An elenchus of opinions concerning the cure of small pox : together with problematicall questions concerning the French pest / by T. Whitaker.

  • Tobias Whitaker
Date:
1661
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Credit: An elenchus of opinions concerning the cure of small pox : together with problematicall questions concerning the French pest / by T. Whitaker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Seles | The Small Pox. 3 5} moft fenfible ; yet when it re- | ceiveth a Inftre and illumination 8} from reafon, *tis more fatisfy- N} ing becaufe more difcourfive ; S| (as for example) The Smith it} fhall forge out a piece of Iron 4} into feyeral figures , and if he | be demanded the reafon why. he i.) doth firft put it into an intenfe th fire, he will anfwer you, be- ‘ canfe his Mafter ever did fo; is} but when he fhall be informed it} that the fubtile quality in fire n-}) doth open, fepregate and foften wel) the hardeft body, which maketh t+] it malleable, and fo fitteth it for il) to receive the impreffion of the ult) hammer : this reafon will addea iu) greater fatisfaction to his fenfe, my) as the complement and perfe- tl) Aion ofevery Artift. And by ic) this conjunction of Theory eal) with Experience, I fhall extrac i) my fubfequent Difcourfe con- bi) Cerning the moft proper remes 0 Be ai.) Cables I | }
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