Nicholas Culpeper, a legendary figure in the field of herbal medicine and author of The English Physitian, transcribed within, was a man of mystery and glory - a revolutionary who taxed the heirarchal politicos, challenged the procedures and policies of the clergy and championed the wonderings of common folk, much to the chagrin of the established pedantists.
Within this manuscript, the reader will find the wit, intellect, ethic and conviction of a man maligned by his colleagues and much respected by his community. Culpeper worked to bring medicinal treatments from the mysterious to the comprehensible. His philosophy was to teach the common folk to minister to themselves by providing them with the tools and knowledge for self health. His mind and ambition was to reform the whole system of medicine by being an innovative questioner paving the way for new thoughts and principles contrary to established traditions.
A man of and for the common people, Culpeper wrote with a personal style revealing his insights as well as his struggles. Culpeper's writing tends to be comprehensive and exhaustive in its approach to reconciling astrology and medicine.
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