Medicine made to agree with the institutions of nature, or A new mechanical practice of physick ... / by Dav. Stephenson, M.A.

  • Stephenson, David, M.A.
Date:
MDCCXLIV [1744]
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Credit: Medicine made to agree with the institutions of nature, or A new mechanical practice of physick ... / by Dav. Stephenson, M.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fm?. ■' * • ■ . £ MEDICINE made to agree with the Institutions of Nature; ora i New Mechanical PRACTICE O F P H Y S I CONTAINING Certain New Principles and Methods for Preserving Health, and Curing Difeafes; grounded on the Eftablifhed Laws of Nature, Motion, and the Animal Oecunomy : Wherein is given-the Solution, Demon- fir ation, Ufe> and Application of that Capital and moft Ufeful, but hi¬ therto Unregarded and Unattempted PROBLEM. C K: Shewing how to apply all the Mechanical Properties and Qualities of thofe three Catholick Agents and Inftruments of NAT U RE, namely. Air, Water, and Motion; in all Degrees, Quantities, and Combinations, by proper Machines, either to the whole Human Body, or to any particular Region or Member thereof, and likewife to the Lungs, and Refpiring Organs; by which three General Principles, together with Aliment, all the Intentions and Alterations neceflary to be produced in the Animal Solids and Fluids, for Attaining Health, Long Life, and the Cure of Difeafes; will become effected in the moft Perfect, Safe, Expeditious, Univerfal Manner. The Mechanical Solution of this Catholick Problem, fo much wanted, being of all others the moft Ufeful, as comprehending the whole Materia Medic a, with the whole Practice of Physick, in its utmoft Extent and Perfedtion ; is therefore propos’d as a Subjedl meriting the moft ferious Attention and Encouragement of the Publick, in order to bring the fame to Perfection; but more efpecially of all the Phyficians in Great Britain and Europe, to whom it is humbly Addrefs’d and Referr’d, and who it’s hoped will employ their joint Endeavours towards bringing the fame into Practice, for the General Benefit of Mankind. By D av. Stephenson, M. A. 6*^ Si quid Novijii ReSlius IJiis, ^Candidus lmperte) Ji non, His XJtere Xj XT ' . (Causis Simplicem, yiScquamur Naturam, m < t? ^ ^ ^ _ T T1TT A/T rT’„TT A, * ’ JEffectibusMultipli Hor, CEM. LONDON: Printed by J. Hart for the AUTHOR. Mdccxliv.
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