Gordon 1579. J678 nos. 1&2 Joubert, Laurent Erreurs populaires et propos vulgaires, touchant la medicine et le regime de sante Bordeaux: S. Millanges, 1579.

Title page- first volume

• Prefatory letter by Doctor Louis Bertravan:

page 3 | page 4 | page 5 | page 6 | page 7

• First page of Joubert's preface:

page 8

• First two pages of entire table of contents:

first | second

• Table of contents, by chapter, for the first volume:

page 24 | page 25 | page 26 | page 27

• Examples of topics in the first volume:
  • The art of medicine - Book 1, Chapter 1, first page
  • "les fleurs" (on menstruation) - Book 2, chapter 1, page 153
  • "les fleurs" (menstruation) - Book 2, chapter 4, page 170
  • On illness during pregnancy - Book 3, chapter 5, page 279
  • Quel langage? (What language is "natural" to infants and children)- first page
  • Du Breuvage... (a recipe for a sirop made with sasparilla, cinnamon and sugar; it's effects) -

    first page of the description
    

• On prenatal nourishment - Book 3, chapter 9:

page 393 | page 394 | page 395 | page 396 | page 397

• On determining virginity - chapter 4:

• L'imprimeur au lecteur (the printer's remarks on spelling) - page 648

Title page - Seconde partie

Catalogue (contents, second part): 1st page | 2nd page

Examples of topics in the second volume:

• On moderation in the drinking of wine: second part, chapter 1 (1st page)
• The explanation of various medical words and phrases:
  • les fleurs (menstruation): page 191 | page 192
  • Lunatie (lunacy): page 202
• Supersticious remedies: page 216

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