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The garden of health conteyning the sundry rare and hidden vertues and properties of all kindes of simples and plants, together with the maner how they are to be vsed and applyed in medicine for the health of mans body, against diuers diseases and infirmities most common amongst men. Gathered by the long experience and industrie of William Langham, practitioner in phisicke.

Publication Details

London: [Deputies of C. Barker], 1597 CE.

An alphabetically arranged handbook of herbal remedies. The title page was misprinted 1579, but the work was actually printed in 1597. A list of the plants discussed is available from Early English Books Online at this link. Second edition, London, 1633.

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Entry Number#11381
Permanent Linkhttps://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/13580
External URLthe-garden-of-health

Geographic Context

Publication place: London