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BIGGS (NOAH) Mataeotechnia Medicinae Praxeōs. The Vanity of the Craft of Physick. Or, a New Dispensatory, FIRST EDITION, Giles Calvert, 1651
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BIGGS (NOAH)
Mataeotechnia Medicinae Praxeōs. The Vanity of the Craft of Physick. Or, a New Dispensatory, FIRST EDITION, contemporary sheep, slightly rubbed [Wing B2888; Wellcome 54320310], 4to (182 x 132mm.), Giles Calvert, 1651
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Noah Biggs, influenced by the writings of the Flemish chemical physician J.B. van Helmont, attacks purges, blood-letting, and "medicines of the shops" deemed to be based on pagan sources. "Biggs's work can be viewed as part of the puritan effort to reform natural philosophy, medicine, and education" (ODNB).





















