Tabular observations recommended as the plainest and surest way of improving physick. In a letter to a friend / by Francis Clifton.

  • Francis Clifton
Date:
1731
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Credit: Tabular observations recommended as the plainest and surest way of improving physick. In a letter to a friend / by Francis Clifton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ JOJ] ing of the Vejfels, generally denotes Hemorrhages; Naufedsy Heart-burn¬ ings, and Spittings denote Vomiting; Betchings , Flatus, and rumbling in the Belly ’ w ith Inflation, denote Purg¬ ing; It were endlels to mention all that he has faid upon this Subje&s but thefe HphorifmSy I thought proper to take no¬ tice of, that the Reader may fee in what a mafterly way this great Man wrote; and how important it is to obferye the courfe of Fevers nicely. To conclude 5 if this Flan be follow’d, the confequence will be, that Difcafes will be better known, and eafier cur'd; even fuppofing the Materia Medica Ihou’d ftand as it does. But if that alfo Ihou'd be re¬ form’d, and put upon its proper foot, every thing would then be done, that the Art it felf is capable of ,* or that mankind in ge¬ neral can hope for: and I don't doubt but the Event wou’d anfwer our utmoft wifhes But this is a point, that requires a more par¬ ticular confideration 5 and therefore fhall be deferr’d at prefont. There’s a Time for every thing. If the Bufinels of Obfervations can be well fettled, (and I’m fure the Nation never had a Set of Phyficians better qualified for
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