THE
Charitable Peſtmaſter,
Or,
The cure of the
PLAGUE,
Conteining a few ſhort and neceſſary
inſtructions how to preſerve the body from
infection of the Plagve, as alſo to
cure thoſe that are Infected.
Together with a little treatiſe concerning
the cure of the Small Pox.
Publiſhed for the benefit of the poore of this City and
not unmeet for the Rich,
By Thomas Sherwood Practitioner in
PHYSICK.
2 Kings 20.7.
And Isaiah ſaid, take a lump of Figs, and they tooke, and
laid it upon the boil, and he recovered.
LONDON
Printed by A.N. for John Francklin, and are to be ſold
at his Shop in Lothbury, neer the
Windmill. 1641.
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To the Worſhipfull Alexander
Read, Doctor of Phyſick and
Chirurgery, one of the Societie of
the Colledge of Phyſicians for
the Citie of London.
Sir, having finiſhed this treatiſe, I conſideredwhat entertainment it mightfind in the world; and fearing, that itwould be envied, for the good that itoffereth unto this Kingdome, as I the Author havebeen for my practice, I bethought my ſelfe that itmight ſafely hover under your wings, whereupon Iam bold to thruſt it into your protection, that itmay the better be defended from the calumnies oftheſe times. The Subject of it is, that whichI have practiſed and proved by Experience,ſo that if there bee occaſion, I believe I ſhall beeable to render ſufficient reaſons to prove it, fromthe moſt Authentique rules in Phyſick. And if there[iv] be any errors eſcaped in it, I ſhall rather deſire thatthey may be corrected by the diſcretiõ of you or any ofthe Colledg of Phyſicians, than diſputed upon by newbeginners in the practice of Phyſick, who have butſmall experience. As for thoſe Medicines publiſhedat the latter end of this booke, I ſhall not deſire yourprotection for them, becauſe I never made you, norany man acquainted with them. For I intended thatthey ſhould be Protectors for themſelves: but howeverI hope that my endeavours in this ſmall treatiſe willnot be unpleaſant, but acceptable to you, for thegood which I believe it will do in the World; and ſofor this time I reſt in ſome meaſure of aſſurance ofyour worſhips favour.
Your Servant,
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