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disease, causes of

In the largely humoral model of medicine predominant in the early modern period, disease causation was very different to what it is today. There was no germ theory; the causes of ill-health were usually described in relation to an individual’s humoral balance, although a very small set of diseases, such as the so-called French pox and the plague were seen as contagious.


There are 121 books tagged with this term.
 
Last Name First Name Title Date
Rivière Lazare The practice of physick, in seventeen several books. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature… 1672
Archer John Every man his own doctor, compleated with an herbal 1673
Sermon William A friend to the sick: or, The honest English mans preservation. Shewing the causes, symptoms… 1673
Sennert Daniel Two treatises. The first, of the venereal pox. Wherein is shewed, I. The name and… 1673
Thomson George Syrma ortho chymicum: a small piece separated from The direct method of curing chymically… 1675
Cooke James Mellificium chirurgiæ: or, The marrovv of chirurgery much enlarged. To which is now added Anatomy… 1676
Harris John The divine physician: prescribing rules for the prevention, and cure of most diseases, as well… 1676
L. J. The new disease; or A rational account of the great colds and couhgs [sic] now… 1676
Sennert Daniel Practical physick: or, Five distinct treatises of the most predominant diseases of these times. The… 1676
Harris John The divine physician 1676
Archer John Every man, his own doctor, compleated with an herbal 1678
Rivière Lazare The practice of physick, in seventeen several books. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature… 1678
Jewel Edward A brief discourse of the stomach and parts subservient... 1678
Willis Thomas Pharmaceutice rationalis: or, An exercitation of the operations of medicines in humane bodies. Shewing the… 1679
Willis Thomas Pharmaceutice rationalis: or, an exercitation of the operations of medicines… 1679
Willis Thomas Pharmaceutice rationalis: or, An exercitation of the operations of medicines in humane bodies. Shewing the… 1679
Sennert Daniel Practical physick: or, five distinct treatises of the most predominant diseases of these times. The… 1679
Charleton Walter Enquiries into human nature, in VI. anatomic prælections in the New Theatre of the Royal… 1680
Willis Thomas Dr. Willis’s practice of physick, being all the medical vvorks of that renowned and famous… 1681
Haworth Samuel The true method of curing consumptions, wherein 1. The vulgar method is discovered to be… 1683
Peter John A philosophical account of this hard frost. From whence is rationally concluded what effects it… 1684
Russell William A physical treatise, grounded, not upon tradition, nor phancy, but experience, consisting of three parts… 1684
Sibbald Robert Scotland illustrated: or, An essay of natural history, in which are exquisitely displayed the nature… 1684
Willis Thomas An essay of the pathology of the brain and nervous stock: in which convulsive diseases… 1684
Willis Thomas Pharmaceutice rationalis: or, The operations of medicines in humane bodies. The second part. With copper… 1684
Willis Thomas Dr. Willis’s practice of physick, being the whole works of that renowned and famous physician… 1684
Johnson Robert Enchiridion medicum: or A manual of physick. 1684
Johnson Robert Enchiridion medicum: or A manual of physick. Being a compendium of the whole art, in… 1684
Rivière Lazare The secrets of the famous Lazarus Riverius, councellor & physician to the French king, and professor… 1685
Cooke James Mellificium chirurgiæ: or, The marrow of chirurgery 1685