The ancient physician's legacy to his country / By Thomas Dover.

  • Thomas Dover
Date:
1771
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Credit: The ancient physician's legacy to his country / By Thomas Dover. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fons there are to fet the Symptoms of Biffi eafes in as clear a Light as poffible, I shall, in the Profecution of this Sub¬ ject, take Notice, in a very brief Manner, of the Fluids in human Bodies; a Point very neceffary to be underflood, becaufe they are the Seat of all Diftempers 3 whereas the folicl Parts are only paflive. —- Little, that I can find, has been faid of this Matter, though 3 o the right Underflandi'ng of it is of fo great Ufe in the Art of Healing. Instead of giving us inch neceffary Pre¬ liminaries, many lay the whole Strefs of cu¬ ring Difeafes upon the Number of their Re¬ ceipts, fluffing their Books with long and tedious Prefcriptions; which is little better than teaching us how to cure People, before we know the Nature of their Diftemper. This brings to my Mind a Saying of that good and truly honeft Man Dr. Sydenham : --- Me diets Artis pompa & dignitas ?ion tam fortmdarum Concinniiate & Elegantid, quam morhorum Curatione cernitur. The late famous Dr. Ratcliff' was of Opi¬ nion, That it was expedient for young Gen¬ tlemen, entering upon our Profefficn, to tra¬ vel ; and that fuch as purfued their Studies at
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