Flamand, M. The Art of Preserving and Restoring Health. Explaining the nature and causes of the distempers that afflict mankind. Also shewing that every man is, or may be, his own best physician. To which is added a treatise of the most simple and effectual remedies for the diseases of men and women. 1st. Ed. in English Printed for R. Bently. 1697
pp.[22], 110, [7]. Two parts in one. 12mo. Hardback. Early ownership inscription to title. Contents in thor. vg. condition with some spotting and light marking. Contemporary full-calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, all in thor. vg. condition. Very scarce.
Originally written in French, then translated into English. Divided into two sections, part two with its own title page. The first part is a discussion of health matters, whilst part two provides specific medical receipts and suggested cures, including two for the treatment of the Plague.
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