HC&M: "Seplasium: The Compleat English Physician: or, the Druggist's Shop Opened"


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Name "Seplasium: The Compleat English Physician: or, the Druggist's Shop Opened"


Catalog ID HCM2492
Year 1693
Description "SEPLASIUM:
The Compleat
English Physician:
Or, the
Druggist's Shop Opened.
Explicating all the Particulars of which Me-
decines at this day are composed and made.
SHEWING
Their various Names and Natures, their several
Preparations, Virtues, Uses, and Doeses, as they are apple-
cable to the whole Art of Physick, and the containing above
600 Chymical processes.

A Work of exceeding Use to all sorts of Men, of
what Quality or Profession soever.
Th like not hitherto extant.

In X. Books.

By WILLIAM SALMON,
Professor of Physick, near Holbourn-Bridge, London.

Multa multumque.

LONDON, Printed for Matthew Gilliflower at the Black
spread Eagle in Westminster-Hall, and George Sawbridge,
at the Three Flower-de-luces in Little-Britain, 1693."

"Som of the many natura Histories, and Mechanical Arts, &c. discovered in this Book, besides the Physical.
The makeing of White Lead. 11
-Of Vermilion. 14
-Verdigrease 17
-Of Masticot. 27
-Of French Pewter resembling Silver. 32
-Of Brass. 33
-Of Pot-ashes. 46
-Of Lakes for Painters. 48
-Of Salt Peter. 51
-Of Common Salt, the whole Art, and curing it. 58
-Of Gun pouder all the sorts. 90
-Of Soap the whole Art. 110
-Of Sympathetical Ink. 143
-Of coloured Pastes and Artificial Gems. 164
-Of Ultra marine, or the best Blew 178
-Of Enamels of all sorts. 246
-Of Glass and coloring it, &c: 251
-Of the Phosphorus out of Urine. 284
-Of Mead and Metheglin. 705
-Of Cyder and Cyder Royal. 928
-Of Beer and Ale. A new art of Brewing. 931
-Of Black Japan Varnish. 985
-Of all Indian Varnishes and Lackerings. 949
to 1019
-Of Prints: colouring and vernish on Glass. 1016
-Of Sugar and refining it: 1037
-Natural History of Stones. 120
-Natural History of Beasts. 283
-Natural History of Birds. 476
-Natural History of Gums Rosins and Balsams. 939"

Very good condition. Tight binding, appears complete. Tooled leather. Hopetoun bookplate. Appears unmarked except for bookplate of Marquis of Linthithgow, of Hopetoun House near Edinburgh at front, and hand-written index to rear.

1207 pages with index.

Sold as a "medical book", but as the list above illustrates, is much more.

Beer recipes.
Added 2012-08-19 01:22:49 (updated 2020-11-18 01:41:00)
Dimensions 4.5x7