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The Castell of Helth corrected, and in some places augmented, etc. B.L

The Castel of Helth by Sir Thomas Elyot (c. 1490-1546) was the first widely read work of popular medicine written in the English language. A diplomat and scholar, who was twice sent as ambassador to the Emperor Charles V, and a friend of Sir Thomas More, Elyot is most widely-remembered for his classic of English prose writing and education entitled The Boke Named the Governour (1531), considered "the first work in recognizably modern English prose, to which Elyot added many new words." (Carter and Muir, eds., Printing and the Mind of Man [1967] 61).

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  • "First boke of the conseruation of the bodye of mankynde"@en

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  • "The Castel of Helth by Sir Thomas Elyot (c. 1490-1546) was the first widely read work of popular medicine written in the English language. A diplomat and scholar, who was twice sent as ambassador to the Emperor Charles V, and a friend of Sir Thomas More, Elyot is most widely-remembered for his classic of English prose writing and education entitled The Boke Named the Governour (1531), considered "the first work in recognizably modern English prose, to which Elyot added many new words." (Carter and Muir, eds., Printing and the Mind of Man [1967] 61)."@en
  • "Perhaps because the book was written by a layman for a lay audience, the work was criticized by physicians, who felt that their turf was being invaded. But because of Elyot's skill in exposition, and perhaps also because of the notoriety it received, the book went through numerous printings. However, its publication history remains somewhat obscure. The first edition is thought to have appeared in 1534 because of allusions to it in two letters by Elyot to Oliver Cromwell. However, no copy of that edition survived. Pollard & Redgraves' A Short Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England ... I (1986) cites an undated edition that might have been issued in 1537, and two editions from 1539, both of which exist in only two copies. The S.T.C. also lists seven editions dated 1541, most of which are unacknowledged reprints. The 1541 edition was the first to contain Elyot's preface defending himself against criticisms from physicians that he knew nothing of medicine, and that authorship of The Castel of Helth was beneath the dignity of a knight and diplomat."@en
  • "The Lane Library copy, one of the issues from 1541, is preserved in a binding of contemporary blind-stamped calf.--J. Norman, 2006."@en
  • "The Castel of Helth has been called "a popular, sensible treatise on healthful living, with sound and practical advice on the recognition of the commoner symptoms of disease, as well as what to do about them." (Hunt) In it Elyot clearly states that he is not a physician, and that he was educated at home. In his introduction he provides a list of the authors he had read in philosophy and medicine, adding that a "worshipful physician" read to him Galen and certain other authors. It is very possible that this physician was Thomas Linacre."@en

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  • "The castel of helthe, gathered, and made by syr Thomas Elyot knight, out of the chief authors of phisyke, whereby euery man may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruation of helthe, and how to instruct well his phisition in sicknes, that he be not deceyued"@en
  • "The castell of health, corrected and in some places augmented"@en
  • "The castel of helthe gathered, and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knight, out of the chief authors of phisyke whereby euery man may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruation of helthe, and how to instruct well his phisition in sicknes, that he be not deceyued"@en
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  • "The Castell of Helth corrected and in some places augmented, etc. B.L"@en
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  • "The castell of helth corrected and in some places augmented, by the first author therof, syr Thomas Elyot knight, the yere of our lorde 1541"@en
  • "The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued"@en
  • "The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued"
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  • "The castell of helthe : gathered oute of the chyefe authors of phisyke"
  • "Castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not"
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  • "The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte : out of the chiefe authors of physyke : wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued"@en
  • "The castell of helth corrected"@en
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  • "The castel of helth gathered and made by syr Thomas Elyot knyghte out of the chiefe Authors of Physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatiõ of helth, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued"@en
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