Andrew Boorde, The Breviary of Health (1547)
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Date
1547
Author
Andrew Boorde Note: 30/09/05
Book title
The Breuiary of Helthe, for all maner of syckenesses and diseases the whiche may be in man or woman dooth folowe. Expressynge the obscure termes of Greke, Araby, Latyn, and Barbary. in to englysh concerning Phisicke and Chierurgye, compyled by Andrewe Boord of phisycke Doctour an englysh man
Publication place
London
Publisher
William Myddelton
Transcription source
EEBO
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
- Arabic
- Greek
- Latin
- medicine
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: logical
sample: AGriaca is no greke worde, nor no latyn word but a terme in phisicke signifienge a sicknes named the grene sicknes or the grene Iawnes, some Arabies doth vse this worde. The cause of this infyrmyte. This infyrmyte cometh of corruption of blode & debylytie of nature, and faintnes about ye herte. A remedy Take cordyables and restoratiues. And clense the bloude as it doth appere more playnely in the Capytle of Sanguis. And for this matter vse the sirup of Fumitory, and the confection of Fumitory
sample: AGriaca is no greke worde, nor no latyn word but a terme in phisicke signifienge a sicknes named the grene sicknes or the grene Iawnes, some Arabies doth vse this worde. The cause of this infyrmyte. This infyrmyte cometh of corruption of blode & debylytie of nature, and faintnes about ye herte. A remedy Take cordyables and restoratiues. And clense the bloude as it doth appere more playnely in the Capytle of Sanguis. And for this matter vse the sirup of Fumitory, and the confection of Fumitory
STC
3373.5
Other editions
1552: STC 3374
1557: STC 3375
1575: STC 3376
1587: STC 3377
1598: STC 3378
Facsimiles
Boorde, Andrew. The Breviary of Helthe. English experience, no. 362. Amsterdam and New York: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and Da Capo Press, 1971. view record
