Bøger af Seamus O'Caellaigh

Leonhart Fuchs writes, in the dedicatory letter at the beginning of his herbal De Historia Stirpium, that there needed to be a reform in the medicine of the age. He says that hardly one in a hundred doctors knew more than a handful of useful herbs, the Apothecaries were largely illiterate, and they received their stock from untrained peasants. The herbalists of the time started to realized that their herbals were filled with herbs not native to their area, and contained hard to identify illustrations. These great woman and men changed the way herbals were structured, and which herbs were included in the herbals, to allow the reader a greater ease in finding those herbs needed to treat the ill. I live in the Shire of Tymberhavene, in the Great Kingdom of an Tir. I have at my fingers a plethora of herbs, but not all herbs listed in any one herbal, are found in my area. Just as the great Hildegarde von Bingen did in the 1100's, and herbal authors continued to do through to the 1600's (and beyond), I wanted to have an herbal from my region. Thus came about the Herbs of Tymberhavene. The herbs listed in this herbal, according to the USDA Plant Database, have a species that is native or naturalized within the borders of Tymberhavene, Coos and Curry Counties, Oregon. The illustrations are cited and are from pre-1600's herbals, many from Fuchs New Kreuterbuch, published in 1543. Each herb's passage contains with the medicinal uses, according to pre-1600 herbalists named in the paragraph, check the bibliography. Each detail is attributed in line so has not been individually cited, but each paragraph contains information from only one herbal. Please note that these treatments are for informational use only. This book in no way recommends treatments for illnesses and in no way should be used to seek medical advice. These herbalists and physicians' recommendations range from 400 to 2000 years old.

Henry VIII lived for 55 years and had many health issues, particularly towards the end of his reign.In Pustules, Pestilence, and Pain, historian Seamus O'Caellaigh has delved deep into the documents of Henry's reign to select some authentic treatments that Henry's physicians compounded and prescribed to one suffering from those ailments.Packed with glorious full-colour photos of the illnesses and treatments Henry VIII used, alongside primary source documents, this book is a treat for the eyes and is full of information for those with a love of all things Tudor. Each illness and accident has been given its own section in chronological order, including first-hand accounts, descriptions of the treatments and photographic recreations of the treatment and ingredients.