Practical reflections on the uses and abuses of Bath waters. Made from actual experiments and observations / [William Baylies].

  • William Baylies
Date:
1757
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Credit: Practical reflections on the uses and abuses of Bath waters. Made from actual experiments and observations / [William Baylies]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [2] ‘That the Art of curing and pre- venting Difeafes, turns principally upon the Remedies which the Phy- fician ufes as fo many Inflruments, is certain; every one of which, . as the learned “Boerhaave tells us, pro- duces its Effe@s mechanically, by virtue of the Solidity, Bulk, and Figure of it’s Particles. Wherefore, _ to apply them skilfully, the Prefcriber muft be well acquainted with their Vir- tues, Powers, and Principles of Action, and know what Changes they. will produce‘in the Body, whilft they per- form their Office ; otherwife he pro- ceeds empirically, and can have no folid Hopes of Sucéels. And there- fore from a long Courfe of Expe- fiencé, the learned Alofman declares, That the ereateft Secret in the Prac- tice of Phyfick, 1s to be mafter of a few fele& and be aid take Reme- ‘ dies,