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           THE
           Test
           and
           Tryal
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           AND
           The
           different
           MODES
           of
           Medical
           Practice
           .
        
         
           Shewing
           what
           Hopes
           of
           Help
           ,
           from
           Physick
           and
           Physicians
           .
        
         
           By
           
             E.
             M.
          
           Med.
           D.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Mundus
           Errore
           tenetur
           .
        
         
           MEdicines
           being
           of
           the
           greatest
           Importance
           ,
           and
           the
           principal
           part
           of
           the
           Art
           of
           Physick
           :
           they
           require
           the
           greatest
           Consideration
           ,
           serious
           Care
           ,
           and
           strict
           Examination
           ,
           for
           an
           assurance
           of
           their
           validity
           and
           worth
           ;
           for
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           Physician
           ,
           and
           Life
           of
           the
           Patient
           ,
           doth
           depend
           thereon
           :
           an
           errour
           or
           neglect
           herein
           ,
           frustrates
           and
           baffles
           all
           the
           Physician
           's
           Learning
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           be
           not
           skillful
           (
           not
           by
           Book
           reading
           ,
           but
           Manual
           Operation
           )
           in
           this
           grand
           work
           ,
           all
           his
           other
           learned
           qualifications
           are
           but
           deceit
           ,
           and
           avail
           little
           in
           Curing
           .
           And
           since
           the
           Import
           of
           Medicines
           is
           so
           great
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           immediate
           Instruments
           contending
           with
           Diseases
           ;
           and
           from
           their
           Power
           and
           Excellency
           ,
           Curing
           is
           performed
           or
           frustrated
           ;
           it
           mainly
           behooves
           the
           Physician
           (
           and
           as
           much
           it
           concerns
           the
           Patient
           )
           that
           he
           be
           compleatly
           provided
           with
           a
           stock
           of
           elaborate
           ,
           excelling
           Medicines
           ,
           reformed
           and
           well
           proved
           ;
           such
           as
           he
           may
           confide
           in
           ;
           to
           oppose
           the
           secret
           intestine
           Enemies
           ,
           that
           prey
           upon
           Health
           and
           Life
           ;
           and
           with
           which
           he
           may
           repair
           and
           support
           the
           Fabrick
           of
           humane
           Bodies
           ,
           unto
           the
           period
           of
           their
           term
           ,
           by
           the
           common
           Course
           of
           Nature
           :
           else
           it
           may
           be
           said
           ,
           this
           or
           that
           Person
           came
           to
           an
           untimely
           end
           ;
           as
           many
           do
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           good
           means
           ,
           or
           due
           administration
           .
           This
           premised
           ,
           I
           proceed
           to
           the
           matter
           proposed
           .
        
         
           All
           Medicines
           ,
           that
           are
           designed
           and
           formed
           by
           Art
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           their
           Latitude
           ,
           comprehension
           ,
           and
           adaption
           ;
           may
           be
           divided
           into
           three
           Ranks
           or
           Classes
           :
           and
           then
           they
           are
           either
           
             Catholic
             ,
             Specific
          
           ,
           or
           Appropriate
           .
        
         
           The
           Catholic
           (
           or
           universal
           )
           is
           a
           Medicine
           of
           large
           extent
           and
           comprehension
           ,
           applicable
           to
           ,
           and
           useful
           in
           many
           and
           various
           Diseases
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           divers
           Persons
           .
        
         
           The
           Specific
           Medicine
           is
           such
           ,
           as
           Nature
           or
           Art
           hath
           specificated
           and
           designed
           for
           the
           Cure
           of
           one
           particular
           Disease
           only
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           divers
           Persons
           .
        
         
           The
           Appropriate
           Medicine
           ,
           is
           yet
           narrower
           and
           more
           restrained
           ,
           being
           prescribed
           for
           ,
           and
           adapted
           to
           the
           particular
           Case
           of
           one
           single
           Person
           only
           ;
           under
           such
           circumstances
           and
           complicated
           Infirmities
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           compare
           these
           three
           sorts
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           of
           different
           extensions
           ;
           as
           touching
           their
           worth
           ,
           usefulness
           and
           certainty
           in
           Curing
           ;
           my
           Judgment
           and
           Experience
           determines
           thus
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Catholic
           Medicine
           ,
           that
           hath
           been
           studiously
           formed
           ,
           oft
           revised
           ,
           reformed
           and
           meliorated
           ,
           by
           a
           skilful
           Artist
           in
           Pharmacy
           ;
           long
           and
           often
           proved
           ,
           and
           thereby
           approved
           ,
           for
           its
           amicable
           ,
           steddy
           ,
           and
           certain
           operation
           ;
           and
           most
           frequently
           attended
           with
           Success
           :
           this
           excels
           all
           other
           ;
           for
           its
           generous
           Latitude
           ,
           and
           comprehensive
           Virtues
           ;
           being
           a
           ready
           ,
           most
           confiding
           ,
           and
           advantageous
           assistant
           against
           many
           Diseases
           ;
           very
           useful
           ,
           and
           fitly
           applicable
           to
           divers
           Persons
           ,
           though
           differently
           seized
           and
           afflicted
           ;
           but
           requiring
           such
           manner
           of
           Operation
           as
           this
           Catholic
           performs
           :
           whether
           it
           be
           
             Cathartic
             ,
             Diaphoretic
             ,
             Diuretic
          
           ,
           &c.
           thus
           allowing
           a
           plurality
           of
           Catholiks
           ,
           distinct
           in
           their
           operations
           .
        
         
           The
           Specific
           Medicine
           (
           that
           is
           truly
           so
           )
           having
           been
           frequently
           experimented
           ,
           and
           seldom
           failing
           to
           do
           its
           Work
           ;
           is
           a
           rare
           good
           Medicine
           for
           a
           single
           Disease
           ;
           but
           then
           it
           is
           bounded
           within
           that
           narrow
           compass
           of
           one
           particular
           Malady
           ;
           and
           its
           virtues
           are
           not
           of
           that
           generous
           ,
           useful
           ,
           and
           extensive
           Nature
           ,
           like
           the
           Catholic
           Medicine
           ;
           and
           is
           therefore
           inferiour
           in
           excellency
           and
           worth
           ,
           excepting
           only
           against
           that
           Disease
           ,
           for
           which
           it
           is
           specificated
           ,
           or
           peculiarly
           adapted
           .
        
         
           The
           Appropriate
           prescribed
           Medicine
           ,
           adapted
           to
           Person
           and
           Case
           (
           in
           the
           new
           Mode
           of
           Practice
           )
           though
           seemingly
           sounded
           upon
           much
           Learning
           ,
           by
           traditional
           Book
           assistance
           ;
           yet
           is
           much
           more
           casual
           ,
           hazardous
           ,
           uncertain
           in
           operation
           and
           success
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           be
           presumed
           and
           relyed
           on
           ,
           than
           the
           two
           former
           Medicines
           :
           for
           this
           is
           but
           a
           Prescript
           designed
           by
           conjecture
           and
           probability
           ,
           and
           an
           Experiment
           to
           be
           made
           at
           a
           venture
           ,
           or
           at
           best
           by
           analogy
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           certain
           Rule
           :
           and
           therefore
           this
           appropriated
           chance-Medicine
           ,
           must
           come
           far
           behind
           the
           two
           former
           ,
           in
           dignity
           and
           safety
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           Medicines
           proved
           and
           approved
           ;
           this
           never
           was
           proved
           ,
           but
           waits
           for
           Sentence
           until
           the
           tryal
           be
           past
           ;
           and
           whether
           this
           appropriated
           Recipe
           will
           prove
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           the
           Doctor
           cannot
           tell
           ,
           but
           he
           hopes
           well
           :
           and
           this
           he
           will
           say
           for
           himself
           ,
           the
           Ingredients
           are
           all
           good
           and
           harmless
           :
           but
           that
           is
           not
           sufficient
           ;
           for
           granted
           that
           all
           these
           things
           be
           innocent
           and
           good
           in
           themselves
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           ,
           it
           does
           not
           therefore
           necessarily
           follow
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           needs
           make
           a
           good
           Medicine
           ,
           for
           such
           a
           purpose
           ,
           and
           to
           operate
           so
           and
           so
           ;
           but
           it
           may
           happen
           much
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           reason
           why
           this
           Appropriated
           Medicine
           ,
           though
           contrived
           and
           appointed
           by
           learned
           Men
           ,
           should
           be
           thus
           uncertain
           and
           dubious
           to
           rely
           on
           ,
           are
           these
           :
           First
           ,
           Because
           every
           new
           association
           of
           ingredients
           ,
           or
           variety
           of
           preparation
           and
           manner
           of
           composition
           (
           to
           form
           an
           Appropriate
           Medicine
           )
           so
           much
           alters
           the
           Ingredients
           ,
           in
           their
           properties
           and
           virtues
           ,
           by
           acting
           and
           re-acting
           upon
           each
           other
           ,
           that
           their
           single
           Natures
           and
           Virtues
           are
           not
           the
           same
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           in
           another
           Conjunction
           :
           and
           every
           new
           mixture
           ,
           or
           different
           preparation
           ,
           makes
           such
           a
           change
           in
           their
           harmony
           and
           agreement
           ,
           that
           the
           result
           or
           product
           is
           not
           foreknown
           by
           the
           best
           guessing
           judgment
           ;
           but
           tryal
           and
           use
           must
           declare
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           good
           or
           bad
           :
           whether
           these
           things
           will
           yoak
           ,
           and
           draw
           amicably
           together
           ;
           whether
           they
           will
           all
           concur
           and
           conspire
           with
           the
           intended
           operation
           :
           and
           if
           they
           will
           be
           subjugated
           ,
           unite
           and
           comply
           with
           the
           form
           of
           the
           Medicine
           ;
           and
           whether
           a
           disproportion
           in
           their
           quantities
           may
           not
           appear
           afterwards
           ,
           and
           some
           ingredient
           may
           be
           unduly
           exalted
           ,
           and
           prevail
           over
           the
           rest
           ,
           to
           a
           disgust
           at
           least
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           greater
           injury
           ;
           in
           biassing
           the
           Medicine
           from
           the
           operation
           intended
           .
           He
           that
           can
           make
           all
           these
           requisites
           ,
           so
           evenly
           to
           fall
           in
           with
           the
           Medicine
           ,
           and
           hit
           it
           so
           rightly
           ,
           upon
           the
           first
           projection
           (
           of
           an
           Appropriated
           Medicine
           )
           is
           a
           wonderful
           lucky
           Man
           :
           and
           to
           do
           all
           this
           ,
           in
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           hour
           ,
           at
           the
           Sick
           Man's
           Chamber
           ,
           with
           Pen
           and
           Ink
           ;
           and
           I
           cannot
           design
           and
           compleat
           a
           Medicine
           at
           home
           in
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           year
           ,
           with
           the
           use
           of
           a
           Laboratory
           ,
           to
           be
           well
           satisfied
           therein
           ;
           this
           is
           strange
           ,
           very
           strange
           .
           But
           look
           into
           these
           appropriated
           Recipes
           ,
           filed
           at
           the
           Shops
           ,
           and
           the
           Mystery
           of
           this
           does
           plainly
           appear
           ;
           That
           they
           are
           not
           such
           as
           the
           World
           does
           believe
           them
           to
           be
           ;
           but
           a
           sort
           of
           squinting
           ,
           discordant
           ,
           uncertain
           ,
           unreformed
           Medicines
           ,
           upon
           the
           view
           of
           an
           expert
           Operator
           in
           Pharmacy
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           No
           certainty
           of
           knowledge
           in
           the
           Patient
           you
           design
           the
           appropriated
           Medicine
           for
           (
           surer
           than
           the
           Catholic
           and
           Specific
           adaption
           )
           in
           as
           much
           as
           no
           idiosyncratical
           ,
           or
           individual
           propriety
           of
           Person
           is
           foreknown
           ;
           in
           point
           of
           operation
           and
           agreement
           of
           Medicine
           ,
           farther
           than
           the
           tryals
           and
           experiments
           made
           upon
           the
           humane
           Nature
           of
           Bodies
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           Persons
           :
           and
           therefore
           every
           new
           invented
           ,
           untryed
           Medicine
           ,
           adapted
           to
           Person
           and
           Case
           ,
           are
           but
           presumed
           ,
           uncertain
           and
           unsafe
           ;
           and
           it
           necessarily
           follows
           ,
           that
           the
           Catholic
           and
           Specific
           Medicines
           ,
           are
           much
           to
           be
           preferred
           ,
           and
           more
           to
           be
           relied
           on
           ,
           because
           sufficiently
           tryed
           and
           proved
           ,
           to
           agree
           and
           perform
           with
           many
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           in
           short
           (
           yet
           much
           more
           is
           to
           be
           said
           )
           concerning
           appropriated
           
           Recipe's
           or
           Prescripts
           ,
           untried
           new
           Medicines
           ,
           contrived
           with
           Pen
           and
           Ink
           ,
           and
           transmitted
           to
           the
           Shops
           to
           be
           made
           up
           :
           being
           compared
           with
           the
           Catholicks
           and
           Specificks
           ,
           the
           Pharmaceutick
           
           Arcana's
           ,
           standing
           Medicines
           ,
           reposited
           in
           the
           Physicians
           Closet
           ,
           being
           the
           result
           and
           perfection
           of
           long
           labour
           ,
           industriously
           and
           carefully
           prepared
           in
           their
           own
           Laboratory
           ,
           well
           proved
           and
           compleated
           ,
           ready
           for
           Practice
           .
           And
           this
           determination
           ,
           upon
           the
           comparison
           of
           Medicines
           in
           this
           triple
           division
           ;
           I
           make
           from
           Reason
           ,
           and
           my
           Experience
           in
           both
           the
           Modes
           of
           Practice
           ,
           having
           first
           been
           conversant
           near
           ten
           years
           together
           in
           the
           prescribing
           Practice
           ,
           making
           Experiments
           with
           Appropriate
           Medicines
           ,
           
             pro
             re
             nata
          
           ;
           and
           since
           ,
           for
           above
           twenty
           years
           ,
           operating
           in
           Medicinal
           Preparations
           (
           to
           be
           Master
           of
           Catholic
           and
           Specific
           Medicines
           ,
           more
           secure
           and
           certain
           in
           their
           Operations
           )
           and
           practising
           therewith
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           shewed
           you
           the
           several
           distinct
           and
           bounded
           Latitudes
           ,
           the
           aim
           and
           scope
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           in
           their
           design
           of
           Adaptation
           to
           Persons
           and
           Cases
           ,
           and
           my
           Judgment
           thereupon
           ;
           next
           we
           shall
           consider
           Medicines
           ,
           in
           their
           different
           manner
           of
           Operation
           or
           Working
           ;
           how
           they
           assist
           Nature
           against
           all
           the
           Diseases
           that
           assault
           and
           afflict
           her
           ;
           and
           what
           effects
           we
           may
           rationally
           expect
           from
           their
           Power
           and
           Virtues
           .
           And
           here
           you
           will
           have
           before
           you
           ,
           Natures
           Directory
           ,
           for
           performing
           of
           Cures
           in
           all
           Diseases
           that
           shall
           present
           ;
           and
           how
           she
           is
           to
           be
           relieved
           in
           her
           praeternatural
           State
           ,
           and
           deviations
           from
           her
           right
           and
           regular
           Course
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           six
           Cardinal
           Operations
           ,
           or
           principal
           wayes
           ,
           by
           which
           Medicines
           do
           operate
           ,
           for
           the
           discharge
           and
           throwing
           off
           all
           excremental
           ,
           morbific
           matter
           ,
           that
           is
           bred
           or
           received
           into
           the
           Body
           ,
           viz.
           by
           
             Purgation
             ,
             Transpiration
             ,
             Vrination
             ,
             Salivation
             ,
             Expectoration
          
           and
           Corroboration
           ;
           hereby
           to
           preserve
           or
           restore
           Health
           decayed
           :
           and
           these
           are
           promoted
           and
           used
           in
           Nature's
           Method
           ,
           which
           she
           performs
           in
           the
           constant
           work
           of
           Nutrition
           ;
           casting
           out
           the
           relicks
           ,
           and
           superfluous
           matter
           of
           our
           food
           ,
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           retained
           ;
           she
           works
           by
           
             stool
             ,
             transpires
             ,
             urines
             ,
             salivates
             ,
             expectorates
          
           ;
           and
           lastly
           corroborates
           ,
           with
           the
           Quintessence
           extracted
           from
           Aliment
           ;
           and
           this
           enables
           Nature
           to
           perform
           all
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           Now
           these
           Evacuations
           ,
           and
           Roborating
           assistance
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           promoted
           by
           Medicine
           ,
           as
           Nature
           oppressed
           or
           decayed
           ,
           doth
           chiefly
           require
           and
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           ;
           sometimes
           the
           one
           ,
           sometimes
           the
           other
           .
           In
           some
           Cases
           ,
           one
           of
           these
           Operations
           ,
           duly
           prosecuted
           ,
           with
           an
           excellent
           good
           Medicine
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           ;
           as
           Purgation
           alone
           sometimes
           doth
           all
           that
           is
           needful
           to
           restore
           the
           Person
           complaining
           :
           other
           conditions
           of
           Body
           may
           require
           two
           :
           as
           Purging
           ,
           and
           also
           roborating
           the
           Faculties
           .
           Sometimes
           three
           several
           operations
           are
           required
           by
           turns
           :
           to
           restore
           lost
           Health
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           four
           are
           needful
           ;
           as
           in
           Contumacious
           and
           Complicated
           Diseases
           ,
           in
           difficult
           and
           decayed
           Bodies
           .
           And
           by
           this
           Method
           all
           Physicians
           ought
           to
           go
           with
           secure
           well
           proved
           Medicines
           ;
           and
           thus
           all
           Cures
           are
           regularly
           to
           be
           performed
           ,
           and
           not
           otherwise
           ,
           by
           various
           ,
           uncertain
           ,
           invented
           Medicines
           .
        
         
           Now
           these
           being
           the
           certain
           ways
           ,
           and
           only
           chief
           Methods
           of
           Curing
           ;
           the
           frustration
           and
           failing
           herein
           (
           as
           to
           the
           
           Physician
           's
           part
           )
           is
           from
           the
           insufficiency
           and
           defect
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           to
           operate
           compleatly
           those
           Intentions
           .
           And
           since
           the
           design
           of
           Curing
           ,
           most
           safely
           and
           most
           certainly
           ,
           falls
           under
           such
           a
           method
           and
           management
           as
           this
           ;
           then
           it
           mainly
           concerns
           
           the
           Physician
           ,
           to
           be
           furnished
           with
           a
           stock
           of
           such
           choice
           Medicines
           of
           his
           own
           elaboration
           ,
           formed
           ,
           reformed
           ,
           and
           sufficiently
           proved
           ,
           wherewith
           to
           dispatch
           his
           Undertakings
           satisfactorily
           ,
           and
           with
           credit
           :
           and
           it
           as
           much
           concerns
           the
           Sick
           and
           Diseased
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           such
           Physicians
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           may
           expect
           the
           greatest
           help
           and
           relief
           ,
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           ;
           especially
           in
           difficult
           and
           deplorable
           Cases
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           be
           Patient
           sufferers
           ,
           and
           tryers
           of
           conjectural
           new
           invented
           
           Recipe's
           ,
           and
           uncertain
           traditional
           Book
           Medicines
           ,
           taken
           up
           upon
           trust
           ,
           collected
           from
           Authors
           ,
           and
           transcribed
           from
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           three
           principal
           things
           which
           concerns
           a
           Physician
           to
           know
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           sent
           for
           to
           the
           sick
           or
           diseased
           ;
           in
           any
           of
           which
           ,
           if
           he
           fails
           ,
           the
           Patient
           may
           miscarry
           or
           linger
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           By
           questions
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           symptoms
           that
           present
           ,
           what
           the
           Disease
           or
           Complication
           of
           Diseases
           the
           Patient
           labours
           under
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           What
           Operation
           ,
           or
           Operations
           of
           Nature
           in
           Man's
           Body
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           promoted
           ,
           or
           assisted
           ;
           for
           relief
           in
           the
           present
           Case
           ;
           and
           which
           to
           precede
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           With
           what
           Medicine
           ,
           or
           Medicines
           ,
           this
           Operation
           ,
           or
           Operations
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           performed
           by
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           That
           is
           to
           be
           done
           at
           the
           
           Patient's
           House
           ,
           in
           his
           presence
           .
           The
           two
           latter
           ,
           at
           the
           
           Physician
           's
           House
           :
           he
           must
           make
           no
           Medicines
           with
           Pen
           and
           Ink
           in
           the
           Patient's
           Chamber
           ;
           but
           return
           home
           ,
           and
           there
           consider
           of
           the
           operation
           indicated
           ,
           and
           most
           rational
           to
           give
           help
           in
           that
           Case
           ;
           whether
           
             purging
             ,
             sweating
             ,
             corroborating
          
           ,
           &c.
           otherwise
           :
           which
           having
           determined
           ,
           the
           Medicine
           is
           to
           be
           sent
           away
           immediately
           ,
           if
           so
           requiring
           :
           and
           this
           Medicine
           ought
           to
           be
           ready
           prepared
           (
           by
           himself
           and
           Servants
           )
           and
           well
           proved
           ,
           long
           before
           the
           use
           of
           it
           was
           wanted
           ,
           or
           required
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Prescriber
           ,
           he
           makes
           Medicines
           upon
           a
           piece
           of
           Paper
           in
           the
           Sick
           Man's
           Chamber
           ;
           and
           would
           have
           the
           Patient
           believe
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           Complaints
           are
           put
           into
           the
           Medicine
           ;
           something
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           something
           for
           that
           ,
           and
           another
           ingredient
           for
           the
           other
           ailment
           :
           but
           alas
           ,
           here
           is
           a
           great
           mistake
           ,
           Medicines
           will
           not
           be
           designed
           and
           formed
           after
           this
           manner
           ;
           Medicines
           are
           not
           to
           be
           made
           by
           Indications
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           to
           be
           exhibited
           by
           Indications
           .
           You
           must
           not
           mix
           this
           and
           that
           together
           ,
           as
           proper
           and
           suitable
           (
           in
           your
           Phancy
           )
           against
           this
           and
           that
           complicated
           Infirmity
           ;
           the
           Medicinal
           Composition
           may
           then
           prove
           as
           discordant
           and
           disorderly
           in
           it self
           ,
           as
           the
           Diseases
           in
           the
           Patient's
           Body
           were
           repugnant
           ,
           and
           exasperating
           one
           another
           .
           Because
           (
           you
           will
           say
           )
           the
           ingredients
           are
           all
           very
           good
           ;
           therefore
           the
           Medicine
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           good
           :
           that
           's
           a
           
             non
             sequitur
          
           .
           You
           must
           steer
           by
           another
           Compass
           ,
           if
           ever
           you
           will
           arrive
           at
           the
           true
           knowledge
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           or
           the
           right
           Method
           of
           Curing
           .
           After
           your
           Mode
           of
           guessing
           at
           Medicines
           ,
           many
           an
           unlucky
           Medicine
           hath
           been
           invented
           ;
           the
           effects
           whereof
           are
           too
           bad
           :
           but
           all
           must
           then
           be
           father'd
           upon
           the
           Disease
           ,
           that
           was
           so
           intractable
           and
           malignant
           ,
           as
           to
           produce
           such
           unexpected
           strange
           Symptoms
           :
           pertinent
           to
           this
           matter
           ,
           take
           the
           following
           Story
           .
        
         
           Calling
           at
           a
           House
           ,
           where
           formerly
           I
           had
           a
           Patient
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           sick
           at
           that
           time
           there
           ;
           the
           People
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           being
           my
           acquaintance
           ,
           desired
           me
           to
           go
           up
           ,
           and
           give
           my
           opinion
           of
           the
           Sick
           Person
           ,
           which
           I
           refused
           ,
           because
           under
           the
           charge
           and
           cure
           of
           another
           Physician
           :
           but
           being
           importuned
           ,
           I
           was
           prevailed
           upon
           ,
           and
           did
           go
           into
           the
           Chamber
           ;
           I
           viewed
           the
           sick
           ,
           and
           asked
           some
           Questions
           ;
           understanding
           who
           the
           Physician
           was
           ,
           a
           Man
           of
           good
           Learning
           and
           Repute
           ,
           I
           gave
           him
           his
           due
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           he
           well
           knew
           what
           he
           had
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           seeing
           some
           Glasses
           upon
           the
           Table
           ;
           I
           tasted
           of
           one
           ,
           with
           a
           Label
           ,
           inscribed
           ,
           The
           Cordial
           :
           of
           a
           maukish
           ,
           flat
           ,
           and
           sweet
           tast
           ,
           more
           likely
           to
           make
           a
           Stomach
           sickish
           ,
           than
           to
           refresh
           and
           cheer
           a
           faint
           languishing
           Stomach
           .
           I
           took
           another
           Bottle
           ,
           and
           tasted
           a
           few
           drops
           upon
           the
           Pallat
           ,
           turning
           it
           about
           in
           my
           Mouth
           ,
           but
           swallowed
           none
           ;
           yet
           this
           so
           drew
           my
           Chaps
           together
           ,
           with
           such
           vehement
           astringency
           ,
           that
           my
           breath
           was
           stopt
           a
           while
           ,
           until
           I
           could
           recover
           my self
           :
           If
           any
           one
           would
           give
           me
           a
           hundred
           Guineas
           ,
           I
           durst
           not
           take
           a
           Spoonful
           down
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           suffocation
           .
           I
           said
           little
           ;
           only
           that
           I
           did
           not
           like
           
           that
           Medicine
           ;
           but
           my
           thoughts
           were
           full
           .
           Two
           or
           three
           days
           after
           ,
           meeting
           a
           Servant
           of
           that
           House
           in
           the
           street
           ,
           I
           asked
           how
           that
           Patient
           did
           ;
           the
           answer
           returned
           ,
           she
           was
           dead
           .
           Now
           these
           Medicines
           were
           prescribed
           by
           guess
           ,
           at
           a
           venture
           ,
           and
           ill
           composed
           :
           or
           else
           the
           Apothecary
           ,
           or
           his
           Servant
           ,
           was
           highly
           in
           fault
           :
           but
           where
           the
           miscarriage
           was
           ,
           did
           not
           belong
           to
           me
           to
           examine
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           past
           off
           .
           The
           Doctor
           was
           an
           able
           Man
           ;
           the
           Apothecary
           was
           an
           honest
           Man
           ;
           and
           the
           Patient
           was
           become
           a
           dead
           Woman
           :
           and
           there
           is
           an
           end
           of
           the
           Story
           .
           But
           not
           a
           few
           such
           Casualties
           do
           fall
           out
           in
           the
           Prescribing
           Practice
           ;
           and
           many
           People
           can
           tell
           such
           Melancholy
           Tales
           ,
           something
           like
           to
           this
           .
           The
           Diseases
           ,
           and
           unhappy
           Casualties
           thereupon
           ,
           in
           and
           about
           London
           ,
           if
           a
           true
           account
           could
           be
           had
           ,
           would
           make
           a
           Weekly
           Bill
           ,
           not
           inconsiderable
           ,
           but
           worth
           remarking
           .
        
         
           I
           see
           ,
           and
           do
           hear
           of
           many
           learned
           Men
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           can
           see
           but
           a
           very
           few
           learned
           Medicines
           :
           either
           they
           fail
           in
           the
           association
           ;
           (
           an
           Ox
           and
           an
           Ass
           cannot
           well
           draw
           together
           )
           or
           by
           disproportion
           in
           quantities
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           manner
           of
           Process
           ,
           and
           finishing
           .
           If
           Learning
           be
           not
           brought
           down
           into
           the
           Medicine
           ,
           what
           signifies
           Learning
           in
           point
           of
           Curing
           ;
           only
           a
           varnish
           ,
           and
           a
           flourish
           ,
           to
           set
           off
           and
           dazel
           Folks
           Eyes
           :
           Let
           me
           see
           the
           Medicine
           ,
           I
           'll
           tell
           you
           what
           the
           
           Doctor
           's
           Learning
           is
           worth
           ,
           in
           the
           design
           of
           Curing
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Men
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           can
           command
           all
           the
           assistance
           and
           help
           this
           Art
           can
           afford
           ;
           and
           therefore
           deem
           themselves
           the
           more
           secure
           ;
           are
           oftentimes
           the
           most
           unfortunate
           ,
           under
           Physick
           ,
           of
           all
           others
           ;
           chiefly
           at
           the
           times
           of
           the
           greatest
           danger
           ,
           in
           acute
           and
           peracute
           Sicknesses
           :
           having
           three
           or
           four
           ,
           or
           more
           Physicians
           to
           attend
           them
           :
           each
           of
           them
           must
           put
           in
           for
           a
           share
           ,
           in
           designing
           and
           forming
           the
           Medicines
           :
           one
           will
           have
           this
           ,
           another
           that
           ingredient
           ,
           and
           a
           third
           ,
           something
           else
           to
           be
           added
           :
           then
           the
           form
           of
           the
           Medicines
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Modus
             praeparandi
          
           ,
           is
           not
           readily
           agreed
           upon
           ,
           but
           dissent
           and
           thwarting
           arises
           there
           ,
           each
           Man
           stiff
           in
           his
           opinion
           ,
           and
           loth
           to
           yield
           ;
           but
           the
           urgency
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           admitting
           no
           delay
           ,
           sometimes
           forceth
           an
           abrupt
           Conclusion
           ;
           not
           a
           free
           Consent
           ,
           and
           general
           Concurrence
           .
           Now
           what
           can
           you
           expect
           from
           these
           Consultations
           ,
           and
           excogitated
           new
           Compositions
           ,
           though
           designed
           by
           Men
           of
           Learning
           ;
           for
           they
           themselves
           can
           have
           no
           assurance
           in
           them
           ,
           but
           an
           uncertain
           conjecture
           ;
           no
           well
           grounded
           hope
           :
           and
           so
           long
           as
           Practice
           thus
           depends
           upon
           the
           Invention
           of
           Remedies
           ,
           whose
           operations
           will
           be
           very
           Casual
           ,
           and
           then
           success
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           dubious
           .
           And
           now
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           you
           have
           but
           a
           Chance
           Medicine
           for
           all
           your
           Guineas
           ;
           but
           that
           's
           not
           all
           the
           loss
           ;
           here
           is
           a
           cast
           thrown
           for
           your
           Life
           :
           it
           may
           happen
           well
           ,
           by
           the
           benign
           aspect
           of
           your
           Stars
           ;
           the
           good
           Providence
           that
           protects
           you
           ;
           but
           not
           the
           
           Doctor
           's
           Skill
           :
           they
           put
           it
           upon
           the
           Venture
           ;
           they
           can
           have
           no
           true
           knowledge
           of
           such
           Appropriated
           Medicines
           ;
           and
           what
           the
           result
           of
           their
           mixture
           will
           be
           ,
           is
           but
           strangely
           presumed
           ,
           and
           groundlesly
           hoped
           ;
           being
           formed
           without
           a
           Rule
           ,
           and
           not
           confirmed
           by
           experimented
           Proofs
           :
           for
           although
           the
           single
           ingredients
           be
           good
           and
           innocent
           in
           themselves
           ,
           yet
           what
           their
           Concord
           will
           be
           in
           Composition
           ,
           and
           what
           Concurrence
           to
           the
           intention
           aimed
           ;
           nothing
           but
           Experience
           in
           the
           Tryal
           can
           determine
           .
           If
           then
           dubious
           Medicines
           be
           put
           upon
           dangerous
           Diseases
           ,
           the
           attempt
           seems
           desperate
           ,
           and
           the
           event
           looks
           fatal
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           be
           the
           Practice
           of
           Physick
           ,
           then
           Physick
           shall
           never
           be
           practised
           (
           after
           this
           manner
           )
           upon
           me
           :
           then
           rather
           give
           me
           the
           Countryman's
           Pepper
           Posset
           ,
           and
           I
           'll
           venture
           it
           that
           way
           .
           I
           don't
           like
           to
           die
           by
           Physick
           :
           then
           I
           shall
           know
           ,
           whether
           my
           Disease
           be
           mortal
           or
           not
           :
           but
           he
           that
           dies
           in
           the
           other
           chance
           Practice
           ,
           who
           can
           tell
           ,
           whether
           his
           Disease
           ,
           or
           his
           Medicines
           ,
           let
           him
           slip
           ,
           or
           thrust
           him
           out
           of
           the
           World.
           'T
           is
           a
           known
           saying
           ,
           
             Plures
             gula
             quam
             gladius
          
           :
           and
           I
           wish
           it
           were
           not
           as
           probably
           true
           ,
           
             Plures
             Medicamenta
             quam
             morbus
          
           .
           I
           have
           a
           farther
           charge
           to
           exhibite
           against
           the
           Prescribing
           Practice
           ,
           which
           you
           may
           expect
           at
           my
           next
           opportunity
           :
           then
           the
           World
           shall
           see
           what
           they
           have
           doted
           on
           ,
           and
           what
           they
           have
           trusted
           their
           lives
           with
           .
        
         
           In
           my
           former
           Sheet
           called
           ,
           
             A
             serious
             Debate
             ,
             relating
             to
             Health
             and
             Sickness
             :
          
           having
           there
           
           set
           forth
           and
           aproved
           ,
           that
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           for
           many
           hundred
           years
           after
           ,
           Physicians
           were
           all
           Preparers
           of
           Medicines
           for
           their
           own
           Practice
           .
           That
           Medicines
           were
           then
           celebrated
           with
           the
           Author's
           Names
           and
           Places
           ,
           for
           the
           People
           to
           resort
           thither
           .
           That
           of
           later
           times
           ,
           Physicians
           have
           imprudently
           departed
           from
           that
           laudable
           and
           exemplary
           custom
           ;
           and
           taken
           up
           the
           new
           Mode
           of
           prescribing
           to
           the
           Shops
           :
           an
           innovation
           hazardous
           to
           the
           Patient
           ,
           injurious
           to
           the
           Progress
           and
           Performance
           of
           this
           Art
           ;
           rendring
           it
           uncertain
           and
           unsafe
           :
           and
           in
           the
           end
           will
           prove
           the
           ruine
           of
           the
           Professors
           .
           That
           although
           illiterate
           Empericks
           have
           defamed
           the
           publishing
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           by
           spreading
           their
           trifles
           abroad
           ;
           yet
           the
           legal
           Physician
           is
           not
           to
           decline
           his
           duty
           ,
           because
           such
           Interlopers
           incroach
           upon
           his
           Priviledges
           and
           right
           ;
           for
           such
           abuses
           will
           happen
           in
           the
           best
           of
           things
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           my self
           ,
           having
           deserted
           the
           Prescribing
           Practice
           near
           thirty
           years
           ,
           and
           adhered
           to
           the
           Practice
           of
           the
           Antie●ts
           ;
           I
           there
           made
           mention
           of
           some
           Medicines
           of
           my
           own
           Preparation
           ,
           conform
           to
           the
           Ancient
           Custom
           of
           the
           most
           renowned
           Physicians
           ,
           and
           there
           gave
           an
           account
           of
           their
           Virtues
           ,
           Dose
           ,
           and
           manner
           of
           use
           ;
           that
           those
           who
           stand
           in
           need
           thereof
           ,
           may
           know
           where
           such
           help
           is
           to
           be
           had
           :
           which
           perhaps
           elsewhere
           ,
           the
           like
           may
           not
           to
           be
           purchased
           .
           In
           vain
           it
           is
           diligently
           to
           labour
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           and
           earnestly
           pursue
           the
           acquiring
           of
           extraordinary
           means
           ;
           and
           being
           attained
           ,
           then
           to
           bury
           the
           success
           in
           obscurity
           ,
           and
           deprive
           the
           World
           of
           that
           relief
           ,
           which
           many
           have
           languished
           for
           want
           thereof
           ,
           and
           now
           are
           dead
           .
        
         
           The
           Medicines
           named
           ,
           were
           such
           as
           most
           generally
           are
           wanted
           ;
           
             viz.
             Scorbutic
             Pills
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Restoring
             Elixir
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Pills
           ,
           by
           their
           Purgative
           and
           Diuretick
           Operations
           ,
           radically
           cleanse
           and
           purify
           the
           Body
           ,
           from
           all
           Scorbutic
           and
           degenerate
           humours
           :
           which
           being
           evacuated
           and
           drawn
           forth
           ,
           the
           various
           Diseases
           bred
           from
           those
           Causes
           ,
           must
           needs
           wither
           ,
           and
           will
           daily
           lessen
           ,
           if
           duly
           prosecuted
           :
           They
           fitly
           apply
           to
           most
           Cases
           ,
           requiring
           Purgation
           and
           urinary
           evacuations
           ,
           and
           readily
           serve
           upon
           all
           emergent
           occasions
           ,
           or
           seasonable
           preventions
           ;
           operating
           with
           great
           ease
           and
           safety
           ,
           in
           young
           or
           aged
           ,
           and
           the
           tenderest
           or
           weakest
           Persons
           ,
           the
           Dose
           being
           suitable
           .
           And
           being
           of
           such
           great
           use
           ,
           and
           durable
           in
           keeping
           ;
           some
           provident
           People
           ,
           do
           keep
           them
           as
           necessary
           provision
           ,
           to
           be
           ready
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           seek
           them
           at
           the
           time
           of
           need
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Restoring
             Elixir
          
           performs
           a
           different
           operation
           from
           the
           Pills
           ;
           but
           is
           frequently
           used
           by
           turns
           with
           them
           :
           for
           as
           they
           by
           cleansing
           carry
           of
           the
           impurities
           and
           noxious
           humours
           that
           oppress
           ,
           clog
           ,
           and
           obstruct
           the
           functions
           of
           several
           Parts
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           from
           performing
           their
           office
           ;
           so
           this
           assisting
           Elixir
           is
           very
           useful
           ,
           to
           quicken
           ,
           strengthen
           ,
           and
           raise
           up
           the
           faculties
           that
           are
           languid
           and
           weak
           ;
           to
           rectify
           and
           reinforce
           them
           ,
           when
           declining
           and
           deviating
           ;
           giving
           an
           additional
           strength
           ,
           for
           reducing
           them
           again
           into
           the
           true
           execution
           of
           their
           offices
           .
        
         
           ☞
           I
           there
           also
           mentioned
           a
           Medicine
           very
           useful
           and
           proper
           for
           Ireland
           ,
           against
           the
           Disease
           frequent
           in
           that
           Country
           ,
           and
           other
           Diseases
           usually
           attending
           Camps
           and
           Navies
           ,
           which
           have
           proved
           so
           mortal
           to
           many
           now
           of
           late
           ;
           which
           gives
           me
           cause
           to
           think
           ,
           the
           Medicinal
           help
           hath
           not
           been
           so
           fit
           ,
           and
           efficacious
           ,
           as
           ought
           to
           be
           .
           If
           people
           of
           the
           best
           rank
           be
           meanly
           serv'd
           at
           home
           ,
           though
           purchased
           at
           a
           considerable
           Charge
           ;
           what
           will
           not
           serve
           to
           fill
           up
           a
           Chest
           ,
           to
           be
           sent
           abroad
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Souldiers
           and
           Seamen
           ?
           the
           formality
           of
           Physick
           is
           enough
           ;
           they
           did
           not
           die
           without
           the
           use
           of
           Medicines
           ;
           and
           to
           alter
           this
           course
           ,
           is
           against
           some
           Mens
           Interests
           ;
           therefore
           any
           thing
           else
           proposed
           ,
           though
           ten
           times
           better
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           opposed
           and
           stifled
           .
           I
           wish
           so
           well
           to
           the
           publick
           service
           ,
           that
           my
           zeal
           makes
           me
           bold
           to
           offer
           my
           sentiments
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           will
           not
           be
           resented
           ill
           ,
           because
           intended
           well
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           hear
           ,
           there
           is
           care
           taken
           for
           a
           better
           supply
           ;
           that
           ten
           Physicians
           are
           put
           upon
           the
           work
           .
           If
           they
           be
           Pharmacopoeians
           ,
           Operators
           in
           Medicines
           ;
           I
           shall
           expect
           something
           extraordinary
           
           from
           them
           ;
           but
           otherwise
           ,
           if
           Readers
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           and
           only
           Book
           Learned
           ;
           I
           expect
           no
           more
           than
           the
           result
           of
           other
           Consultations
           ;
           conjectural
           ,
           presumed
           ,
           chance
           Medicines
           .
           I
           cannot
           well
           think
           ,
           how
           a
           compleat
           ,
           adapt
           Medicine
           ,
           should
           be
           made
           by
           Consultation
           ,
           unless
           the
           occasion
           requiring
           ,
           could
           wait
           upon
           many
           Adjournments
           ,
           and
           days
           of
           tryal
           ;
           to
           prove
           ,
           reform
           ,
           and
           meliorate
           their
           first
           invention
           :
           for
           many
           a
           Medicine
           that
           hath
           been
           thought
           very
           good
           and
           promising
           upon
           the
           projection
           ,
           hath
           been
           found
           mean
           upon
           the
           tryal
           ,
           and
           rejected
           .
        
         
           One
           Mans
           experience
           in
           a
           Medicine
           ,
           is
           
             better
             than
             ten
          
           Mens
           invention
           of
           a
           Medicine
           :
           take
           that
           for
           an
           Aphorism
           .
           And
           one
           Man
           sometimes
           finds
           out
           that
           ,
           which
           a
           hundred
           cannot
           ;
           and
           thousands
           never
           did
           .
           Here
           are
           ten
           Mens
           Heads
           ,
           but
           where
           are
           the
           Hands
           ?
           The
           Apothecaries
           are
           to
           find
           Hands
           :
           If
           Heads
           and
           Hands
           do
           not
           go
           together
           ,
           I
           doubt
           the
           Medicines
           will
           be
           spurious
           .
           But
           farther
           ,
           you
           'l
           say
           ,
           here
           will
           be
           ten
           Mens
           experience
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           surer
           than
           one
           Mans
           :
           but
           then
           consider
           how
           hard
           a
           thing
           ,
           and
           almost
           impossible
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           experience
           of
           many
           in
           the
           form
           ,
           and
           methodical
           use
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           should
           run
           so
           even
           ,
           and
           represent
           each
           other
           in
           uniformity
           and
           likeness
           ;
           but
           there
           must
           be
           some
           grains
           of
           allowance
           for
           disparity
           here
           and
           there
           ,
           to
           piece
           them
           together
           ,
           for
           an
           accord
           and
           union
           of
           Parity
           ;
           to
           stamp
           the
           certainty
           of
           one
           homogeneous
           experience
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           is
           done
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           all
           these
           experiences
           ,
           so
           modelled
           ,
           and
           reduced
           into
           one
           Masse
           ,
           cannot
           be
           truly
           called
           concurring
           experience
           ,
           
             in
             omnibus
          
           ,
           that
           deserves
           a
           
             Probatum
             est
          
           ,
           and
           a
           true
           Copy
           to
           form
           experienced
           Medicines
           by
           ;
           but
           you
           must
           call
           it
           a
           probable
           experiment
           to
           be
           made
           ;
           and
           as
           yet
           wants
           Confirmation
           by
           proofs
           .
           If
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           as
           in
           reason
           it
           is
           ;
           then
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           a
           comprehensive
           single
           Medicine
           ,
           well
           approved
           by
           one
           Mans
           Experience
           
             (
             si
             sit
             Artifex
          
           )
           is
           more
           to
           be
           relied
           on
           ,
           than
           a
           Method
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           from
           such
           a
           compounded
           Experience
           of
           many
           .
           But
           if
           I
           prove
           ,
           you
           can
           make
           no
           true
           observation
           in
           your
           new
           Mode
           of
           Practice
           ,
           and
           your
           experience
           not
           grounded
           thereupon
           ;
           your
           judgment
           must
           needs
           appear
           fallacious
           ,
           and
           the
           essential
           part
           of
           your
           ability
           taken
           away
           :
           for
           what
           is
           it
           that
           makes
           a
           Physician
           able
           and
           secure
           in
           practice
           ,
           but
           experience
           founded
           upon
           true
           observations
           :
           and
           without
           this
           knowledge
           ,
           he
           is
           but
           as
           a
           Novice
           ,
           an
           uncertain
           conjecturing
           Man
           in
           the
           methods
           of
           Curing
           ,
           although
           an
           ancient
           Practiser
           .
           But
           this
           I
           must
           prosecute
           in
           my
           next
           .
        
         
           Since
           all
           Learning
           ,
           reasoning
           ,
           and
           designing
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           must
           give
           way
           ,
           and
           yield
           up
           to
           Experience
           ;
           than
           which
           nothing
           so
           certain
           to
           depend
           on
           ;
           I
           must
           then
           prefer
           my
           single
           tryed
           Remedy
           ,
           before
           the
           methods
           of
           any
           learned
           Consultation
           whatever
           .
           Having
           seen
           the
           proofs
           thereof
           ,
           and
           manner
           of
           operation
           ,
           in
           various
           ,
           difficult
           ,
           and
           deplorable
           Cases
           :
           one
           whereof
           was
           my
           own
           ,
           and
           the
           condition
           so
           desperate
           ,
           as
           I
           would
           not
           wade
           through
           the
           like
           again
           ,
           for
           a
           heap
           of
           Gold
           and
           Diamonds
           :
           when
           all
           hopes
           in
           other
           Medicines
           failed
           ,
           this
           alone
           rescued
           me
           
             (
             Deo
             juvante
          
           )
           performing
           the
           whole
           course
           ,
           and
           answering
           all
           the
           indications
           that
           remarkable
           cure
           required
           .
           The
           story
           too
           long
           to
           insert
           here
           ;
           or
           the
           Contumacious
           Diseases
           of
           others
           ,
           in
           which
           this
           Medicine
           hath
           relieved
           .
           One
           part
           of
           its
           usefulness
           and
           excellency
           lyes
           here
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           easily
           managed
           ;
           whereas
           Methods
           of
           Medicines
           ,
           being
           various
           ,
           both
           in
           Method
           and
           Medicine
           ;
           they
           always
           require
           the
           attendance
           of
           a
           Physician
           ,
           upon
           each
           particular
           sick
           Person
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           allowed
           to
           an
           Army
           marching
           ,
           or
           dispersed
           into
           Quarters
           ,
           or
           a
           Fleet
           at
           Sea.
           And
           as
           for
           internal
           Ulcers
           ,
           or
           Wounds
           made
           by
           Gun-shot
           ,
           or
           Instrument
           ,
           where
           the
           Surgeon's
           hand
           cannot
           come
           to
           dress
           ,
           but
           must
           depend
           upon
           internal
           means
           ;
           this
           promotes
           digestion
           in
           the
           wounded
           part
           ,
           and
           also
           dischargeth
           the
           purulent
           matter
           ,
           or
           quittour
           ;
           performing
           the
           office
           of
           a
           Balsam
           ,
           and
           disposeth
           to
           healing
           :
           and
           if
           a
           Surgeon
           hath
           such
           an
           expedient
           as
           this
           to
           work
           with
           ,
           it
           facilitates
           and
           sets
           forward
           his
           business
           with
           all
           imaginable
           safety
           .
           This
           is
           no
           new
           Invention
           (
           to
           allure
           )
           contrived
           upon
           the
           present
           expedition
           and
           juncture
           of
           Affairs
           ;
           but
           I
           can
           prove
           it
           was
           fortunately
           designed
           some
           years
           since
           ,
           upon
           an
           extraordinary
           emergent
           occasion
           ;
           with
           its
           use
           and
           successes
           in
           various
           cases
           afterwards
           in
           Practice
           .
           So
           that
           I
           offered
           nothing
           upon
           bare
           
           projection
           and
           rational
           probability
           ,
           but
           grounded
           upon
           matters
           of
           fact
           ,
           the
           greatest
           assurance
           that
           can
           be
           given
           to
           support
           the
           credit
           of
           a
           Medicine
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           the
           more
           free
           upon
           the
           Character
           of
           this
           Medicine
           (
           yet
           not
           the
           half
           of
           what
           I
           have
           to
           say
           )
           because
           I
           mentioned
           it
           as
           most
           advantagious
           for
           the
           Publick
           Service
           ;
           that
           you
           may
           not
           think
           I
           offered
           a
           trifle
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           ordinary
           :
           I
           wish
           there
           may
           be
           such
           a
           Medicine
           found
           in
           the
           Medicinal
           Apparatus
           ,
           for
           Army
           or
           Navy
           ;
           but
           I
           do
           not
           expect
           it
           .
           As
           for
           Contagious
           Diseases
           ,
           which
           oftentimes
           do
           infest
           Armies
           and
           Fleets
           (
           the
           causes
           whereof
           I
           could
           assign
           )
           and
           begets
           great
           Mortality
           ,
           and
           this
           for
           want
           of
           a
           right
           understanding
           thereof
           ,
           good
           ,
           preventive
           ,
           and
           curative
           means
           ,
           and
           due
           Administration
           ;
           but
           few
           are
           fitted
           for
           this
           work
           .
           I
           have
           seen
           the
           highest
           Contagion
           that
           hath
           been
           known
           in
           England
           (
           Plague
           at
           London
           ,
           1665.
           )
           and
           voluntarily
           ingaged
           therein
           from
           first
           to
           last
           )
           when
           most
           Physicians
           ran
           away
           ,
           and
           deserted
           the
           people
           in
           that
           Calamity
           :
           But
           I
           being
           provided
           with
           Antidotes
           preventive
           and
           Curative
           ,
           and
           knowing
           it
           was
           my
           Duty
           ,
           I
           therefore
           feared
           nothing
           ;
           and
           visited
           those
           People
           ,
           seized
           with
           the
           Pestilence
           (
           as
           I
           do
           now
           any
           other
           Disease
           )
           my self
           remaining
           in
           good
           health
           during
           the
           Contagion
           .
        
         
           I
           wish
           for
           a
           sight
           of
           the
           Catalogue
           of
           Medicines
           designed
           for
           the
           service
           ;
           then
           I
           could
           say
           something
           more
           in
           this
           matter
           .
        
         
           Quibusdam
           Remedia
           .
           monstranda
           sunt
           ,
           quibusdam
           inculcanda
           .
        
         
           Senec.
           
        
         
           
             From
             my
             House
             in
             
               Old
               Southampton
               Buildings
            
             ,
             over
             against
             Grays-Inn
             ,
             
               Jan.
               1690.
               
            
          
           
             E.
             Maynwaringe
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           A
           Treatise
           of
           the
           Scurvey
           :
           Shewing
           the
           various
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Care
           of
           that
           Disease
           .
           By
           
             Everard
             Maynwaringe
          
           ,
           Dr.
           in
           Physick
           .
        
         
           The
           History
           and
           Mystery
           of
           the
           
             Venerial
             Lues
          
           ,
           Gonorrhoea's
           ,
           &c.
           
           Resolving
           the
           Doubts
           and
           Fears
           of
           such
           as
           are
           surprised
           with
           this
           secret
           perplexing
           Malady
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           A
           Treatise
           of
           
             Consumptions
             ,
             Scorbutick
             Atrophies
             ,
             Hectick
             Feavers
             ,
             Phthises
             ,
             S●ermatick
          
           and
           Venereous
           wasting
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Of
           
             Pains
             ,
             Inflammations
             ,
             Tumours
             ,
             Apostems
             ,
             Vlcers
             ,
             Cancers
             ,
             Gangrens
             ,
          
           and
           Mortifications
           ,
           internal
           .
           Therein
           shewing
           the
           secret
           Causes
           and
           course
           of
           many
           Chronick
           and
           Acute
           Mortal
           Diseases
           ,
           rarely
           discerned
           .
           With
           a
           Tract
           of
           Fontanels
           or
           Issues
           ,
           and
           Seto●s
           .
        
         
           The
           Compleat
           Physician
           ,
           qualified
           and
           dignified
           ;
           the
           Rise
           and
           Progress
           of
           Physick
           ,
           illustrated
           :
           Physicians
           of
           different
           Sects
           and
           Judgments
           distinguished
           .
        
         
           The
           Ancient
           and
           Modern
           Practice
           of
           Physick
           ,
           Examined
           ,
           Stated
           and
           Compared
           :
           The
           Preparation
           and
           Custody
           ,
           of
           Medicines
           ;
           (
           as
           it
           was
           the
           Primitive
           Custom
           )
           asserted
           and
           proved
           to
           be
           the
           proper
           charge
           ,
           and
           grand
           Duty
           of
           every
           Physician
           successively
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Method
           and
           Means
           of
           enjoying
           
             Health
             ,
             Vigour
          
           ,
           and
           long
           Life
           :
           Demonstrated
           from
           the
           Causes
           of
           Abbreviation
           and
           Prolongation
           .
        
         
           A
           Serious
           Debate
           ,
           and
           general
           Concern
           ;
           relating
           to
           Health
           and
           Sickness
           .
           The
           Second
           Impression
           with
           a
           Postscript
           .
        
         
           
             All
             Writ
             by
             the
             same
             Author
             .
          
        
         
           
             Licensed
             and
             Entered
             according
             to
             Order
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Basset
          
           ,
           at
           the
           George
           in
           Fleetstreet
           ;
           and
           
             Thomas
             Horne
          
           ,
           at
           the
           South-Entrance
           of
           the
           Royal-Exchange
           ,
           1690.