Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the Sick, and, Urinalia
Nicholas Culpeper (1616 - 1654), a Puritan, was the son of a clergyman.  In 1634 he spent a year at Cambridge, where he learned Greek and Latin, which enabled him to study old medical texts.  He was apprenticed to an apothecary and started his formal practice in Spitalfields, London, around 1640.  Culpeper supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War, suffering a severe chest wound in 1643.  After recovering he returned to his medical practice in London, where he established a reputation as an outstanding healer.  War wounds combined with overwork led to his death by exhaustion in 1654, aged 37.  According to his widow, he left behind some 70 unfinished manuscripts.  Both these texts,Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the Sick, and,Urinalia, were published posthumously.