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Show PREFACE. PREFACE; accuf» IN'Iathematics, particularly Geometry, which laft will onreaf of tom the Student to tuch a demonftrative Method refrei'h his Memory, and have this Advantage, that he may confult them with the greatel‘t Readineiia. With - of Truth, ing, as will not Only afiif't him in the DifCO‘very Regard to Perfons living in the Country, who lave not ious Argubut prevent his being impofed upon by the fpec had a liberal Education, I may venture to affirm, this Trea- fed Withments of hypothetical Writers. Nor can he be excu tife will be of great Ufe, I mean to fuch as are obliged to belt learnt out fome Acquaintance with Botamnvhich will be t in. its by traverfing the Fields -, for the Sight of a Plan to 1mnatural Place of Growth is a more likely Method practife for want of Phyficians in their Neighbourhood, e prefs it on the Memory, than the moft diftinc't Knowledg of its male and female Organs of Generation, whatever Litmus and others may pretend. But thefe are only preliminary Applications 3 it will be necelTary for the Student to attend judicious Lectures on every Branch of Medicine, to go thro' Courfes of Chemiltry, and to be prefent at the Demonfirations of Anatomy. After this it will be proper for him to frequent the Hofpitals, .where dangerous and uncommon Cafes are more frequently met with -, nor fhould he forget to acquire a Knowlet go in Pharmacy, and th" Coinpolition of i‘viedicines, which is beft attained in the Shop of a {kilful Apothecary. Above all, I would recommend a careful Attention to more properly qualified, and more duly authorized, I need not mention how ferviceable it may be to thofc who ufe the 5'3, or who travel in foreign Countries, and are not Willing to be incumbered wit! a I‘viultitude of doors t will be readily perCeived that it required home Labour and Application to bring fuch a Variety of Subjects with.- in fo narrow aCompafs. I‘Iowever, I fliall think my Time Well employed, if it contributes to advance medical Learning, and tends to place the Practice of Phyfic on a more certain Foundation. And I mull do my Bookfeiicr to much jul'tice as to declare, that he was not very "niious about his private Advantage, provided he could contri~ bute to the Benefit of the Public. Some Things are not placed in that regular Order as might have been expefted, but I had rather be cenfured the Phenomena of Nature, for a Knowledge derived from thence will fiand on the molt folid Bafis. This will be for this as a Fault, than to omit any Thing which would greatly promoted by a diligent Perufal of the belt prafii- are a few Thiigs mentioned in the Explanation of the Terms of Art, which might have been better elfewnere, cal Writers; I mean, fuch as are not fond of wreiting every Thing for the Sup-port of fome favourite Theory; but who have fuf‘ficient Skill to make Lifeful Obfervationsj and av ho 9ppl}; them properiy, to render the Cure of Difeafes more certain and eafy. i \‘(lzethrr wnat I have here done will contribute to ad»- c this Knowledge mutt be {ubmitted to the Reader's me; 3 but I liatttr u'iylbif, he will find fome Things .at have a 'I‘cndtncy to facilitate his Stt dies, which are T . \ or: met who eli‘ewherer, at lead, they will r efre ll: render the Defign more perfeét. For this Reafon, alfo, there However, I have f0 contrived it as to make it a kind of Supplement to the ref't of the Book, and more particularly by giving an Account of the Virtues and Dofes of the: Part of the Materia fi/[m'im which was before omitted. :1... g "- had added the Terms of natural Philofophy, and the :reei" htymologres, but I foon found myfelf obliged to omit \- them, for want of Room. ‘ m- «new,» 1.7 the Prefi, mid/jmfly muff/27w p11] 7 " " vii/2mg" AUTiroéi, 7/23 SECOND EDITION, 2‘22 ‘ ~ ' , tam.» Odin-z; a If The GENERAL Paacrzca or" is |