An account of the life and writings of Herman Boerhaave, doctor of philosophy and medicine; professor of the theory, and practice of physic ... in the university of Leyden ... / In two parts. With an appendix. [Anon].

  • Burton, William
Date:
1743
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Credit: An account of the life and writings of Herman Boerhaave, doctor of philosophy and medicine; professor of the theory, and practice of physic ... in the university of Leyden ... / In two parts. With an appendix. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    . 7he LlFEoJ [Part I. truly faved all who recovered, without being the executioner of thofe that mif- carried under his care. By attending ftriftly to what proved prejudicial or ferviceable, he became acquainted with remedies, and by contemplating the time and manner in which nature alone puts the enemy to flight, he eftablilhed rules for the ufe of thofe remedies : which after almofl: infinite experience and fuccefs, he ventured to recommend (in treating on the virtues of medicines) but not without thofe cautions, which might deter perfons unfkilled in the art from the pradtice of it. Who before Hippocrates maintained the feafons to be thecaufe of thofe difeafes that ufual- ]y reign in them? that the particularva- riations of weather produced particular difeafes ? and that endemic diforders or thofe peculiar to each place were to be accounted for from the lituation of the place, and the peculiar manner of living to which it’s inhabitants were accuflom- I ed ? After making the beft ufe of the re- cords that defcended to him the 19th phyfician
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