Tutela Sanitatis: Sive, Vita Protracta. The Protection of Long Life, and Detection of its Brevity, from Diaetetic Causes and Common Customs
London: Peter Lillicrap, 1664.
Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #046920
ISBN: NoISBN
Rebound in modern leather, trimmed slightly close in spots on the top, scattered minor browning. Lacking the list of medicines on the final leaf (facsimile laid in), last present page with a tear on the top right touching some letters but not obscuring sense. [28], 118 (of 120)pp
Written a few years before he put his chemical remedies (in opposition to the still popular Galenists) to the test during the plague in London - he stayed when many left and reportedly cured 56 of 80 patients at his plague house. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Medicine & Health; Inventory No: 046920.
Price: $900.00