Richard Saunders (1613 - 1692) was an astrologer/physician in 17th
century England. This book, first published in 1677, was the result
of thirty years practice. It is also one of the earliest
astro-medical treatises in the English language. Using the
terminology of his day, Saunders speaks of humors and winds, of
conditions hot, cold or dry, of the cholerick and fiery, etc. This
is a comprehensive and demanding text on medical astrology.
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 not
infectious, because it came of a cold cause; and there was nothing
that bred it so soon as the eating of fresh Herrings and Cucumbers
and fruit, and such things as breed slimy Flegm and Water; and most
commonly where it took a house, it went round amongst children and
servants, that were all of one kind of feeding; and those two years
was great plenty of fresh Herrings, and much fruit; and there dyed
in the year 1593 eighteen hundred a week, and most of the Doctors
of Physick did fly from London, and Dr. Foreman staid by it, and
thanks God he saved many." (pg. 154). Includes numerous herbal
remedies and medieval medical techniques. Introductions by his
contemporaries William Lilly, John Gadbury, Henry Coley and others.
One of the great astrology books.
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