TY - BOOK ID - 85474647 TI - A key to physic, and the occult sciences PY - 2013 SN - 1139176439 110804428X PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Medicine KW - Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric. KW - History KW - Magic medicine KW - Medicine, Mystic KW - Medicine, Occult KW - Medicine, Spagiric KW - Mystic medicine KW - Occult medicine KW - Spagiric medicine KW - Spagyric medicine KW - Alchemy KW - Alternative medicine KW - Magic KW - Superstition KW - Health Workforce UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85474647 AB - 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. ER -