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useful_a to_o medicine_n only_o by_o the_o rational_a physician_n and_o philolosopher_n pag._n 10_o chemical_a medicine_n be_v not_o always_o to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o try_a remedy_n of_o the_o shop_n pag._n 10_o 11_o some_o medicine_n spoil_v by_o chemical_a preparation_n ib._n the_o virtue_n of_o some_o remedy_n do_v not_o lodge_v in_o any_o of_o the_o chemical_a principle_n but_o result_v from_o the_o determinate_a structure_n of_o the_o whole_a concrete_a pag._n 12_o 13_o the_o powder_n of_o pearl_n coral_n and_o hartshorn_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o magistery_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o pag._n 13_o 14_o crato_n be_v character_n of_o paracelsus_n ib._n he_o often_o reduce_v slight_a distemper_n to_o dangerous_a and_o mortal_a disease_n pag._n 15_o he_o be_v notwithstanding_o his_o great_a remedy_n very_o unhealthful_a himself_o and_o live_v not_o beyond_o 47_o year_n ib._n the_o chemist_n be_v unfaithful_a and_o obscure_a in_o their_o write_n pag._n 16_o 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be_v invent_v ib._n some_o instance_n of_o murder_n commit_v by_o mountebank_n and_o ignorant_a person_n by_o give_v those_o medicine_n who_o virtue_n and_o force_n they_o understand_v not_o pag._n 22_o 23_o 24_o 25_o the_o danger_n of_o antimony_n not_o well_o prepare_v ib._n the_o mix_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v harmless_a may_v sometime_o produce_v a_o poison_n ib._n the_o strength_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o sick_a person_n aught_o to_o be_v understand_v by_o every_o man_n who_o give_v physic_n pag._n 24_o 25_o mercurius_n dulcis_fw-la hurtful_a to_o some_o constitution_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o pag._n 26_o the_o disease_n and_o the_o motion_n and_o time_n of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v by_o every_o man_n who_o give_v physic_n pag._n 27_o the_o inference_n pag._n 30_o chap._n ii_o disease_n in_o england_n not_o much_o alter_v since_o the_o time_n of_o hypocrates_n and_o galen_n pag._n 32_o epidemical_a disease_n then_o as_o well_o as_o now_o differ_v almost_o 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