Thomas Tyron

A Pocket-Companion, Containing Things Necessary to Be Known by All That Values Their Health and Happiness Being a Plain Way of Nature’s Own Prescribing, to Cure Most Diseases in Men, Women and Children, by Kitchen-Physick Only : to Which Is Added, an Account How a Man May Live Well and Plentifully for Two-Pence a Day.” By Thomas Tyron (1694) This book from the late 1600s discusses the potential impacts that food can have on health, as well as how the foods can “cure” certain issues of the body. It breaks down exactly how the woman of the household can best care for those in her home by serving the best possible foods for health. This was a time of great sickness in London, and outbreaks were common due to population density and unsanitary living. This guide was an attempt to solve and prevent these issues by food.