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libertas_n philosophica_fw-la as_o well_o as_o a_o licentia_fw-la poetica_fw-la which_o liberty_n i_o hope_v i_o have_v no_o way_n abuse_v if_o he_o reap_v any_o benefit_n or_o satisfaction_n from_o it_o he_o be_v partly_o oblige_v to_o that_o great_a and_o general_a want_n or_o defect_n that_o first_o occasion_v it_o for_o which_o you_o may_v take_v the_o word_n of_o our_o learned_a professor_n dr._n brady_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o dr._n sydenham_n nemo_fw-la uspiam_fw-la medicorum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la vim_o aeris_fw-la &_o influentiam_fw-la in_o humana_fw-la corpora_fw-la attente_fw-la perpendit_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la nostra_fw-la perennanda_fw-la quas_fw-la agit_fw-fr part_n eorum_fw-la quispiam_fw-la consideravit_fw-la satis_fw-la etc._n etc._n a_o enquiry_n into_o the_o cause_n of_o disease_n in_o general_a etc._n etc._n chapter_n i._n former_a physician_n be_v wont_v diligent_o to_o inquire_v what_o solid_a part_n in_o their_o sick_a patient_n be_v ill-affected_a and_o to_o look_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o a_o disease_n either_o into_o the_o solid_a part_n they_o find_v so_o ill-disposed_a or_o the_o four_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d humidi_fw-la formas_fw-la vel_fw-la species_n as_o hypocrates_n call_v they_o hae_fw-la vero_fw-la sunt_fw-la as_o it_o follow_v pituita_fw-la sanguis_fw-la bilis_fw-la &_o aqua_fw-la whereas_o indeed_o there_o be_v but_o one_o of_o these_o humour_n corporis_fw-la in_o a_o true_a sense_n which_o be_v the_o blood_n itself_o the_o other_o three_o be_v only_o the_o recrement_n of_o that_o blood_n no_o wonder_n then_o that_o the_o ancient_n be_v mistake_v in_o the_o true_a cause_n and_o right_a name_n of_o disease_n since_o they_o do_v not_o well_o inquire_v into_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o be_v indeed_o very_o ignorant_a of_o many_o humour_n in_o the_o body_n but_o our_o modern_a physician_n find_v this_o error_n especial_o since_o the_o day_n of_o dr._n harvey_n have_v both_o chimical_o anatomize_v the_o blood_n and_o other_o humour_n of_o our_o body_n and_o diligent_o endeavour_v to_o observe_v their_o nature_n variation_n alienation_n and_o effect_n they_o more_o just_o seem_v to_o find_v the_o immediate_a cause_n of_o many_o distemper_n in_o the_o humour_n who_o in_o their_o wander_a motion_n about_o the_o body_n do_v disaffect_v and_o disturb_v the_o solid_a part_n which_o else_o before_o be_v very_a sound_n and_o quiet_a from_o hence_o in_o the_o write_n of_o the_o modern_n we_o find_v new_a disease_n new_a cause_n and_o new_a name_n according_a to_o the_o various_a ill_a disposition_n alienation_n or_o suppose_a ill_a fermentation_n of_o those_o humour_n but_o what_o give_v disturbance_n first_o unto_o those_o humour_n be_v now_o become_v the_o grand_a question_n among_o learned_a men._n some_o believe_v the_o cause_n to_o be_v in_o the_o humour_n themselves_o and_o as_o the_o ancient_a physician_n very_o often_o place_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o disease_n in_o the_o solid_a part_n 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