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design_v 〈◊〉_d the_o history_n of_o physic_n but_o none_o as_o yet_o put_v 〈◊〉_d execution_n none_o at_o least_o that_o have_v come_v to_o my_o â—â—â—wledge_n vossius_fw-la intend_v it_o and_o we_o find_v in_o 〈◊〉_d of_o his_o posthumou_n piece_n entitle_v de_fw-fr philoâ—â—phia_n several_a thing_n concern_v the_o ancient_a â—â—â—sicians_n the_o writing_n leave_v by_o they_o and_o the_o time_n 〈◊〉_d which_o they_o live_v but_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o plan_n only_o 〈◊〉_d that_o a_o very_a defective_a one_o of_o a_o large_a work_n ultimo_fw-la cap._n 2._o paragraph_n ultimo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d its_o author_n in_o one_o place_n give_v it_o the_o title_n of_o 〈◊〉_d history_n of_o physic_n in_o express_a term_n meibomius_n and_o reinesius_n german_a physician_n well_o know_v by_o their_o work_n both_o promise_a â—he_n same_o history_n but_o be_v prevent_v by_o death_n at_o present_a i_o know_v no_o man_n that_o have_v any_o such_o design_n the_o learned_a mounseur_fw-fr dodart_n except_v a_o 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die_v fast_o than_o other_o as_o converse_v more_o with_o the_o sick_a in_o this_o case_n i_o do_v not_o see_v what_o honour_n hypocrates_n shall_v gain_v the_o second_o difficulty_n be_v that_o if_o hypocrates_n be_v at_o athens_n at_o that_o time_n he_o must_v be_v bear_v long_o before_o the_o eighti_v olympiad_n which_o be_v the_o time_n of_o his_o birth_n according_a to_o soranus_n by_o which_o account_n he_o must_v be_v but_o thirty_o year_n old_a in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o peloponessian_a war_n and_o of_o the_o eighty_o seven_o olympiad_n the_o time_n of_o that_o plague_n and_o consequent_o he_o can_v not_o have_v son_n old_a enough_o to_o practise_v physics_n and_o a_o daughter_n marry_v to_o a_o physician_n his_o scholar_n to_o come_v near_o to_o the_o matter_n we_o must_v follow_v the_o account_n of_o eusebius_n who_o say_v that_o hypocrates_n flourish_v in_o the_o eighty_o six_o olympiad_n or_o of_o aulus_n gellius_n who_o rank_n he_o with_o sophocles_n euripides_n and_o democritus_n who_o according_a to_o he_o be_v a_o little_o old_a than_o socrates_n all_o author_n agree_v that_o socrates_n be_v bear_v about_o the_o end_n of_o the_o seventy_o seven_o olympiad_n democritus_n be_v but_o a_o year_n old_a but_o euripides_n be_v bear_v the_o seventy_o five_o olympiad_n and_o sophocles_n the_o seventy_o three_o olympiad_n we_o ought_v therefore_o to_o make_v hypocrates_n at_o least_o as_o old_a as_o the_o tragic_a poet_n that_o what_o be_v say_v of_o he_o concern_v the_o plague_n of_o athens_n may_v be_v true_a for_o by_o this_o account_n he_o will_v be_v fifty_o year_n old_a and_o consequent_o it_o be_v not_o impossible_a for_o he_o to_o have_v son_n that_o practise_a physic_n but_o it_o be_v more_o likely_a that_o what_o aetius_n and_o galen_n or_o the_o author_n of_o the_o book_n concern_v the_o theriaca_n which_o be_v among_o his_o work_n deliver_v be_v false_a and_o that_o they_o impute_v to_o hypocrates_n what_o 225._o what_o see_v above_o 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in_o the_o seven_o book_n of_o epidemical_a disease_n there_o be_v mention_v just_o make_v of_o one_o pythocles_n of_o who_o it_o be_v report_v that_o he_o give_v his_o patient_n water_n or_o milk_n mingle_v with_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o water_n to_o these_o we_o may_v join_v the_o socrates_n the_o see_v the_o phaedrus_n of_o plato_n and_o xenophon_n of_o the_o say_n and_o deed_n of_o socrates_n physician_n acumenus_n a_o friend_n of_o socrates_n of_o who_o plato_n and_o xenophon_n talk_v very_o advantageous_o all_o that_o these_o author_n report_n of_o his_o opinion_n be_v that_o he_o look_v upon_o a_o walk_n in_o the_o open_a air_n to_o be_v much_o better_a just_a better_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d we_o have_v translate_v these_o word_n after_o the_o sense_n of_o mercurialis_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v just_a than_o in_o portico_n and_o other_o cover_a place_n there_o remain_v a_o ancient_a physician_n name_v aegimius_n of_o velia_n or_o elis_n who_o according_a to_o galen_n be_v the_o first_o that_o write_v about_o the_o pulse_n although_o the_o title_n of_o his_o book_n be_v about_o 4._o about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cal._n de_fw-fr differ_v pull_v lib._n 4._o palpitation_n because_o at_o that_o time_n pulse_n and_o palpitation_n signify_v the_o same_o thing_n as_o we_o may_v gather_v from_o some_o passage_n in_o hypocrates_n where_o the_o latter_a of_o these_o word_n signify_v exact_o the_o same_o with_o the_o former_a if_o this_o aegimius_n be_v not_o cotemporary_a with_o the_o abovementioned_a he_o live_v at_o far_a in_o the_o time_n of_o diocles_n or_o praxagoras_n of_o who_o we_o shall_v speak_v in_o the_o follow_a book_n the_o history_n of_o physic_n part_n i._n book_n iv_o of_o what_o happen_v relate_v to_o this_o art_n from_o the_o death_n of_o hypocrates_n to_o chrysippus_n exclusive_o chap._n i._o thessalus_n and_o draco_n the_o son_n of_o hypocrates_n polybus_n his_o son_n in_o law_n some_o 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their_o child_n be_v attribute_v some_o of_o the_o book_n find_v in_o the_o collection_n of_o hypocrates_n '_o even_n before_o the_o time_n of_o galen_n who_o call_v thessalus_n a_o admirable_a man_n ibid._n man_n galen_n ibid._n polybus_n also_o rise_v to_o great_a reputation_n and_o continue_v to_o teach_v the_o scholar_n of_o his_o father-in-law_n there_o be_v yet_o some_o book_n remain_v under_o his_o name_n one_o of_o which_o treat_v of_o the_o mean_n of_o preserve_a health_n other_o of_o disease_n and_o one_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o seed_n which_o agree_v almost_o in_o every_o thing_n with_o hypocrates_n it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o these_o book_n likewise_o be_v suppositious_a those_o which_o be_v find_v among_o the_o work_n of_o hypocrates_n and_o which_o be_v ancient_o ascribe_v to_o polybus_n do_v he_o more_o honour_n be_v as_o we_o have_v observe_v before_o of_o all_o the_o book_n father_v upon_o hypocrates_n those_o wherein_o the_o reason_n be_v most_o exact_a 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