AN ECLECTIC LIBRARY.

Medicine.

☛Many of the older English books are printed in blackletter; medical works, even cheap pamphlets, were commonly printed in blackletter long after roman type had become the general rule.

Syrian Anatomy, Pathology, and Therapeutics; or, “The Book of Medicines.” The Syriac text; edited from a rare manuscript with an English translation, etc., by E. A. Wallis Budge. Oxford, 1913.

I. Introduction, Syriac text.

II. English translations and index.

The Birth of mankynde, otherwyse named the womans booke. Newly set foorth, corrected, and augmented. Whose contentes ye may reade in the Table of the booke, and most plainely in the prologue. By Thomas Raynalde Phisition. [1585.]

A briefe and necessarie Treatise, touching the cure of the disease called Morbus Gallicus, or Lues Venerea, by Unctions and other approoved waies of curing: Newlie corrected and augmented by William Clowes of London, Maister in Chirurgerie. At London, Printed for Thomas Cadman, dwelling in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of the Bible. 1585.
Another copy.

An Hospitall for the Diseased. Wherein are to be found most excellent and approoved medicines, as well emplaisters of speciall vertue, as also notable potions or drinks, and other comfortable receipts, both for the restitution and preservation of bodily health. Very necessary for this time of common Plague and mortalitie, and for other times, when occasion shall serve. Newly augmented and enlarged. Gathered by T. C. At London, Printed by Iames Roberts for Edward White, dwelling at the little North-doore of Paules Church, at the signe of the Gun. 1595. —In blackletter.

The Regiment of Life. Whereunto is added a Treatise of the Pestilence, with the book of children .Latelye corrected and enlarged by Thomas Fayre. Imprinted at London by Edward Allde 1596. —In blackletter.

Ioyfull Newes Out of the New-Found Worlde. Wherein are declared, the rare and singuler vertues of divers herbs, trees, plantes, oyles and stones, with their applications, as well to the use of phisicke, as of chirurgery: which being well applyed, bring such present remedie for all diseases, as may seeme altogether incredible: notwithstanding by practice found out to be true. Also the portrature of the said hearbs, verie aptly described: Englished by John Frampton Marchant. Newly corrected as by conference with the olde copies may appeare. Whereunto are added three other bookes treating of the Bezaar stone, the herb Escuerconera, the properties of iron and steele in medicine, and the benefit of snow. London, Printed by E. Alde, by the assigne of Bonham Norton. 1596. —The original work is credited by the librarian to Nicolás Monardes. As a primarily medical treatise, this is printed in blackletter, which was the rule for English medical works at the time.
Another copy.

A Rich Store-house or Treasury for the Diseased. Wherein, are many approved medicines for divers and sundry diseases, which have been long hidden, and not come to light before this time. Now set foorth for the great benefit and comfort of the poorer sort of people that are not of abillitie to go to the physitions. By A. T. At London, Printed for Thomas Purfoot, and Ralph Blower, Ann, 1596. —In blackletter.

Regimen sanitatis Salerni. This booke teaching all people to gouerne them in health, is translated out of the Latine tongue into English, by Thomas Paynell: which Booke is amended, and diligently imprinted. London: Thomas Creede, 1597. —Printed in a good blackletter type.

The Breviarie of health: wherin doth folow, remedies, for all maner of sicknesses & diseases the which may be in man or woman. Expressing the obscure termes of Greeke, Araby, Latin, Barbary, and English, concerning phisick and chirurgerie. Compiled by Andrew Boord, Doctor of Phisicke: an English-man. Now newly corrected and amended, with come approved medicines that never were in print before this impression, & are aptly placed in their proper chapters, by men skilfulll in Phisicke and Chirurgerie. Imprinted at London by Thomas Este, 1598.

The English-Physicians dayly Practise. Or, Culpeper’s Faithful Physitian. Teaching every Man and Woman to be their own DOCTOR. J. Conyers, [1680]. —An eight-page pamphlet printed in blackletter.

Monstrorum historia memorabilis, monstrosa humanorum partum miracula, stupendis conformationum formulis ab vtero materno enata, viuis exemplis, obseruationibus, & picturis, referens : accessit analogicum argumentum de monstris brutis. Supplementi loco ad obseruationes medicas Schenckianas. Joanne Georgio Schenckio a Grafenberg Filio. Francofurti: Ex Officina Typographica Matthiae Beckeri, Impensis Viduae Theodori de Bry, & duorum eius filiorium.—Filled with weird and appalling engravings.
Another copy.

Principles of Midwifery, or Puerperal Medicine. By John Aitken, M.D. The Third Edition, enlarged and illustrated with engravings. For the use of students. London: J. Murray, [prefatory letter dated 1786].

A Physical View of Man and Woman in a State of Marriage. With anatomical engravings. Translated from the last French edition of M. de Lignac. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, in the Poultry. 1798. —A curious work, part ethnography, part medicine, part marriage manual.

Vol. I.

Vol. II.

The Works of Aristotle, the Famous Philosopher. In four parts. Containing

I. His Complete Master-Piece; displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man. To which is added, The Family Physician; being approved remedied for the several distempers incident to the human body.

II. His Experienced Midwife; absolutely necessary for surgeons, midwives, nurses, and child-bearing women.

III. His Book of Problems, containing various questions and answers, relative to the state of man’s body.

IV. His Last Legacy; unfolding the Secrets of Nature respecting the Generation of Man.

A new edition. London: Printed for the booksellers. 1802. —It is hardly necessary to say that these are not genuine works of Aristotle. It is a collection of the various works on human generation attributed to him since the 1500s; the name was doubtless useful in keeping the anonymous booksellers one step ahead of prosecution. Educated readers were probably not fooled by a supposed Aristotle who occasionally erupted in light verse:

Thus the women’s secrets I have survey’d,
And let them see how curiously they’re made,
And that, though they of different sexes be,
Yet on the whole they are the same as we,
For those that have the strictest searchers been,
Find women are but men turn’d outside in:
And men, if they but cast their eye about,
May find they’re women with their inside out.

A History of Dentistry from the most ancient times until the end of the eighteenth century. By Dr. Vincenzo Guerini, [with eleven lines of credentials in very small type following his name]. With 104 engravings and 20 plates. Philadelphia and New York: Lea & Febiger, 1909.