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Thrown into nature
Title:
Thrown into nature
Author:
Ruskov, Milen.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Zakhvŭrlen v prirodata. English
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Rochester, NY : Open Letter, [2011]

©2011
Physical Description:
294 pages ; 22 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Against death -- Intestinal worms, enemas -- For having a good time -- The title will be thought up in December -- The following summer -- Costa del Sol, Costa del' Luz -- Clarification -- Female swelling -- Driving away so-called "spirits" -- On the connection that some representatives of the common folk see between tobacco and the so-called "devil." A concrete example of the driving out of the latter and how he flees from tobacco as from incense -- Curing lovesickness -- Against bad breath -- Against aching joints -- For long life -- On the debate by the honorable, learned scholars Dr. Cheynell, an Englishman, and Dr. Monardes, a Spaniard, with the foolish and ignorant English king and his sycophantic servants who present themselves before the civilized world as physicians to their and their chieftain's great shame -- For the treatment of domestic animals and the quick accumulation of wealth -- For the healing of scabs -- Against toothaches -- Against fevers from colds and for creative energy -- For the elimination of all indecision, the resolution of all doubts and so on -- Against headaches -- For protection against the plague and all manner of contagions -- The death of Dr. Monardes.
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ISBN:
9781934824566
Format :
Book