Holdings of Lambeth Palace Library

Directory of medical licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1535-1775

List of cures and treatments mentioned in sources

Agues
Arthritis
Blood letting
Broken and dislocated bones
Bruises
Cancers
Cholic
Constipation (stoppage)
Consumption
Cramp
Cures (unspecified)
Cuts
Dentistry
Dislocations v. Broken and dislocated bones
Distempers
Distempers of cows
Dog Bites
Dropsy
Eyes
Fainting
Fevers
Gout
Hernias  v. Ruptures
Impostumes of stomach v. Constipation 
King's evil
Lameness
Measles
Mental illness
Midwifery
Noli-me-tangere v. King's Evil
Ophthalmics
Ostelolgy (Ostilogy)
Palsy
Pharmacy
Phlebotomy
Pills
Plasters
Pleurisy
Polypus
Rheumatism
Rickets
Ruptures (hernias)
Scrofula
Scurvy
Sores
Sore throat
Smallpox
Strains
Swooning fits v. Fainting
Toothache  v. Dentistry
Ulcers
Vomiting
Wens
Wounds

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