The cure of old age and preservation of youth by Roger Bacon... ; translated out of Latin, with annotations and an account of his life and writings / by Richard Browne. Also, a physical account of the tree of life / by Edw. Madeira Arrais ; translated likewise out of Latin by the same hand.
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- The cure of old age and preservation of youth by Roger Bacon... ; translated out of Latin, with annotations and an account of his life and writings / by Richard Browne. Also, a physical account of the tree of life / by Edw. Madeira Arrais ; translated likewise out of Latin by the same hand.
- Author
- Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for Tho. Flesher...and Edward Evets...,
- 1683.
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- Subject terms
- Health -- Early works to 1800.
- Longevity.
- Aging.
- Tree of life.
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"The cure of old age and preservation of youth by Roger Bacon... ; translated out of Latin, with annotations and an account of his life and writings / by Richard Browne. Also, a physical account of the tree of life / by Edw. Madeira Arrais ; translated likewise out of Latin by the same hand." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28790.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
Contents
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- title page
- TO THE READER.
- THE LIFE OF Roger Bacon.
- THE TABLE.
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THE CURE OF
Old Age, &c.- CHAP. I. Of the Causes of Old Age.
- CHAP. II. Of Remedies against the Causes of Old Age.
- CHAP. III. Of the Accidents of Old Age and the Causes of them, and the Signs of Hurt in the Senses, Imagination, Reason and Me∣mory.
- CHAP. IV. Of the Wrinkles of the Skin, Paleness, rot∣ten Phlegm, Bleareyedness, Shortness of Breath, and other things, which especially have relation to the Body.
- CHAP. V. Of Weakness of Strength, and Faculties of the Soul.
- CHAP. VI. Of the hurt of the inner Senses and the Brain.
- CHAP. VII. Of Meats and Drink, which do more agree∣ably restore the Natural Moisture, that daily is consumed.
- CHAP. VIII. Of those things that defend the Natural Moi∣sture, when bred, and restrain it from Dis∣solution, and that render it more sincere, when restored.
- CHAP. IX. Of Meats and other things which do especial∣ly introduce and hasten the Accidents of Age and Old Age.
- CHAP. X. Of things which refresh and recreate Old Age, and hinder its Accidents.
- CHAP. XI. Of those things which preserve Youth, and cause Grey Hairs to fall, and Black or Youthful ones to come in their room.
- CHAP. XII. Of things which restore and strengthen the Natural Heat, weakned by the Course of Nature, that is, by Dissolution of the Native Moisture, and Augmentation of an Extraneous one.
- CHAP. XIII. Of things which repair the Faculties and Senses, and restore the Strength of the Body.
- CHAP. XIV. Of Things that excite the Animal Faculty, refresh Mens Bodies, and quicken Motion.
- CHAP. XV. Of things that cause Clearness, Cleanness and Ruddiness of Skin, and that take away Wrinkles.
- CHAP. XVI. Of the Vsefulness of this Epistle, Of the Re∣giment of Old Men, and of things that help the outward Senses, as also the Imagi∣nation, Reason and Memory, and of the Composition of certain Medicines.
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- TO THE READER.
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The Preface.
- DOUBT I. Whether the Wood of Life were a proper and true Tree, or only Metaphorical?
- DOUBT II. Whether the Vertue of the Tree of Life to perpetuate Life, were Natural or Superna∣tural?
- DOUBT III. Whether the Virtue of this Tree were such, as to keep a Man alive, Time without end?
- DOUBT IV. Whether it were sufficient for Immortality to eat only once of the Fruit?
- DOUBT V. Whether the Tree of Life were a Cause ad∣equate to the escaping all Occasions of Death?
- DOUBT VI. What, and how many, were the Qualities of the Tree of Life, whereby it caused length of Life and Immortality?
- DOUBT VII. After what manner would the Resistance of Qualities defend that Mans Body, who eat of the Tree of Life, from all External Causes that could hurt it.
- DOUBT VIII. Whether the Cause of the very long Life of the first Men were some other Trees of Pa∣radise or the Tree of Life?
- THE CONTENTS.
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Books Printed and sold by
Thomas Flesher, at theAngel andCrown in St.Paul's Church-yard.