originally published in the seventeenth century, this authoritative volume catalogs several hundred herbs, detailing their medicinal and occult properties and prescribing their application to a vast range of human ailments. Written with the conviction of a practicing astrologer-physician, the text weaves together the traditions of Galenic medicine, astrological botany, and folk remedy, presenting each plant within a rich framework of humoral theory and celestial influence. Beyond its herbal catalogue, the work instructs readers in the art of compounding medicines and presents upwards of fifty carefully selected receipts drawn from the author's own final writings, effectively forming a complete household dispensatory. Accessible yet authoritative in tone, it remains an indispensable primary source for historians of medicine, herbalists, and anyone captivated by the intersection of natural philosophy and healing in early modern England.
Author: Nicholas Culpeper
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Harvey Sales
Genre: Medicine
Edition: facsimile ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work in the history of herbal medicine and botanical science, Culpeper's Complete Herbal, and English Physician stands as one of the most comprehensive and enduring guides to natural remedies ever compiled. Originally published in the seventeenth century, this authoritative volume catalogs several hundred herbs, detailing their medicinal and occult properties and prescribing their application to a vast range of human ailments. Written with the conviction of a practicing astrologer-physician, the text weaves together the traditions of Galenic medicine, astrological botany, and folk remedy, presenting each plant within a rich framework of humoral theory and celestial influence. Beyond its herbal catalogue, the work instructs readers in the art of compounding medicines and presents upwards of fifty carefully selected receipts drawn from the author's own final writings, effectively forming a complete household dispensatory. Accessible yet authoritative in tone, it remains an indispensable primary source for historians of medicine, herbalists, and anyone captivated by the intersection of natural philosophy and healing in early modern England.