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Libellum hunc de Peste, dignumjudicamus, qui Imprimatur.
Gualt. Charleton, PræsesCollegii Regalis Medicor.Londinens.
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Dat. Sepemb. 5. 1690.
In Comitiis Censoriis ex Edibus Collegiinostri.
Thomas Willis M.D.
A
Plain and Easie Method
FOR
Preserving [by God's Blessing]
those that are WELL from the
Infection of the
PLAGUE,
Or any
Contagious Distemper,
In
CITY, CAMP, FLEET, &c.
AND
For Curing such as are Infected
with it.
Written in the Year 1666.
By Tho. Willis, M. D. late Sidney Professorin Oxford, and a Member of theRoyal Society and Colledge of Physiciansin London.
Never before Printed.
LONDON, Printed for W. Crook, at the Green-Dragon,without Temple-Bar. 1691.
TO THE
READER.
Good Reader,
Having been hithertovery aversefrom Publishingany ofDr. Willis's PosthumousWorks, because it maybe presum'd that theywant his last Hand tocompleat them; and forthat Reason, giving noear till now to any Entreatiesof that kind,though never so powerful,or never so importunate:I think myself oblig'd to give theWorld some Accountwhy I alter'd my mindas to this particular, anddid at length suffer myself to be prevail'd withto Print the followingTreatise, it beingnow Fifteen Years afterhis Death; and it isbriefly this: A worthyFriend and an old Acquaintanceof mine, desiringif I knew of,or could procure anychoice and approv'd Receiptsagainst the Plague,that I would furnishhim with some for aFriend of his, for thepreservation of whoseHealth he had a singularconcern, and whowas going in the lateEmbassie to Constantinople,where that Distemperthen was, and did frequentlyrage: I promis'dto use my utmostendeavours to supplyhim; and calling tomind this short Tract,which I transcrib'd fromthe Doctor's Papers inthe Year 1666, beingthen his Amanuensis; Iknew it would far exceed