The Fountain of knowledge; or, British legacy
Subtitle: To which is added, every one their own physician
Published: 1760
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Medicine; Economics
Notes: First published in 1754 under title: The British legacy, or, Fountain of knowledge.

ESTC (RLIN) T143965

MacLean, V. Household & cookery books, p. 17

Wellcome cat. of printed books, III, p. 46
Table of contents: title: (from t. p.) The Indian way of marking on silk, linen, woollen, &c.; method of casting urine and how disorders are known by it; the most excellent method for restoring malt liquors; an excellent way to bring singing birds to a very great perfection by that famous German, Lewis de Burgh; how to make ball soap and its great use in families; to keep arms and other polish'd metals from rust; to make common black ink; instructions for mounting of fans; manner of making elixir of life, friars balsam, &c.; certain method of preventing chimneys from smoaking; the valuable fire-ball, by the use of which families may make four bushel of coals go as far as thirty; the art of colouring, dressing and curling hair; to dutch or clarify quills; to make Japan ink.; title: The extraordinary method of breeding game cocks; the manner of dieting and ordering them for battle; a sure way of matching them; with a choice and valuable secret for feeding a cock four days before fighting ; communicated by a noble lord, by which very extraordinary way of feeding, upwards of ninety battles have been won out of a hundred ... ; very necessary to be had in all families; with the signs of each disorder, and method of cure, whereby any person may be able to judge for themselves, and at a small expence, be cured by these remedies; being the works of the most eminent physicians and surgeons.