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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    the common remediesare not requifite. Such are phicbo- tomy , purgation , yoinite, and the like.And wherefocuer theie arerequifite , if they be not rightly adminiftred jal other medicines be they neuer fo excellent and incompa- rable, multneeds Jofe their excellent. and incomparable vfe. And none canrightly difpence the general] remedies, bue thofe that are more generally learned then the beft acquaintance and familiaricy which particular medicines canafforde. From hence it canhot but be manifelt, how infinitely blinde good will and zeale do herein daily erre to the deftruction of many. It were happy 1f at length the common inconuenience and publike feandall might begetalaw, and law bring forthreftraint, Forilluftration ofthat which hath bin faid , it were indifferenrroinftance in any difeafe, but I will makechoyce of tome fewonely, to fatiffie for all. Je isan ordinarie cuftome in thofe daics with women to giue medicines forthe greene ficknefle ,& other ftoppages in young women, In which praétife if it fo happen that no inward impediment fruftrate theinde- vour,they cafually ofttimes do feerming prefenr good,and blaze the excellencie of their medicine: buc if ofttimes (whichthey cannot diftinguifh or obferue,) the generall caufe of the ob(ruction be not firft by the generall reme- dy remouedor dimintfhed , orthe immediate caufe {etled within the flopped parts, be not firtt fitted and prepared to yeeld, all their medicines of neuer fo great force, yea though commianly ay ftrongas (tecle or tron, do not onely no good or {mall good, bur ofitimes incorrigible hurt and : mifchiefes newer after able tobe reformed, or by themoft learned counlelltoberedreffed ; while from the plenty or ill difpofition of humors inthe body thefe fearching and: piercing medicines carry with them into the (topped parts exchange fora morepernicious. Inthe common knowne difeafe of the ftone likewife many and famous medicines areatthis day in mnany common hands, and perhaps truly D3 celebrated, -