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Physician, astrologer and occult philosopher, Ebenezer Sibly (1751–99) wrote popular works of medical theory and advice, including Culpeper's English Physician (1789) and this companion volume of 1795. A synthesis of theology, natural philosophy and medical science, the book argues for a microcosmic understanding of the human body as a composite of the four essential elements. An ambitious work, it bears witness to an important era in the development of modern medicine, as Sibly looks to combine an older hermetic tradition with new Enlightenment-era insights into the physical universe. In the final section of the work, Sibly touts his remedies, Lunar Tincture and Solar Tincture, developed to act upon female and male ailments, respectively. Composed from the 'pabulum of the universe', these medicines, Sibly claims, cure everything from gunshot wounds to dog bites.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Alternative belief systems

• Full title: Key to Physic, and the Occult Sciences
• Author: Ebenezer Sibly
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 428
• EAN: 9781108044288
• ISBN: 110804428X
• ID: 02057732
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 1020 g
• Dimensions: 297 × 210 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. February 2012

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