From a common garlic remedy to 'fortify the brain' to 'a hog's heel, burned to powder' for easing colic, The Ladies' Dispensatory is a delightfully unique look at health and hygiene in the seventeenth century. Also inlcludes nine maps. "Written in 1652, Leonard Sowersby's The Ladies Dispensatory is a good example of one the large number of vernacular, self-help manuals which appeared in England during Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate. The publication of Sowersby's Dispensatory this provides readily accessible reference material for both student and academic alike." -- Louis Gray, Medicina & Storia