{"product_id":"the-english-physician-nicholas-culpeper-9780817358020","title":"The English Physician","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first medical book published in the American colonies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe English Physician\u003c\/i\u003e is a humble vest-pocket-sized 94-page medical guide for the common person, by the prolific herbalist and author Nicholas Culpeper. It was a staple in 17th-century England, as it was short, written in accessible prose, and inexpensive; and perhaps as attractive, it took a decidedly skeptical view of \"official\" medicine, relying instead on popular remedies. Culpeper's philosophy was to teach the common folk to minister to themselves by providing them with the tools and knowledge for self-help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in Boston in 1708 by Nicholas Boone, the American version of \u003ci\u003eThe English Physician\u003c\/i\u003e was widely cited and used at the time. Today only five copies are known to exist. The rarity of this \u003ci\u003evade mecum\u003c\/i\u003e of colonial America is wrapped in mystery: Who really wrote this book and when, where, and how did it originate?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editor illuminates these mysteries while adding an informative historical introduction on the state of medical knowledge and practice at the time, exploring Culpeper's position among competing medical writers, and glossing the medical and botanical terms, providing contemporary equivalents. Modern readers will discover the meaning behind the strangely named brews and concoctions of the 17th century and will learn how this Boston printing literally transformed the American landscape with herbs brought from the British colonists' homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicholas Culpeper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817358021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817358020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.09h x 5.53w x 0.49d","brand":"Nicholas Culpeper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761046450431,"sku":"9780817358020","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f6f26f9-39d4-489c-b367-fb126069b5bf.jpg?v=1706680220","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-english-physician-nicholas-culpeper-9780817358020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}