Culpeper's medicine : a practice of Western holistic medicine /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tobyn, Graeme.
Edition:	New ed.
Imprint:	London ; Philadelphia : Singing Dragon, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Culpeper, Nicholas, -- 1616-1654. Culpeper, Nicholas, -- 1616-1654. Culpeper, Nicholas, -- 1616-1654. Herbs -- Therapeutic use. Holistic medicine. Holistic Health. Philosophy, Medical -- history. Phytotherapy -- history. Herbs -- Therapeutic use. Holistic medicine. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11191651

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ISBN:	9780857010988 0857010980 9781848191211 1848191219
Notes:	Originally published: Shaftesbury, Dorset : Element, 1997. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Drawing on the work of herbalist Nicholas Culpeper, this updated introduction celebrates the holistic medical traditions of the West. With information on the use of the horoscope and herbal remedies, it looks at the preservation of health and the prevention of disease, explaining the various disease states, their diagnosis and treatment.
Other form:	Print version: Tobyn, Graeme. Culpeper's medicine. New ed. London ; Philadelphia : Singing Dragon, 2013 9781848191211

Table of Contents:

Introduction to the new edition
A student of Physick and astrology : the life and death of Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654)
Western holistic medicine
The seven natural things and the constitutional basis of medicine
The preservation of health and the prevention of disease
As above, so below : astrology, medicine and hermetic philosophy
The English physician : herbal medicine and therapeutics
Appendices. The natal horoscope of Nicholas Culpeper
The horoscope of 1651.

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