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Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the Sick, and, Urinalia
Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the Sick and Urinalia Author:Nicholas Culpeper Nicholas Culpeper, is best known today for his English Physician, a comprehensive guide to the medicinal uses of native plants and herbs, the first such book published in English. First published in 1655, this is a book of practical astrological medicine. In it, how to find critical days, how to read a decumbiture chart, t... more »he diseases the planets signify, how to know if the disease is in the mind or body, if it will be long or short & much more. Tells how to judge the moon when afflicted by Saturn or Mars at time of decumbiture, taken from Hermes Trismegistus. Observations by Cardan, Augerius Pererius, Boderius, John Anntonio Maginus & John Baptista Triandule, with decumbiture charts. Gives presages by the face, eyes, lips, teeth, hands, breath, sweat & tumours. Also includes the Presages of Hippocrates. Infallible signs to discern of what complexion any person is whatsoever, eg, cholerick melancholy, melancholy cholerick, melancholy, melancholy sanguine, sanguine melancholy, sanguine, sanguine phlegmatic, phlegmatic sanguine, phlegmatic, phlegmatic cholerick, cholerick phlegmatic. Also included: Written in memory of his young daughter who suffered, Culpeper's monograph URANALIA, A Treatise of the Crisis Happening to the Urine, first published in 1658. These two works are the distilled experience of a very busy practitioner. The texts, while newly reset, retain the spelling and punctuation of the originals.« less