Living History Medical Practitioners Library

This Library is for the interest of all Living History Medical Practioners. Be they Physician, Surgeon, Apothecary, Nurse, Barber-Surgeon, Herbalist, Toothdrawer, Occulist, Bonesetter, Midwife, Stillroom Mistress, Cunning Woman or Man, Quack, Mountebank, Leech or Sawbones.

However it contains many texts related to the specific interests of Will Styles 16thC Barber-Surgeon

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Hi to all
My name is David Hewitt and I live in the UK. I portray a Tudor Barber-Surgeon called Will Styles.

We have our own living history medical list on yahoo.groups and I would like to invite you to join us.

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up to the discovery of antibiotics and are located all over the world but mainly in the UK and USA.

If there are any interested in medical living history or are just curious
please feel free to join the list.

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(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chirurgeons)
It should take you right to the site and you can join from there as long as
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Will Styles' Medical Library

Surgery

1. The Surgion's Mate, John Woodall 1617, Facsimile edition, Ed. John Kirkup, Kingsmead Press, Bath, 1978
ISBN 0906230 15 2
Designed for Surgeon's Mates at sea for the British East India Company. Has chapters on Instruments and their uses, medicines, wounds, apostumes, fractures.

2. The Case Reports and Autopsy records of Ambrose Pare, Ambrose Pare, compiled and edited by Wallace B. Hamby, Carles C. Thomas Pub, Springfield Ill, USA, 1960, Library of Congress n. 60-12663

3. The Apologie and Treatise Containing the voyages made into divers places with many of his writings upon Surgery 1537-1564, Ambrose Pare edited by Geoffrey Keynes, Dover Publications, New York, 1968, Library of Congress no. 68-14763

4. The Apologie and Treatise of Ambrose Paré~104-107, 110-111, 118-19, 128-129, 158-159, 182-197 ~1561?~Ambrose Paré~Falcoln Educational Books~1951~Illustrations of surgical equipment and Cataracts and Cutting for the stone - use of surgical equipment~~Geoffrey Keynes.

5. (Ten Books of Surgery) with The Magazine of the Instruments for It~211-263~1569~Ambrose Paré~University of Georgia Press, Athens USA~1969~A list of surgical instruments from the 16th Century with their uses~~Rober White Linker and Nathan Womack.

6. On Surgery and Instruments, Albucasis, trans and notes by M Spink & G Lewis, University of Calafornia Press, 1973 ISBN 0 520 01532 0
An Arabic work on surgery trans into Latin 1350+ in print in 1497. Chapters on cauterisation, incision, perforation and venesection and wounds and the like; on bone-setting. with shaddow illustrations of instruments,

7. The Whole Course of Chirurgerie, Peter Lowe, 1597/1612, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981, Leslie B Adams Jr., Birmingham Alabama.

8. The Task of Healing~211-251~1450-1800~Hilary Marland and M. Pelling~Erasmus Publishing~1996~An analysis of the allegory of Dutch paintings of this period~Panteleon Reeks No 24.

9. The Medieval Surgery, Tony Hunt, Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1992 ISBN 085115324 0

10. Of Wounds, of Gun-Shot Wounds, of Fractures and Luxations~xiv - xvii & xxvi -xli~1676~Richard Wiseman~Kingsmead~1977~Part intro with reference to other surgical works, Biographical Appendix, Glossary of surgical/medical terms~~John Kirkup.

110 Seventeenth-century English surgery: the casebook of John Binns~48-81~1633-1663~Lucinda McCray Beier~Routledge~Modern~A survey of the cases of the surgeon Binns in Medical Theory, Surgical Practise~ Christopher Lawrence.

12. Surgical Equipment illustrations~147 & 149~1544-1604~William Clowes~Harvey & Blythe Ltd~1948~Illustrations of Surgical Instruments~Selected Writings of William Clowes~FNL Poynter,

13. Surgions - excerpt from On a Tudor Parade Ground The Captain's Handbook of Henry Barrett 1562~42~1562~J.R. Dale~Society of Renaissance Studies~1978~Description of the need of an army surgion~The Society for Renaissence Studies Occasional Papers No 5.

14. Medicine on Board (the Mary Rose)~186-196~1545~~The Mary Rose Trust~~A description of the contents of the Barber Surgeons cabin and chest found on the Mary Rose which sank in 1545~The Mary Rose.

Guilds / Companies

15. The Company of Barber Surgeons 1540-1745~36-57~1540-1745~Jessie Dobson & R. Miles Walker~~Modern~A description of the Company of Barber Surgeons of London~Barbers and Barber Surgeons of London.

16. The Barbers Incorporate~51-143~1448-1666~Young~Blade Last & Blades~1890~A history of the Barber Surgeons as written in the minute books of the Company ~The Annals of the Barber-Surgeons of London~Young.


Herbals and Recipes
17. The boke of secretes, Albertus Magnus, 1525 (1565), English Experience Series No. 116, Da Capo Press, New York 1969

18. Newe Jewell of Health, Gesner, translated George Baker 1576, English Experience Series No. 381, Da Capo Press, New York 1971

19. The Chyrurgeons Closet, Bonham ed Edward Poeton 1630, English Experience Series No. 31, Da Capo Press, New York 1968

20. Complete Herbal and English Physician, Culpepper, 1653, reprint by Kynoc Press, Birmingham for the Imperial Chemical Company, 1953, no ISBN

21. Complete Herbal and English Physician, Culpepper, 1653, reprint by Wordsworth Editions Ltd, Ware, 1995 ISBN 1-85326-345-1

22. Culpepper's Medicine - A Practice of Western Holistic Medicine~~1650~Graeme Tobin~Element~1997~A short biography of Nicolas Culpepper. Plus a number of useful tables and quotations from Culpepper. Interpretation is on the basis of modern holistic medicine so beware.

23. A Most excellent Homish Apothecarye, Hieronymus von Braunschweig tr J Hollybush 1561, Da Capo Press, New York 1968

24. Of the Historie of Plants commonly know as Gerard's Herbal, John Gerard, 1597, Marcus Woodward, Studio Editions, 1994, ISBN 1 85958 051 3

25. The Herbal Remedies of the Physicians of Myddfai, trans J Pughe from the Red Book in Jesus College,Oxford 1861, edD Bryce, Llanerch Enterprises, Lampeter, Wales, 1989

26. A Compendyous Regyment or A Dyetary of Helth, in Andrew Boorde's Works, Andrew Boorde - 1547, The Early English Text Society 1870.


Medical casebooks

27. Select Observations on English Bodies, John Hall, in John Hall and his patients, The Medical Practice of Shakespeare's Son-in-Law, ed Joan Lane (History) and Melvin Earles (Medical), The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford upon Avon and Alan Sutton

28. Treatises of Fisula in Ano Haemorrhoids and Clysters, John Arderne, 1370?, ed Darcy Power, Oxford University Press for the Early English Text Society.

29. Treatise for the Artificiall Cure of Struma, William Clowes, 1602, Facsimile, Da Capo Press, New York 1970.

30. Cristofano and the Plague, A Study of Public Health in the Age of Galileo, Carlo Cipola, Collins London, 1973, ISBN 0 00 211191 8

31. The Black Death in the Manchester Medieval Sources Series, ed. And trans by R. Horrox, Manchester University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-7190-3497-3 hardback 0 7190 3498-1 paperback 1995.
British narrative comments on the Black Death. Including narrative accounts from Europe and the British Isles; Explanations and responces - religious, scientific, human agency; The impact of the plague; Repercussions.

32. The French Pox, Hugh Petrie, Stuart Press, Bristol 1999, ISBN 1 85804 142 2

33. Syphilis in Shakespeare's England, J. Fabricus, Jessica Kingsley, London, 1994, ISBN 1-85302-270-5 pb

34. Sure Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Life, Lewis Cornaro, 1558, Reprint ed G A Williams, Longman 1823.

35. A breuyary of Health, extracts from, Andrew Boorde - 1547, in Andrew Boorde's Works, The Early English Text Society 1870.

36. The English Sweating Sickness of 1551: an Epidemic Anatomized~362-384~1551~Alan Dyer~The Welcome Institute for the History of medicine~July 1997~Tracing the epidemic~Medical History~W F Bynum & V Nutton.


Toothdrawing and Dentistry

37. Antique Dental Instruments, Elizabeth Bennion, Sotheby's Publications, 1986, ISBN 0 85667 310 2.

38. La Chirurgion Dentist, Pierre Fauchard, Facsimile of the 1728 edition, trans by Lindsay 1946,The Classics of Dentistry Library, Birmingham Alabama, 1980.

39. The Reputability of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Toothdrawers~5-10~1400-1630~A. S. Hargreaves~Lindsay Society~1993~A description of itinerant toothdrawers~Dental Historian.


Mental Illness
40. The Passions of the Minde in generall, Thomas Wright 1604, reprint, ed. Thomas Sloane, University of Illinois Press, 1971, Library of Congress no. 78-139807 252 00147 8

41. Lifes Preservative Against Self Killing, John Sym, 1637, Facsimile, ed Michael McDonald, Routledge, 1988, ISBN 0-415-00639-2


Medicine General

42. The Common Lot - Sickness medical Occupations and the Urban Poor in Early Modern England, a collection of Essays by Margaret Pelling, Longman London and New York, 1998, ISBN 0-582-23183-3 CSD 0-582-23182-5 PPR

43. Knowledge common and aquired: the education of unlicenced Medical Practitioners in early modern London~250-279~1550-1640~M. Pelling~Rodopi~1995~History of medical skills aquired outside the licenced Companies~in The History of Medical Education in Britain~Vivian Nutton and Roy Porter.

44. Occupational Diversity: Barber Surgeons and the trades of Norwich 1550-1640~484-511~1550-1640~M. Pelling~The John Hopkins University Press~1982~The other trades that were undertaken in addition to being Barber Surgeons~Bulletin of the History of Medicine.

45. The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Roy Porter, Harper Collins, 1997, ISBN 0 00 215173 1

46. Honey Mud Maggots and Other Medical Marvels, R & M Root-Bernstein, MacMillan, London 1999 ISBN 0 333 75038 1

47. A History of Medicine, part 12 of the Illustrated Library of Science and Invention, J Starobinski, Leisure Arts Ltd. 1964,

48. Medicine for the Soul, the Life, Death and Resurrection of an English medieval Hospital, C. Rawcliffe, Sutton, 1999 ISBN 0 7509 2009 2

49. Medicine & Society in later medieval England, C Rawcliffe, Sutton 1997, ISBN 0-86299-598-1 hardback 0-7509-1497-1 paperback.

50. Shakespeare's Physic, Lore and Love, J C Adams Author and publisher, ISBN 1 85421 043 2

51. Devils, Drugs and Doctors, H Haggard, Heinmann, London, 1929
Chapters The conquest of death at birth; The story of anesthesia; the progress of surgery; the passing of plague and pesitence; the healing art; medicine through the ages

52. The Healers, the Doctor then and now, K. Pollak & E Underwood, Nelson, London, 1968,
ISBN 17 147022 4
Chapters on: Primitive Physicians; Assyrian and Egyptian Doctors; Doctors in India, China and Japan; From St Luke to the Middle Ages; Anatomists and Physiologists; Doctors for the Rich and for the poor; The beginning of medical reform.

53. Medicine, Cambridge Illustrated History of, ed. R Porter, Cambridge University Press, 1996,
ISBN 0 521 44211 7
Articles on: The History of medicine; The rise of medicine; What is disease?; Primary care; Medical science; Hospitals and surgery; Drug treatment and the rise in pharmacology; Mental illness;

54. Medieval medicine in Illuminated Manuscripts, P M Jones, The British Library, 1998, ISBN 0 7123 0657 9


Medical Theory

55. Hippocrates Collected Works and Galen Collected Works, ed M Hutchins, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc, 1984, ISBN 0-85229-163-9

56. The Mirror of Health, Food, Diet and Medical Theory 1450-1660, Jane Huggett, Stuart Press, Bristol, 1995 ISBN 1 85804 076 0


Barbers

57. Beards, Reginald Reynolds, Allen & Unwin, 1950

58. The Treatyse Answerynge the Boke of Berdes, Collyn Clowte, - 1547 in Andrew Boorde's Works, The Early English Text Society 1870.

59. Bygone Beards~33-56~Various~William Andrews~J.R. Tutin~1904~Styles of Beards in At the Sign of the Barbers Pole.

60. The Barber's Shop~8-21~Various~William Andrews~J.R. Tutin~1904~Details of the activities in a Barbers Shop~At the Sign of the Barbers Pole.

Quacks

61. Quacks, Fakers and Charlatans in English Medicine, R Porter, Tempus, Stroud, 2000, ISBN 0 7524 1776 2


Biographies

62. A Barber-Surgeon - A life of Ambrose Pare founder of modern surgery, Jeanne Carbonnier, Pantheon Books, 1965. Library of Congress no. 65-20653.

63. The Life and Soul of Paracelcus, J. Hargrave, Gollantz, 1951,
Simon Foreman, Sex and Society in Shakepeare's Age, A L Rowse, Weidenfield & Nicolson, 1974,
ISBN 0 297 76741 0
Biography of Simon Foreman, medical practitioner and astrologer drawn from his diary and autobigraphy. Foreman was a "cunning man" who practiced astrology and medicine with many famous patients. He was persecuted by the Company of Physicians.

64. Journal of an Younger Brother - the Life of Thomas Platter as a Medical Student at Montpellier at the close of the 16th C - 1595 , trans S. Jennett, Muller London, 1963

65. Hamey the Stranger - a Flemish Physician who settled in Elizabethan London - 1594, John Keevil, Geoffrey Bles - London, 1952

66. The First Booke of the Introduction 1542 of Knowledge being a handbook of Egypt, Europe, Barbery and Judea, in Andrew Boorde's Works, The Early English Text Society 1870.
Andrew Boorde's life and Opiniions, in Andrew Boorde's Works, The Early English Text Society 1870.

67. The Journal of James Young~18-20~1647~FNL Poynter~Longmans~1948?~The horoscope of james Young, Plymouth Surgeon.

Anatomy

68. A Short Introduction to Anatomy (Isagogae Breves), 1523, Jacopo Berengario da Carpi trans LR Lind, University of Chicago Press, 1959, Library of Congress no. 59-10426
Translation of an anatomical manual drawn from experience but with respect for Galen. In four sections the Upper cavity, the Middle cavity, the lower cavity and the extremities.

69. Astrology and the Seventeenth Century Mind, William Lilly and the Language of the Stars, Ann Geneva, Manchester University Press 1995, ISBN 0 7190 4154 6.

70. A Jerusalem Christian Treatise on Astrology, trans from Arabic by Gladys Dickson, Sure Fire Press, 1989. ISBN 1-55818-115-6

71. The Anatomical Drawings of Andreas Vesalius, ed J B & C M Saunders & C D O'Malley, Bonanza Books, New York, 1973, ISBN 0 517 356384

72. A profitable Treatise of the Anatomie of man's body, Thomas Vicary, 1577, The Early English Text Society 1870.

73. The Anatomie of the body of Man~17-86~1548/1577~Thomas Vicary~Early English Text Society~1888~A description of the various parts of the body by Thomas Vicary and a portrait plus coat of arms~~Frederick T. Furnivall and Percy Furnivall.

74. Early Ideas and theories on the motion of the blood~70-77~300BC-1869AD~Dr Karl Zurbach~CIBA Institute~1939-40~Historical survey of theories concerning the circulation of the blood

Literature (Quotes, Plays and Poems) on Medical Themes

75. A Dialogue Against the Fever Pestilende, Willaim Bullein 1578, ed. M & A Bullen, Reprint, Early English Text Society 1888.

76. The Doctor's Quotation Book, A Medical Miscellany, ed. R. Wilkins, Hale, London, 1991, ISBN 0 7090 4610 3

77. Shakespeare's Insults for Doctors, W. Hill & C Ottchen, Edbury Press, London, ISBN 0 09 180965 7

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