{"product_id":"edwards-edward-1","title":"EDWARDS, Edward.","description":"First edition of this handy compendium in English of the causes and treatments of all kinds of fever. Nothing appears to be known of the (Welsh?) physician Edward Edwards, with a final  imprimatur  from the Bishop of London after the text was examined and approved by the physician Alexander Read. This manual begins with a preface warning the reader against  impostors , and  petticoat  physicians and surgeons who are  gossips   who being frequent among sick folks, and hearing the advice and counsel of the learned and expert physician prescribing many fit things to his patient\u0026amp;#39;, prescribe similar remedies to patients, for money, without adjusting the remedy to the individual or the illness. The five parts discuss the nature and number of fevers, the inflammation of the spirits caused by fevers (without putrefaction), the  fever putrida , and the  fever hectick  (caused by unnatural heat). The whole work is presented as a series of charts illustrating the taxonomy of fevers, from general to specific, e.g., tertian, synochus putrida,  fever causon  ( the hottest burning fever continua ), epiola, lyparia, etc. Each chart provides a definition, taxonomy, the causes, signs, prognostic and cure. Several of the fevers mentioned seldom appear in manuals of general pathology, and if they do, not in such detail. Edwards highlights the fevers that were most dangerous and often led to death, making his charts interesting evidence for our knowledge of mortality causes in C17 England. The section on  fever pestilence  lists as causes  God s hand to punish sin ,  venomous ayre  and  corrupt air\/bad humours , the prognostic being  death for the most part , except in very few cases, and the cure being  submit thee to God, acknowledge your sins with hearty repentance , as well as  order, diet and physical exercise . A fascinating work, unusually structured and detailed.","brand":"EDWARDS, Edward.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57868691177807,"sku":"L4317","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/DSC_9557.jpg?v=1781793466","url":"https:\/\/sokol-books-ltd.myshopify.com\/products\/edwards-edward-1","provider":"Sokol Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}