Good Councell against the plague / Shewing sundry present preseruatiues for the same, by wholsome fumes, drinks, vomits, and other inward receits: as also, the perfect cure (by implaysture) of any that are therewith infected. Now necessary to be obserued of euery housholder, to auoyde the infection, lately begun in some places of this cittie.

A practical medical manual provides household guidance to prevent and treat epidemic infection, with instructions for cleanliness, removal of standing water and pests, and airing rooms by charcoal fires and aromatic fumigations. It gives dozens of recipes: scented handkerchiefs, fumigant and distilled waters, chewed and eaten botanical preservatives, restorative broths and possets, and fortified drinks made with ale or wine. For early sickness it recommends topical poultices, sweating and induced vomiting in preference to bleeding, plus purges, suppositories, and precise preparations and doses for domestic caretaking and simple cures.