A comment on forty two histories discribed by Hippocrates in the first and third books of his Epidemics. In the first part Hippocrates's pathology is explained, and defended ... In the second part are fourteen histories of the first book of the Epidemics. In the third part are twenty eight histories of the third book of the Epidemics. The general method of curing an epidemical fever is deduced from Hippocrates's histories ... To which is added a Letter [to Dr. John Gibson], to shew that Hippocrates mentions a year of 360 days, which Daniel used, chap. ix. and that prophecy is explained from the copy of it in the Septuagint ... / [Sir John Floyer].

  • John Floyer
Date:
1726
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Credit: A comment on forty two histories discribed by Hippocrates in the first and third books of his Epidemics. In the first part Hippocrates's pathology is explained, and defended ... In the second part are fourteen histories of the first book of the Epidemics. In the third part are twenty eight histories of the third book of the Epidemics. The general method of curing an epidemical fever is deduced from Hippocrates's histories ... To which is added a Letter [to Dr. John Gibson], to shew that Hippocrates mentions a year of 360 days, which Daniel used, chap. ix. and that prophecy is explained from the copy of it in the Septuagint ... / [Sir John Floyer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    0*9 ] Englijh, front the beft correded Copies, and then they might more eafily be underftood, than by our prefent Tranfiation from the Hebrew. 1 mud refer the Reader to the Polyglot for the Copy of the Septuagint and the Arabic Tranfia¬ tion, and to the Alexandrian Copy, and to Eu¬ sebius ^ allthefe being well known I thought it not neceifary to print them \ and I have quoted the Tranflation of fome parts in Latin, becaufe that is more commonly underftood than the Greek, but where the Hebrew and Septuagint differ, I have quoted the Greek from the Sep¬ tuagint. then (Pro.i C349I? 490^ >Yea,cont.< >Yea.< 5*D. ljul.} 149 7 Pro,) C52I y '1 h r s Computation was made by the Rev. and Learned Mr. Colflon of Rochefier, and on this i chiefly depend in making this curious Remark. If 490 be Prophetic, they contain.48 3 Julian Years, after which Daniel's laft Week begins, ' at*d that ends when the number of the Julian equal the number of the Prophetic 490, the j y/hole feventy Weeks: Thus the Prophetic ' nF f 2 -Years
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