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The doctors physician, or, Dialogues concerning health translated out of the original French.; Dialogues de la santé. English. 1685
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Frémont d'Ablancourt, Nicolas, 1625?-1693.
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it Now since Nature foresees that they will ask for more Materials than they know what to do with without altering or disfiguring her work she sets over them at the same time in quality of an Overseer or Conservatour that which is called Reason with power to moderate the Appetites and gently to excite all the several parts of the Body diligently to mind their functions upon pain of suspension nay even of deprivation of Health Preju What does all this tedious speculation drive at Heart To make yoâ— understand that when Reason which waâ— absolute and independant becomes a slave trusting others with the charge that was committed to her all things are presently out of order and in confusion Health wherein consisted the beauty of Life then retiring we become deformed our well days are gone and maugre all the vain efforts of Reason that too late sees her errour we are made a prey to Infirmities and Melancholy Prejudice Can Reason Remedy every thing where she cannot be present in Person her Lieutenants fight under her Banners and in such engagements she hath got the Victory oveâ— many Diseases under the conduct and command of Physicians Heart If it be so you are much in the wrong that you have not erected a Trophie to the Colledge That was an acknowledgment due to the efficacy of its Remedies and to the â—kill it hath â—…hown in doseing and dispencing them with so much exactness and circumspection that the blame was not to be laid at â—…ts door nor yours if we be not as is â—…ommonly said cured of all Diseases Preju Come come let us not joke at this rate It is certain that had it not been for the luckey boldness of Physicians in draining all your corrupt Blood and clearing you from the malignity of your Intrals at the very nick of time prefixt by the Stars and Nature you could noâ—… at present brag that the Faculty hatâ—… made you a new Body Heart A new Body of the Colledgeâ—… making is not so good as an old one thaâ—… never past through their hands Yet I dâ—… not deny but that Physicians may bâ—… chance cure some slight Distemperâ—… when they work upon a good Constitution but it must be also acknowledgeâ—… that we pay dear enough for the Cure Preju What matters that provideâ—… ye live Heart Is that to â—â—ve when we comâ—… out under the Doctorâ— hâ—nds to leadiâ—… brittle and langâ—ishing lâ—fe that fâ—… the least deviation from the strict ruleâ—… they prescribe and whâ—ch they theâ—…selves cannot observe we fall into Relapsâ—… worse than the Disease To undeceivâ—… you then in one word of the great opinion you have of the vast extent of their knowledge and the infallibility of their Receipts Know Preju What can you say as to that which I do not know Heart That your Physicians having consumed upon a poor Patient the whole stock of their shallow Art and method without being able to Kill or Cure him It is not enough for them to lay the blame upon the occult malignities that Reign in the Elements but they must likewise quarrel with the Heavens and Stars At length to slip the collar they leave off Prescribing and advise the Patient to a Milk diet and if he find himself no better for it they send him to Tunbridge or Epsom Wells and then to his Native Air for they are mighty glad that he should dy out of the reach of his acquaintanâ—e In the mean while the Patient gains by their Evasions and recovering his liberty gets into the way of Nature again and by that means escapes their Tyranny Preju I can no longer endure tho 〈…〉 frequent and injurious Jerks against 〈…〉 faculty to which the Heart that finâ—… fault with it owes a particular obligâ—…tion Heart What pray hath it done fâ—… me then Preju Don't you as yet perceive uâ—…grateful Heart that the Faculty hatâ—… rejected the speculation of urines anâ—… trusts no more but to your motions 〈…〉 that they inspire into her all the Oracleâ—… she pronounces do ye reckon thâ—… nothing Heart Nay if it were possible less thaâ—… nothing Preju And yet it is really true thaâ—… Physicians now adays ground their coâ—…jectures only upon the consequenceâ—… that they draw from the march of thâ—… Pulse and prescribe nothing but according to the quality of the Blood whicâ—… they draw from the Veins Heart It is in vain for the Physician to consult me if he understand not my Lâ—nguage Can he draw good consequences from my motions if he be ignorant of the cause of them does he know that at every turn I receive unexpected Orders which make me change and alter my gate do they know that Nature would have me march slowly in good way that is to say when the Blood is thin and subtle and that when it is thick I should double my pace In a word it is with my motions as with faces which are all alike and all unlike one another After all what judgment can a Physician make of Blood exposed to the Air which by being let out loses what was essential to it with that which remains in the Veins and then because he has seen my Blood look sometimes one way and sometimes another can he tell the better for that what Nature intends to do with it Preju Yes he must needs know the better seeing he rectifies Nature and turns her as he pleases Heart That is easily said but hâ—rd to be proved take my word for it a Physician can better irritate Nature than rectifie her But it is a comfort for those who have no commerce with him that he cannot spoil the intentions of a good Mother towards her Children who takes pleasure to rectifie their errours when they trust to her Preju Who doubts but that Nature is helpful and infallible in her operations and that she must be observed and nothing done but in conjunction with her but when there is need of Remedies to whom can we better apply our selves than to Physicians who are her Children Heart To Nature I tell you whâ—… suggests what Remedies are fit for those whom she governs which are so much the better and more pleasant that they are earnestly desired and prepared by her own hand It'â— by that means alonâ—… that we procure a setled Health which lasts 'till Nature untwisting the threaâ—… of Life makes Death as soft to us as our Sleep Whereas your Physicians having rent and torn us during the course of a long disease deliver us up to Death amidst a Thousand pains and tortures Preju Will you never let those Gentlemen alone whom you cannot reverence too much could you without them enjoy that pure and fresh Blood which they have the goodness to renew every New Moon without that prevention you would be furnished with nothing but adust Blood which would raise your choller every hour of the day In fine had it not been for them you had long agoe been swallowed up by the vapours of your Spleen and
out of the Dominion of Dreams And indeed there is nothing more inconsistent than Judgment and Dreams Heart What need all this talk what are we concerned let them do whâ—t they will provided Sleep allay our evils and confirm our re-union The Stomack promises us that he knows how far Sleep is engaged to restore the Body to Health and since Morpheus is already upon our Eye-lids let him do his duty It is no small affair to give us Health Let us quietly expect the effect of these promises The secret of our Medicine is to put the Patient in the same state he was in before he was sick Reflection Be it known to all the Inhabitants of the little world that they instantly submit to the Laws of Sleep to the end that next Morning they may be all in a condition to return to the diversion of their ordinary employments and so to continue untill the Muses come in the Evening and mingle their consort with the pleasures and liberty of a civil and sober Entertainment Tenth Dialogue Sleep renders Health to the Body Sleep Health Sleep WHat desire soever I have to acquaint you of what passes yet you should still be in the Company of Dreams if the urgent and reiterated Orders of Reason and the Heart had not forced me to call you from these diversions and to propose to you in their name something that 's more solid Health Why do you listen to that ambitious couple if you do but in the least comply with their judgment they 'l disturb the quiet of our retreat and banish you as they have done formerly out of the extent of your own Dominion You know when that happens that I can have no pleasure in staying here without you Sleep But if there be an indispensable necessity of listning to the sentiments of Reason and following the motions of the Heart how can one refuse to answer them Health Well then if they must be answered let us plainly tell them that since we pretend not to the Honours and Glory which they so fondly possess we pray them not to disturb the innocent Pleasures which we enjoy For it is no less the happiness of Life to slight what one has not than to know the right use of what one enjoys Alas could one be more happy than I was without them when you began to speak to me in their name Sleep Without doubt you were wholly taken up in Dreams what pleasant piece pray did they represent to ye Health It 's very true I thought my self to be an Amazon Queen who returned Victorious from her Enemies but just as I was about to enter in Triumph amidst shouts and acclamations unto a Palace of Rubies hanging in the Air and gently moved by the Wind I was seized with fear and though I was encompassed with Mirth Musick and Dancing yet nothing but Sleep could re-assure me That you may know what kind of pleasure it was I thought that I Cloathed you in my Garments and that at the same time we were closely linked together by Chains and Flowers Now though I was exceedingly delighted at this yet for all that it broke my Dream What dâ—ye imagine to be the signification of it Sleep That 's easily interpreted The Amazon is Health the Enemies of whom she Triumphed are Physicians and Intemperance The Palace of Rubies moved by the Winds is the Heart where Reason would have me carry you and the Chains that bound us so fast together are our embraces at parting Health Nay now I perceive you are fonder of Reason than she was of her Favourite and I foresee that it will be none of your fault if both of us renounce not our Independance and wholly submit to our pleasure Sleep Not so neither I 'm only solicitous to inform you what share you are to have in that reconciliation and to put you in possession of it Health I believe I know as much of that as you do Be ruled by me let us let Reason and the Heart alone to torment themselves as much as they please in finding out measures to repair the disorders of their dissentions and let us take our rest Sleep That would do well enough if without you they could put in execution what they are resolving betwixt themselves They are so convinced of the necessity of having you that they cease not to send me one Courier at the heels of another praying me to restore Health to the Body Will ye refuse me the satisfaction of conducting you to the Heart and of seeing you triumph there as you do in all other places where you take delight Health Why should I any more appear in those places where I have received so bad usage have you forgot that if it had not been for your Protection I had been long agoe out of the World why then will you undo what you have so kindly preserved Sleep No I wo'nt undo you nor so much as expose you to the least danger We are not now about to conduct you to the Heart as heretofore accompanied with the sparks of Youth which might in effect cause your destruction or at least disturb your tranquility You are expected there without ostentation and magnificence we are only to acquaint you that Reason is no longer Prejudiced against you and to give you all manner of assurance that she 'll determine nothing concerning you for the future till first she have consulted Reflection and the Heart about it Health But if she consult not you also I shall be in no less danger No I wont part fâ—om you I cannot be secure without you Why have you so many Charms Why does one taste so many pleasures in your Company Having accustomed me to a still and solitary Life would you now again Embark me in trouble and confusion Sleep You have no cause any more to apprehend these agitations they have separated pain from them and left you only the pleasure Nay and if that pleasure work in you but the least disgust give me but a wink and I shall presently come flying to your assistance And though nothing should happen that may pâ—t you out of humour my tender care of you shall not suffer me to delay till Night the paying of you a visit I 'll come and steal some moments for you even in the middle of the day If the Feasting and Plays that they are prepairing for your Entertainment hinder me not from approaching you Health The preparations you speak of instead of obstructing your design will facilitate the means of your putting it in execution I shall even prevent them if I can for I have no pleasure but in your Company and especially at that time of Day Physicians may say what they will Sleep You are then resolved to grant Reason what she desires of you Health When Reason formed the design of alluring me to the Heart it ought to have been represented to her how changeable and fickle he is How that after the first congress he