{"id":12948,"date":"2017-10-11T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=12948"},"modified":"2021-07-23T12:59:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T16:59:30","slug":"treatise-of-artificial-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/10\/11\/treatise-of-artificial-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Treatise of Artificial Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Kaiser ~
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Herbs have been grown and used as medicine for thousands of years.\u00a0 Le Traicte des eaues artificielles les vertus & propri\u00e9t\u00e9s dicelles<\/a><\/em> (The Treatise of artificial waters, the virtues and properties of these<\/em>) is a collection of recipes for herbal waters.<\/p>\n

Herbal waters were an easy to take and effective way to benefit from the healing qualities of plants.\u00a0 The recipes were collected at the request of Joan I of Auvergne, Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne.\u00a0 She became Queen of France<\/a> by her marriage to King John II<\/a> who ruled from 1350 until his death in 1364.\u00a0 First printed in Lyon in 1483, Le Traicte <\/em>provides recipes for waters that can be made from plants, including lily, rose, and mint.<\/p>\n

Herbal waters are made by heating the herbs in water just as you make tea.\u00a0 This process vaporizes some of the compounds found in the plants while concentrating others, producing water which contains the essence of the plant and its curative properties.<\/p>\n

This text was very popular. Although many editions were printed, they were meant for daily use; the books were heavily used and few examples have survived. This book, printed in Paris, is\u00a0an apparently unrecorded edition of the work which was first published in 1483. Similar extant editions are dated 1520 and 1529. It is a small volume, only 5 \u00bd inches tall, beautifully bound in green morocco with gilt edges, and the only known copy of this edition.<\/p>\n

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Water of betony can be used to treat the lungs and chest, and stomach problems. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Mint is used for liver and stomach problems. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Many of the waters have anti-inflammatory and soothing properties. Rosemary water can be used to relax the nerves, relieve muscle spasms, and ease palsy and trembling limbs. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Rue is recommended for ailments of the lungs, and liver, as well as for earache. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Juniper berries are suggested to treat gout and stomach ailments. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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A beautiful book. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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A depiction of the Biblical story of Jesus at the well with the Samaritan woman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Access to this title is provided through LocatorPlus<\/a>, the Library\u2019s online catalog.\u00a0 For questions about this title and other historical collections, including how to consult them, please contact the History of Medicine Division Reference staff <\/em>at <\/em>NLM Customer Support<\/em><\/a> or call (301) 402-8878.<\/em><\/p>\n

Margaret Kaiser is<\/em> Acquisitions Librarian for the Rare Books and Early Manuscripts Section in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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