A letter to Dr. Cheshire occasion'd by his dissertation upon a rheumatism / By an apothecary in Birmingham.

  • Apothecary, in Birmingham.
Date:
1739
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Credit: A letter to Dr. Cheshire occasion'd by his dissertation upon a rheumatism / By an apothecary in Birmingham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( 1° ) '' J that has never feen a Procefs in all his Life, or, at moft, but very few, fhould endea* vour to impofeupon the Publick, by giving out, that he will inspect the Preparations of Medicines, which are to be offer’d to Sale, by a fet of People, that underftand juft as much of the Matter as himfelf. I fay, if fuch a Man could be found, whofe Honefty wou’d not interfere with fuch a dirty Task, and whofe Underftanding would not repre- ient to him how far he is made a Conveni¬ ence to a fet of Xnfignificant Fellows, whofe greateft Merit is, and always has been, a little low Artifice, I am afraid fuch an En- terprize would not much increafe his 'moral Character, nor eftablilh an Opinion of his Wildom. ’Tis now time that X proceed to my Re¬ marks, which I fhall confine to one part of your Rook, in order to avoid being too pro¬ lix. Befides it would be a very dilagresable undertaking to - read your Book over a fe- cond T. ime, much more to tranfcribe it, which X fhould be oblig’d to do, was I to take Notice of every Palfage worthy Ani- madverfion. The part I mean begins at fage 67. where X find the following Words, viz, / The next Species of Rheumatifm, which is attended with the Co-incidence of a ‘ Fever upon theDyfcrafy of theBloodwhich c produces it, and therefore term’d acute, ‘ requires
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