Mataeotechnia medicinae praxeōs. The vanity of the craft of physick. Or, a new dispensatory. Wherein is dissected the errors, ignorance, impostures and supinities of the Schools, in their main pillars of purges, blood-letting, fontanels or issues, and diet, etc., and the particular medicines of the shops. With an humble motion for the reformation of the Universities, and the whole landscap of physick, and discovering the terra incognita of chymistrie / [Noah Biggs].

  • Noah Biggs
Date:
1651
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Credit: Mataeotechnia medicinae praxeōs. The vanity of the craft of physick. Or, a new dispensatory. Wherein is dissected the errors, ignorance, impostures and supinities of the Schools, in their main pillars of purges, blood-letting, fontanels or issues, and diet, etc., and the particular medicines of the shops. With an humble motion for the reformation of the Universities, and the whole landscap of physick, and discovering the terra incognita of chymistrie / [Noah Biggs]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a;6 b\at£otecbma Medicine in Cdledges Turretandufe their higheft ntedi* cints, and plead prefer/Cuftowe and prefent pradtiie of the moil emiuent Fhyfitians: which yet they dare not fore, nor fo much as hover about the Air wh ere chymicf-prepai*ations breath.’ it being too high a region and the te?ithfphere above their wild Ajircncmy. And in a word we verily beleeve, and have fome reafons for it,. that dome raft] unadvil'ed ignorant pretender hath been toobufiein tampering with chymicf medicines^ and like the fly nbout the flame of the candle, have burnt their Angers, and fo like the Beggar, that becaufe the lleve deceived him, would not truft hi^ dilh with his drink' any more, they inveigh againft the powcrfullcit and iureit remedies of Nature. Thus have we at la ft digefted our thoughts,and drawn our hints, and th^impetus ofout inclinatb ens toa period, wherein if our weak performan^ ccs afford no fatiffa&ion unto others, I hopeour well meaning, attempts and eflaies will be adjudged laudable,&: fhall not bring any condemnation upon our felves^// ncndtiudaturjamen excujatur. Swarmes thereare of many other things, in which wecould enlarge, if we were willing, and thought it wor¬ thy our pens taking notice and runne over the whole Rabble 5 errors fo obvious as needs no Can¬ dle, that cannot deceive a mean capacity, nor needs not the Collyrium of Albertos, nor no Arpuf to defery them .* fomeofthe chief of which our in- duftry may collefr,and in the futurities of our pet- formancesampliate anddilucidate: but others a- gain,and efpecially now,we fhall .not difparage our Reader fo much as to mention them.3 much more we