The Astrological Judgement and Practice of Physick Saunders Richard
The Astrological Judgement and Practice of Physick Saunders Richard Richard Saunders (1613 - 1692) was an astrologer/physician in 17th century England. It is also one of the earliest astro-medical…
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The Astrological Judgement and Practice of Physick Saunders Richard
Richard Saunders (1613 - 1692) was an astrologer/physician in 17th century England. It is also one of the earliest astro-medical treatises in the English language. This book, first published in 1677, was the result of thirty years practice.
This is a comprehensive and demanding text on medical astrology. Using the terminology of his day, Saunders speaks of humors and winds, of conditions hot, cold or dry, of the cholerick and fiery, etc. Included are rules for decumbiture charts, illnesses produced by the traditional planets in the various signs of the zodiac, when to administer medicines based on planetary hours, and much more.
This is also a first hand account of life, death and medicine in the 16th and 17th centuries, with many surprising details. Of the Black Plague of 1593 (with transiting Saturn in sign of Cancer), Saunders writes, "And you shall understand that this Plague was
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