Project Gutenberg 2015-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 79 Willis, Thomas 1621 1675 Willisius, Thomas 85665029 A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) Those That Are Well from the Infection of the Plague, or Any Contagious Distemper, in City, Camp, Fleet, Etc., and for Curing Such as Are Infected with It. Produced by Cindy Horton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) Those That Are Well from the Infection of the PLAGUE" by Tho. Willis, M.D., is a historical medical treatise written in the late 17th century. This publication provides guidance on how to prevent and cure the plague, reflecting the urgent concerns of public health during times of epidemic. It combines both practical advice and medicinal recipes, showcasing the medical knowledge and beliefs of that period. The book is structured into two main sections: prevention methods and cures for those already infected. In the prevention segment, Willis emphasizes the importance of purifying the air, maintaining cleanliness in living environments, and using various herbal remedies and concoctions to fortify the body's defenses against contagion. For those who fall ill, the text outlines immediate steps to take upon recognizing symptoms, such as inducing sweating and employing specific antidotes and dietary recommendations to combat the pestilence. The treatise illustrates the folk remedies and early scientific approaches of the time, blending practical artistry in medicine with a spiritual reliance on God’s blessing for health preservation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Plague -- Early works to 1800 RC Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General 82994 82991 2024-09-20T13:36:54.741702 2023-09-21T10:00:11.899846 text/html text/html 80126 2015-06-27T15:21:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 288883 2015-06-27T15:22:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 295598 2024-09-20T13:36:58.309192 application/epub+zip 294921 2024-09-20T13:36:55.602711 application/epub+zip 93076 2024-09-20T13:36:55.068716 application/epub+zip 363683 2024-09-20T13:37:00.232202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349835 2024-09-20T13:36:57.737253 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123631 2022-09-22T10:44:00.101587 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61348 61155 2024-09-20T13:36:54.393722 2023-09-21T10:00:11.538853 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61161 2015-06-27T15:21:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 23158 2015-06-27T15:22:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18080 2024-09-20T13:37:00.368170 application/rdf+xml 14540 2024-09-20T13:36:55.150808 image/jpeg 1829 2024-09-20T13:36:55.109687 image/jpeg 297990 2024-09-20T13:36:54.757702 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog