Tacuini sanitatis is a description (on 40 "tables") of 280 objects, chiefly foodstuffs, but also human activities and natural phenomena, which affect health; this ed. includes woodcuts of each object by Hans Weiditz at the foot of each alternate...
The work of this commission, established by Lancet, eventually resulted in legislation to curb the rampant adulteration of foodstuffs then prevalent in England. Hassall's reports, presented here in one volume, were initially published in weekly...
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