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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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$[ ] ceeded Galen, did trail (cri'oe a great deal from him, many were inclined to think, without giving themfelves the trouble of examining and comparing theirWritings, that they did nothing elle but tranlcribe. And no editor of thele Authors has yet taken the lead pains to undeceive them in this point: what has been left us by way of Comment, being employ’d chief¬ ly in Grammatical or Critical Remarks* without any view of explaining what re¬ lates either to the Hiffcoryorthe Practice of Phyfick* in the time of each refpedtive Writer: I need not allege a greater proof of this* than the Volabellce of Cornarius up¬ on Paulus. There is another circumftance* which might infenfibly concur in the pro¬ moting this miftake, I mean the Extin¬ ction, or rather the Comprehensionc of all SeCts, as I have obferv’d, after the time of Galen. For no doubts the broaching a new Doctrine, efpecially if it were fan* - ^“T—— c Henet probably the Bpifynthetick Sett took its name, ' ■ • • ‘ . ■) )):.: vj. v. j j ' \ radical$