A short discoverie of the unobserved dangers of severall sorts of ignorant and unconsiderate practisers of physicke in England profitable not onely for the deceived multitude, and easie for their meane capacities, but raising reformed and more advised thoughts in the best understandings: with direction for the safest election of a physition in necessitie ... / [John Cotta].

  • John Cotta
Date:
1612
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Credit: A short discoverie of the unobserved dangers of severall sorts of ignorant and unconsiderate practisers of physicke in England profitable not onely for the deceived multitude, and easie for their meane capacities, but raising reformed and more advised thoughts in the best understandings: with direction for the safest election of a physition in necessitie ... / [John Cotta]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    needes come to paffe, that medicines though wholefome ¢ Quem fee in themfelues,and of a fauing and foueraigne power,with. traniit cafus, ali- out any touch of harmefull quality ac all, yer being igno- up Sgealinatna rantly orindifereetly. out of time or place.difpofed or dif: ; : Sar Re Behe ; ~£ Graues affert penfed, muft likewile bring forth milchtefe , in fteade of pineationes & expected good. Andalthough many hardened by cultoine perniciofas (pe yutoa boldnes of tratgreffing in this kind,prouoke oft re- Caffia, pertur- uenge of their follie,(for atime without harme or punifh- pat dill agaee 3 Eos 0549 pe erguetcum ment) yet do. they not alwayes efcape: forthoughhappe, ova. sep. oft paffe by, it lights ac ¢ laft, and not feldome heanily. quijs in vaturis Cafiais efteemed fora delicate, wnolefomeand harmelefle & temperamé- : P lenitiue vato old men,children, babes, women with child, ts biliofis. and the weakeft among/t the ficke; yet the learned know Saintes itin fome f cafes not oncly voprofitable, but of maine mil~o io i cnteriasia chicfe.Rhabarb is faid to be the life ofthe liuer,yec in fome ventriculiimbes conditions thereof it isan S.enemie; And forthe general] cillitate in flati« i ; d ; pA Shoe. remedies, phlebotomy, purging, vomite,fweating, bathing babar ee and thelike,reafon and experience daily giue, demonftra- 72°C 08 = VS Ps ; fice notiffima tion, that oftinthe fame body,and the fame difeafe, they fikevieta: ie i Inbumoris freth the fpirits aboue,and beyond all other remedies,and tuipe(centidinis isthe onely key vito health; fometimes againe it doth ex. mia tenuitate, hauft and {pend their vigour , fometime being both profi- ichore fufque tableandneceffary , yet vied outoftime or quantity doth ose fluido. no good,or vfed vnfeafonably doth much hurt. Purgatids Moan infome eftates with ® preparatiues , and in fome without pide. ‘ preparatiues are harmefull: infome either™ with prepa- Se st Apho- ratiues, or without ! preparatives they are neceffary and igre fane neuerto be omitted, Andasthereis infinite danger in er~'vyetsaixxoopar rourand ignorant difpenfation, fois there vn{peakable opis soar be good inthe prudent prefcription according to the nature, Communem quality and feate of each humor; according to which it, is materiem edu- wifdome fometimes to.quicken, fometimes to alay,fome. centia. times to halten, fometimesto moderatethcir effects , dif- ™ ne crete {tayes oft making more {peedy iourneys,™ Vomits BPHI7-lib.4, . 4 in.