Very rare revised and enlarged fifth edition of a medical compendium by the Belgian pharmacist Engelbert Capueel (1642-1733). It contains a collection of medicines and remedies for common diseases and ailments, based on different sources as well as the author's own experience. The author therefore indicates that the book contains many new remedies. The first part deals with internal diseases, including fevers, dysentery, yellow fever, fainting, epilepsy, nose bleeds, lice and worms. Capueel stands in the Galenic tradition of humorism, with bile from the pancreas as the main reason for fevers. The second part treats external diseases, including ailments to the eyes, teeth and skin (such as burns, mange and wounds). The third part is a medical recipe book, describing different distillates, syrups and the use of salt when treating an illness. Capueel claims to have read all the pharmacopoeias, including the ones from London and Augsburg, and aims with his pharmacopoeia to correct their errors.
With bookplate. Title-page browned and frayed, only slightly browned throughout, with a water stain in the lower margin of the first few leaves, otherwise in very good condition. Binding chafed, hinges cracked and head and foot of spine damaged. STCV (1 copy); WorldCat (2 additional copies); cf. Blake, p. 77; BMN I, p. 8.