compendious

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I was greeted by A Very Shorte and Compendious Methode of Phisicke and Chirurgery, a 1642 book of cures by Jane Jackson that features recipes to whiten teeth and cure toothache.

From Nature • May 21, 2018

Next, we have the English author W. S., A Compendious or briefe Examination of certayne ordinary Complaints of divers of our Countrymen of these our Days, London, 1581.

From Principles Of Political Economy by Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)

A Compendious Narrative, Elucidating the Character, Disposition, and Conduct of Mary Dyer, from the Time of her Marriage, in 1799, till she left the Society called Shakers in 1815, etc.

From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Nordhoff, Charles

"Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, A," 216.

From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.

A Compendious Herbal, discovering the Physical Vertue of all Herbs in this Kingdom, and what Planet rules each Herb, and how to gather them in their Planetary Hours.

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair