RE VIE 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 S TATE 
 
 British Nation 
 
 June 7 . 17H* 
 
 T he lofs this Nation, asmeHtfitt 
 Neighbours, feels every Day by 
 the raging of an unhappy Diftein* 
 per among ns, I mean the Vs,TQles,ot StusU 
 pox, which for almoft two Yf^r has been 
 a kind of Plague, has frequentiy inclin’d 
 fay fomething, which perhaps if no¬ 
 ticed and obferved, might be nfefultofach 
 Families as are affliSed with it. 
 
 I make no queftion but there ate Con- 
 ftitutioas more particularly inclin’d than 
 others, to this Diftemper, and to whom it 
 is more fatal, when it happens, than to c- 
 thers« — "-1 will not either deny, but 
 
 out common People exprefs it not im¬ 
 properly, /» runs in the Blood: To fome 
 Families we fee the SmU Pox always fa¬ 
 vourable, to fome always fata l ■■ - —Of 
 
 even this Particular in Perfons may be 
 
 a whole Race you fliaD fee all have it, and 
 of another, none ever have it. Of fome 
 Families, when they have it,, none ever 
 dye ; of others, none ever live with -it—■ 
 The Reafons, or natural Caufes, of-this 
 variety are not very difficult to account 
 for, theTempeiature and Complexion of 
 B^ies, as they are Hot or Cold, Flegma- 
 tic or Sanguine, affording Particulars more 
 than Suffitjent, to explain it by. There¬ 
 fore this is no part of my prefcnt En- 
 «iojry. 
 
 
 
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 The Cafe I am upon, is an Enquiry, 
 whether there is not a Defeft ia the com¬ 
 mon Applications to the Cure of this Di- 
 ftemper? And whether the Management 
 of the Patient is not the moft hazardous 
 part of the Diflemper ? 
 
 I am no Unbeliever in the DoQrine of 
 Medicine ; I am fully facisfy'd, that Hea¬ 
 ven having plac'd Medicinal healing Ver- 
 tiie, in the Plants^ Drugs, and other Pro- 
 -ducc of the Earth, is a full and authentlck 
 Tcffimony of his Will, in cafe of Diftem- 
 • perfv/^O that we Ihould apply to the pro¬ 
 per ufe of chofe Medicine--Nor am I a 
 
 DoBor-biter ^ tho* i have it to be thankrul 
 for, that I have had occafion to lire them 
 
 but little-1 doubt not^ but the Skill 
 
 of rightly applying proper Medicines ro 
 every Evil, and of rightly judging of the 
 Difeafe, is obtain’d by Study, Application 
 and Experience. I will not accufe the Lear¬ 
 ned of learning their Knowledge and Art, 
 at Che Expence of the Lives of their Pa¬ 
 tients, whom th(^y fend to Heaven very 
 often for thcif(the Dofloi’s) Information-; 
 yet I mut^ own, chat when a Patient dyes 
 after fuch and fuch Application, he is but a 
 mean Student in Phyllck that gathers bo 
 ^Experience from if, or takes no iaftruf^ive 
 Obfervatioos to himfdf by it; and tho* Tome 
 may of the Vo^or^ let hlrn be never fo 
 careful, and fometimesmccriy by his being 
 over careful ; yet the Error may not be 
 wilful or ignorant, but the myfterious 
 working of Nature under Difeafe, is not 
 fo juft and fo equal, that the beft Phyfician 
 can always find our, and trace a Confede¬ 
 racy between Diftemper, Conftitution and 
 Humour: All which often attack Nature 
 together. 
 
 But as the SmaO Pox U a Diftemper, 
 which when once it has feiz’d the Blood, 
 is obftinate, and will have its Courfe, and 
 that when it is come to a certain Length, 
 the only fafety of the Patient is to have 
 them come freely out. I wi(h our People 
 would determine, whether the great Art 
 of preferving the Patient, does not confift 
 is .giving Nature only due affiftance, to 
 .cstpel the invading Enemye, by its ordinary 
 
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 and natural Coutfe, rather than by dri¬ 
 ving her on fafter, to waft her Strength, 
 or by bleeding to exhauft the Spirits: Ei¬ 
 ther of which, throw the Patients gene¬ 
 rally into ConvuUioDs, and they are the 
 Handmaids to the Grave; i» Jhon, whe¬ 
 ther the Nurfe is not the more proper Per* 
 fon than.thc Doflor V 
 I ftart this Queftion, not from Expe- 
 nence only, but from the Opinion andPra- 
 aiceof manyBm’mcntPhyilcians.who when 
 they tind the Diftemper coming on, al¬ 
 ways rather encourage it to ci;me on than 
 relift it, or ftop it iu its Courf”, and com¬ 
 mit the Patient to the Nui!>, »icb In- 
 ftruaions to keep them warm, but not too 
 hot ; to give them- fuch and fiich Food, 
 Cordials, Cir. and leave it to Nature fo 
 
 affifted-and I have obferved, that but 
 
 few Patients mifearry under fuch a Ma- 
 tiagement. But when Violences are uftd 
 upon Nature, and ftrong Applications, 
 how fatal do we find it ? And iuch People 
 
 mav indeed be faid to dje of the DoBor- _ 
 
 A Fate that is too much the Difafttr ot our 
 People of Quality ; and therefore 1 believe 
 it is, that generally and in proportion ro 
 their Numbers, the Small Pox kills more 
 of the Rich than it does of the Poor. 
 
 I remember a Story to the Purpofe, very 
 much, which happen’d fo the finicas Ten. 
 for of Epfom, a known Man amongft the 
 Frequenters cf that Summer Retreat, 
 where he made himfelf very valuable to 
 the Citizens by his conftant Studv, to di¬ 
 vert them, and was the general Favourite 
 
 of the Place-—It happen'd that poor 
 
 Tonfor fell very Sick, and as every Bcdy was 
 concern’d for fear of the lofs of Tcnfer ; all 
 the Phyficians in Town were fpoken to by 
 one Friend or another, to go atid aflift 
 him : But it was all to no purpofe, Tonjbr 
 would hear all they fiid, but would take 
 nothing they preferib’d, nor could any 
 Intreaties prevail on him——Ac length 
 the famous D'. coming to Town, 
 
 his Friends renew’d their Importunities 
 to Tonf^ ; they told him the King’s Phv- 
 was come to Epfom, 
 and they did not doubt but they could 
 
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 prevail iipon him to come and fee the Coaches of otir Gentry coverd with 
 what he could do for him, and begg*d he Black, and Che Illuflrious Families of our 
 would but let the Do^lor fee him^ affuring Nobility in Tears for the neareft of their 
 him the DoOor would take do Fees from Relations. 
 
 him, and it (hould coft him nothing. Ton- There is a great Unbappinefs attecdf 
 for heard them patiently, but for a good Men of Quality and Honour, they are Hi 
 while gave no AnCwet; but being impor- linked to the World, that they kill them- 
 
 tun’d, he fbrunk up his' Shoulders, N’O^ fclvcs for fear of Death-if a Diftemper 
 
 fays he, J had rathr dye anaturalJjeith. fcizes them, they worry their PhyCcia^ 
 I have been told the poor Man did at for the utmoft they can think of; th^ 
 hft fubmic to take the Aliiftance, whether prefs them with Fees and ImportunitieiB 
 of Dr. or fomc other Phyfician,and Good Sir! omit nothing you can dA 
 
 that he did not dye fo much of a natural Lord / Sir, Can you think of nothing elfS 
 Death as he defir’d. But Chat is not to the Pray fpare for nothing \ and the honj 
 Purpofe. . Man is bound to preferibe them, when* 
 
 I cannot be perfwaded to think, that the has nothing to write co fitisfy the imp# 
 greaesft part of our Nobility and Gentry, tienc Relations. \ 
 
 who dye now of the Small Pox, dye a A Phyfician of my Acquaintance, com- 
 natural Deaths I rather think they dye plain’d to me the other Day, fays he. They] 
 violent Deaths. They dye for want of give me Fees twice a Day, aqdiflamnotj 
 giving, as we may fay, Nature, and the always preferibing fomething or oiheif 
 Dcfeafc,/4rV P/a/, would they leave them they think I do know nothing ; I am forc’a 
 more to the Ladie?, and let them only to write to ehe Apothecary for fom^tljin# 
 have common Inf^rufJions to be rareful every*Day, and then I oblig’d to go tC 
 and watchful of them; the very Diftem- the Apothecary, and bid him fend nothing 
 per it fclf tends naturally to fpend and but f >me little Cordial, or fomething thst 
 waft it felf, and keep Nature fupported, fignilies nothing ; for if I Hould give him 
 and cherifhed in a moderate Degree, it things, as they would have me, I fhaflf 
 works off of CDurfe. murtberhim; if they will let the Man a^ 
 
 I have the concurring Opinion of fo lone, be will live and do well enough. 1 
 many Phyficians in this; I have feeo the Wretched is Che Condition of Men bu4 
 Praaife fo conftantly attended with Sue. ry’d thus in the Wealth and Affc^ion of| 
 cefs, as well in my own Family, as in o- their Friends, who think, that throwing^ 
 ther Families of my Acquaintaiace; and I away two Guineas a day to a Doftor, wiS| 
 have feen the contrary fo fatal, that I can- make him do more for the Patient chan h&f 
 not but recommend it to the Families of cm do without it, and that judge of thei 
 our Gentry, who are yet in Danger, and DoSor’s Care, by the number of pbtaUs and! 
 entreat them to let their Friends have Pots upon the Side-board, till the ApOM 
 leave to.dye a natural Death, or at leafl: thecary’s Shop feems to be tranfplanted to ^ 
 not kill them a la Medidn. I am perfwa^ the Chamber of the Patient, and the ; 
 ded, with fubmiflion to the Do£lrine of fmcllof the Drugs and Medicine is enough 
 Fite, and Irrcfiftible Decree, which \ to give Nature as much diftuibance as the 
 IhaH not meddle with here ; bad this Courfe Dileafe. 
 been taken, we had not feen fo many of 
 
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 on of OAr. Mart'm’s f Comical; ^^rs, and Proofs of many r<*inarkablc Cafes 
 
 tije of Venereal rr Mcr/tO and Cores. By fobn CMirten^ Surgeon. 
 
 Examin’d Expos’d. In Sold at his Hours'in Hitton-Girden ^ as al¬ 
 
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 AC^RTVnmask^d 5 in 3 Part?,coe- 
 alding, i. Reflexions on the 7ChEdi- 
 tion of Mr. Treatifeofthe 
 
 ^ Liwu a * Uf tlJC 
 
 ■ ^/f puhVJh'd(manyTboufands of thr former Venereal Difeafe- 2. An Examination of 
 ' Editions having fold in a link litney) the Charitable Surgeon y The Generous Sur- 
 
 M r. Marten^^ Seventh Edition of his geony Thc 7 omb.of VenuSy and a pretended 
 Book and Siconi Edition of his Ap^ new ‘Method of curing this Difeafe. 9. A 
 \ ftndixy coticciniog Secret Diftafesy both brief Enquiry into the Ancient and prefenc 
 
 State of the PraXices of Phyfick and Sux^ 
 fcd' itT uy > * f'^H Account of j^acks ; then (ia 
 
 the laic h€ will ever ^vritc; and it fc pre- a concife Method; is fhewn the Caufcy Wn- 
 \ ftmed,. pntams as much any can wv>tij on turcy Signsy and Dangerous Effefis of this 
 b thai Sub] for the Benefit of various ways of J(eceivingy Symp- 
 
 I the D^i-cs Waysot ;'Con- tomes firfl: Difcoveringy and only Method 
 
 I tta 5 iin|j.certaia 5 lgns difeoveringjK^ture, of preventing its InfeXion ; together with 
 I Kiudr^ j^d C^, being fhewn ;p as the the beft, moft cheap, fafe^fpeedy,ealie,and 
 I Uie and”ArH!re of Mercury; Muef^i fj by private Methods of Cure. As alfo the CiK/e 
 I (^ncks,EfleXspf S mjnaV’vyeak- and Cure of Old Gl..ts in Men, and IFeah-^ 
 
 *. ne^s, «ud,aH other Secret L^ Jn nejps in Women. The Second Edition 
 
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 that have, or ever had the and by the Author, Dr. Spinkey at his 
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 I Irmtoi ird Welfare of themfelvcs anti Pc- paft the Sun-Taverny in Milk-fireet Market. 
 
 »h2t Dmmi^Ty if not tc^tally Cheapfide. Price 2 j. 
 
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