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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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[ $0i ] and it could not be expeded, that Phy- fick fhould make any progrefs, when all other Sciences and all forts of Learning were alnioft quite extind, or that it Ihould be exempt from the common ca¬ lamities of thole times. You foe. Sir, that I do not over¬ value this lower Clafs of Writers, nor yet do I regret the time and pains I have imploy’d in perufing them. For tho’ the gleanings from thence are inconfi- derable, yet they are not wholly to be defpifed. Even from thefe, and much more from thofe great Authors that went before them, I am convinced of the advantages we may receive from the Works of our Predecelfors: and am fl¬ ushed, that a thorough acquaintance with the Writers in Phyfick, Specially the old ones, is the furefl Way to fit a man -for the Pradice of this Art. And if

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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