The genuine tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a physician in Pekin; : for the murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, treasurer to the army of the Emperor of China, before the great council of mandarines. / Taken in short hand by the linguist of the English factory.

Date:: 1746

Credit: The genuine tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a physician in Pekin; : for the murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, treasurer to the army of the Emperor of China, before the great council of mandarines. / Taken in short hand by the linguist of the English factory. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$( 2-50 . Dyet prefcribed by the Doctor, was quite prepofterous; Milk is naturally hot, and as it is of the Nature of prepared Chyle, turns too foon to Aliment, to be proper in thofe Difeales, which require the Patient to be kept low; upon the whole your Lordfhip will be of Opinion, that Nature itfelf would have operated a Crifis, had Hie not been interrupted by the Do£tor; and that tire excefllve Bleeding and Purg¬ ing, only haftened the Approach of his Angel of Death; therefore we hope your Lordfhips will find the Prifoner guilty, in order to deter others from following their own Conceits, in Cafes where the Life of a Subject is concerned. Council for the \Prifoner. My Lord, the Charge again ft our learned Client, as open'd by my Brother the Attorney General, is of a very deep Nature ; but I hope we final] convince this auguft Courtj that the whole Profecution is founded upon Malice, and has no other Foundation ; but the Envy of feme of the Doctors Brethren, who can not with any Patience$