How to Stop Bleeding, 1596

One of those days. (Wound Man, Wellcome Library, London)"A very good Medicine to staunch bloud... Take a peece of Salt Biefe, (the leane onely) as much as will lye in the Wound, and lay the biefe in the Embres of the fire, and let it be thorough...

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How to Improve Your Brain, 1596

Andreas Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica, 1555Wellcome Library, LondonA Rule to knowe what thinges are good and holosome for the Braine.To eate Sage, but not overmuch,To drinke Wine measurablie,To keepe the Head warme,To washe your Hands...

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How to Stay Cool, 1723

"When the Sun is in its full Force, there is nothing more refreshing, or affords more Pleasure to Mankind, than cool Breezes, whether Natural or Artificial, which, provided they are moderate and constant, will invigorate the Spirits, and help...

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How to Avoid Sunburn, 1756

Pierre-Thomas Le Clerc, "Polonaise" (1779), MFA"Take Deer's Marrow, put it into a sufficient Quantity of Water with Wheat-Flour, and let them settle; then take some Ounces of what subsides to the Bottom and mix it well with a sufficient Quantity...

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How to Avoid Bad Weather, 1660

Edward Topsell, The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658)"Whosoever are defended by a skin of a River Horse called Hippotamus, are never touched by the Thunder... some say that if you hold a Looking-Glass against the Cloud that...

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How to Choose a Spouse, 1879

Adelaide Claxton, Courting (1868)"Bright red hair and a florid complexion indicate an excitable temperament. Such should marry the jet-black hair and the brunette type. The gray, blue, black or hazel eyes should not marry those of the same...

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