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The history of physick; from the time of Galen, to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Chiefly with regard to practice. In a discourse written to Doctor Mead / [John Freind].

John Freind

Date:: 1725-1726

Credit: The history of physick; from the time of Galen, to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Chiefly with regard to practice. In a discourse written to Doctor Mead / [John Freind]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[ ] they made it their whole bufinefs to comment upon them and explain them to their auditors. And therefore it is not at all probable, that he lived in the third Century, as Mr. le Clerc, without any authority, luppofes: and indeed it is plain from this very comment of Ste¬ phen, that he was much more modern; for he himfelf mentions very ancient ex- pohtorsa of this particular book of Galen. And upon confldering what he fays in Seclion 140, concerning a Quartan, to me he feems to allude to a wrong interpreta¬ tion, as he reprefents it, which Alexan¬ derb had made of Galen's fenfe in this * r place. If this Writer be the fame with Stephen the Chymijl (as he is call’d) his age is eafily known : for that author de¬ dicates his work de Chryfopceid to Hera- clius, and this will make his ace con- filfent with what has already been ob~ ferved. We read of a Stephen too, and ... , „ ..t ; , .. ... * $• p8* h lib, 12, 8* *

The history of physick; from the time of Galen, to the beginning of the sixteenth century. Chiefly with regard to practice. In a discourse written to Doctor Mead / [John Freind].

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