The breviarie of Health [electronic resource] : wherin doth folow, remedies, for all maner of sicknesses and diseases, the which may be in man or woman, expressing the obscure termes of Greke, Araby, Latin, Barbary, and English, concerning phisicke and chirurgerie/ compyled by Andrewe Boorde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boorde, Andrew, 1490?-1549, Author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Arcadian Online Library: History of Science and Medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Early works to 1800.

Medicine.

Diseases--Causes and theories of causation--Early works to 1800.

Diseases.

Hygiene--Early works to 1800.

Hygiene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123, [5], 27, [1] leaves, that is, 246, 10, 54, 2 pages)

Other Title:

The breuiary of health

Place of Publication:

London: Imprinted by Thomas East, 1575.

Notes:

A collection of medical and disease terms in alphabetical order, with causes and remedies included. The letters terms begin with are generally in the upper left corner of pages.

"The second booke of the breuiary of health" has separate dated title page, foliation and register.

Title pages in ornamental borders; tail-pieces; initials.

Except for the title page, 2 prefaces, and tables of contents at the end of each book, all in roman type, most of the text is in black letter. Roman seems to be used for section headings and to set off references to vocabulary in Latin, Greek, Arabic, Barbary and English.

Local Notes:

Contemporary vellum, recased.

Contains:

The second boke of the breuiary of health, named the ertraua gantes, foloweth compyled by Andrewe Boorde.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Bound With:

The second boke of the breuiary of health, named the ertraua gantes, foloweth compyled by Andrewe Boorde. London : Imprinted by Thomas East, 1575.