A Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences - Couverture souple

Sibly, Ebenezer

 
9781108044288: A Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 110804428X ISBN 13 : 9781108044288
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

An ambitious work of philosophy and medical theory, attempting to marry occult understandings of the body with Enlightenment science.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Physician, astrologer and occult philosopher, Ebenezer Sibly (1751–99) wrote popular works of medical theory and advice, including Culpeper's English Physician (1789) and this companion volume of 1795. A synthesis of theology, natural philosophy and medical science, the book argues for a microcosmic understanding of the human body as a composite of the four essential elements. An ambitious work, it bears witness to an important era in the development of modern medicine, as Sibly looks to combine an older hermetic tradition with new Enlightenment-era insights into the physical universe. In the final section of the work, Sibly touts his remedies, Lunar Tincture and Solar Tincture, developed to act upon female and male ailments, respectively. Composed from the 'pabulum of the universe', these medicines, Sibly claims, cure everything from gunshot wounds to dog bites.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
110804428X
ISBN 13 
9781108044288
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
428
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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