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The rudiments of physick clearly and accurately describ'd ... by way of dialogue ... First collected from the instructions of a celebrated professor of medicine [F. vander Zype] ... / Now first translated from the Latin, revised and corrected. [Appendix].

  • Jan Groeneveldt
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[1753]
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Credit: The rudiments of physick clearly and accurately describ'd ... by way of dialogue ... First collected from the instructions of a celebrated professor of medicine [F. vander Zype] ... / Now first translated from the Latin, revised and corrected. [Appendix]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    certain, we are greatly aftefted by both ; and, indeed, more conftantly, and for a Continu¬ ance, by the Air, than by our Aliments ; for we can fcarcely fubfift a Moment without Air. What Effect hath the Air upon us ? A. It tempers the Heat of our Blood; for, without the Air, we ftiould foon be fuffocated. ^ What Air is beft for our Health ? A. Clear Air, fann’d by wholfome Winds, and not infefted with ill Smells from Carcafles, Common Shores, and other putrid and cor¬ rupt Vapours and Exhalations. 6). Do not different Ages, and different Connitutions, require a different Air ? A. In a temperate Body, the Air fhould be temperate; in a cold Temperament, a warm Air is beft ; and the Contrary in different Conftitutions. ^ Under the Article of Air, do you not comprehend the Winds, the Stars, and their Effefls on the human Syffem; and alfo the Seafons of the Year ? A. Yes, I do. What is the Wind? A. The Wind is nothing elfe than the Air, with the Exhalations and Vapours, contain’d in it, put in Motion about the Earth. j^. Of what Ufe is the Wind ? A. It preferves the Air, which otherwife would putrify, and difperfes thofe Vapours that would render it corrupt. How
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