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Show 0 j the Jldunncement of Learni~~' the perfite cures of many difeare~, or extremmes of . difeafi:s, but pronouncing them i~curable, doc en a a a lawe of negleC-t, &. exempt tgnorance from difcredit(. . , ~· f Ph· r: .. -c ' ...... ,ay further leileerrte·t.t the orr1ce o a, ttltl· l)e s:.tttna.. 1. ~ · ' l . . · ,r. · "'"t~' ·on.not onel~ to reftore healt 1)buttO m~tugate paul n·. a1.,s e.,.. ~-- d-~ dolors "1a nd not on ely when 1r: uc h · tnu· .n·g au·o n r.io.re... an , b . h . r. . ·roay.conducetorecouery, ut w en~~ may ~erue to. make afayreand eafiepa!Tage: foritl$ no im~ll fe· licitiewhich ...__,.[ ugujlus C£jar was w~nt «> VVlfh t? bim(elfe,thatfame·Euth4nafia,an~ whtc~ was fpe{;t: ally noted in the death ?f Anttmznus Pttl;, w~o{~ . death was after the fafhton and femblance of a klnd.ly &. pleaCan t 11 e ep e .. So it is written o[Epicil ru.1 ,that · after his di(eafe was tndged defperate, he drown~d. his ftomacke and fenfes with a large drau~ht and1n" gurgitation ofwine,whereuton the Ep•gram was .made; Iiinc jlygiAJEbrtus l:auflt aqt1as.· ~ewas~ot fober enough to ta~e _any b~tterne_lfe :ofthe fiyg1an water. But the Phdinons contrartwtfe doe make .a· kinde offcruple and Religion to Hay wi~h the. patt· , ent after the-difeafe is deplored,wheras, 1n my tudg: ment they ought both to enqu_i~e t?e skill,. an~ to giue the attendances fGr the faCilttaung &a£Iwagmg . ofthe·pa¥nes and agof!ies of death. . . · . . , In the .. ccnfideration of the Cures of dt{e a[es,I find .~.Vtdtc~llte· a- deficience in the Rec~iptes of proprietie, ref~e~· . expml ting the particular clli'es o! d if eafes : ~or the Ph1fit~ · merJta es. ans haue fruftrated the frutte of tradtuon & expen· en« by their magiftralities>in_adding and taking our. ·· ·· · · · · and~ f' • . . frhe J!cond 'Boo~.. · · *3 aAd:cn~ng.mg, f2.!i!d pro-1uo1 in their r,ccei.ptea, at tbe1r ptea.(t~r~'i_, commandi~g fo. ouer the medicine, . as the medt~tne cannot commmad ouer the di(eafe: f~r ~xc~pt IE be Tlieacle and Mythridatii, &oflate · Det-~jcor~tum,and a few more,they tJe themfelu~s to . aorece~ptes feuerely and religioHfiy: for as to the . £onfett1Cms. offale,which are in the fhoppes, they· arc for readtne.s,and·~Ot for proprietie: for thfy .are. vpo? gener-a!ltntenuons ofpurging,opening, com-. ~tng,al~ering,and not. ~uch appropriate to par-. ~cular Dtfeafes; and thts 1s the caufe why Etnp~ '!ques? and .ould w.om·en are more happie many. mes 111 their Cur.es,, than learned Phifitians . be~ ufe they are more religious in hold.ing their Medi.-.. tnes. Therefore here is the deficience which I: an de;. that .PhiGtians h~ue nGt par.tly out· of their·~ .. . . ~ wne pr~cbze,partly out of the confiant probations; · r&pGrt~dtn bo0kes; &-par:dyoutofthetraditionsof; E.mper.tques;fetdow.nc and deliue~ed.ou¢r oertaine · E~perimmt all M alicin:s, f ?r the Cure of Particular' Pifeafe.s ~ befides tbetr owne coniefluralt and Magi--_ .jr.aU d~fcriptitJ~s • . For as they w.etethe men of the be~ C otnpofinon In ~he St·ate o£ Rome, which either~ bet~g ~on_fuls .inctined,to the pe0ple-; or being Tri·· bunes 1nchned to the Senat:fo in tne matter we now: -n~le, ~hey be the· be~ ?hHitians,whic~ being~ear- . d·.tnchne,to the tr.adtuons.o£experience• or being·n · · · . periques) incline· to the methods of Ie;rning~' Nmt rattf1>:t. n · f d" · attJr£ til·· ~reparauon o "'11 e. tcJnes, 1 doe fin de firange B l · &t ·~.>con.(~r~g how·minera!M~d!~!ne.haue; :;~:M,~ ~ o L_t_ .Js-; licene· J~ • , .. ,.b ~· "- - -~ wCttlfUI 11&1 - ---·- .. - • _.,J |