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and_o slay_v the_o stimulate_a thorn_n in_o the_o pleura_fw-la and_o blood_n also_o have_v apply_v another_o to_o her_o side_n for_o the_o same_o purpose_n he_o may_v without_o a_o loss_n of_o blood_n and_o exhaust_v her_o strength_n have_v take_v away_o the_o occasional_a cause_n and_o with_o ease_n have_v strengthen_v nature_n so_o as_o to_o have_v dispose_v of_o the_o out-hunted_n blood_n to_o her_o great_a advantage_n and_o profit_n either_o by_o admit_v it_o again_o into_o the_o vein_n which_o thing_n be_v very_o common_a if_o a_o good_a medicine_n be_v present_a or_o by_o dismiss_v it_o by_o the_o mouth_n or_o fundament_n so_o that_o a_o person_n thus_o cure_v without_o phlebotomy_n may_v be_v well_o and_o vigorous_a in_o a_o week_n or_o little_a more_o or_o if_o through_o the_o far_a absence_n of_o good_a and_o able_a medicine_n he_o have_v for_o the_o present_a draw_v out_o six_o or_o eight_o ounce_n of_o blood_n &_o have_v afterward_o exhibit_v remedy_n to_o slay_v acidity_n in_o the_o remainder_n and_o the_o foreign_a guest_n in_o the_o pleura_fw-la he_o may_v with_o more_o ease_n and_o less_o hurt_n to_o the_o patient_n have_v head_n she_o without_o run_v a_o hazard_n only_o observe_v that_o though_o this_o way_n bring_v greaer_fw-mi ease_n yet_o scarce_o so_o much_o benefit_n to_o the_o doctor_n forasmuch_o as_o a_o month_n time_n keep_v people_n in_o hand_n produce_v more_o angel_n than_o a_o week_n however_o it_o be_v well_o the_o young_a woman_n recover_v at_o last_o when_o her_o father_n pocket_n have_v pay_v well_o for_o it_o but_o have_v one_o forty_o or_o fifty_o year_n old_a be_v deal_v with_o after_o this_o bloody_a rate_n the_o loss_n will_v not_o have_v be_v so_o easy_o make_v up_o but_o in_o all_o likelihood_n it_o will_v have_v make_v the_o party_n weak_o if_o it_o have_v not_o cost_v she_o her_o life_n or_o which_o be_v ofttimes_o the_o event_n of_o a_o great_a loss_n of_o blood_n have_v lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o some_o bad_a disease_n witness_v helmont_n pleuritis_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la phlebotomiam_fw-la est_fw-la restituta_fw-la saepe_fw-la post_fw-la annum_fw-la recurrit_fw-la saepiusque_fw-la tabem_fw-la post_fw-la se_fw-la relinquit_fw-la the_o pleurisy_n which_o be_v cure_v by_o blood-letting_a oftentimes_o after_o a_o year_n return_v and_o often_o leave_v a_o consumption_n behind_o it_o and_o which_o helmont_n here_o take_v not_o notice_n of_o so_o great_a a_o loss_n of_o blood_n lay_v oft_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o scurvy_a as_o be_v daily_o too_o too_o obvious_a nor_o do_v i_o write_v feign_a notion_n or_o imaginary_a conjecture_n have_v whilst_o i_o be_v for_o many_o year_n conversant_a and_o a_o table_a in_o the_o house_n with_o a_o ingenious_a age_a chemical_a physician_n know_v of_o a_o great_a many_o cure_v after_o this_o manner_n to_o wit_n without_o blood-letting_a nor_o to_o the_o best_a of_o my_o remembrance_n do_v ever_o any_o one_o miscarry_v under_o his_o hand_n yea_o so_o acute_a be_v he_o at_o it_o that_o several_a have_v recover_v by_o follow_v his_o mehod_n without_o the_o least_o assistance_n of_o phlebotomy_n that_o have_v be_v give_v up_o for_o death_n by_o eminent_a galenist_n so_o that_o observe_v such_o cure_v frequent_o do_v by_o he_o and_o on_o the_o contrary_a often_o miscarriage_n by_o other_o i_o set_v upon_o the_o study_n of_o physic_n out_o of_o a_o desire_n to_o inform_v myself_o that_o i_o may_v prevent_v be_v purge_v out_o of_o my_o life_n as_o my_o father_n be_v and_o after_o a_o twelve_o month_n pursue_v my_o study_n and_o observe_v curative_fw-it passage_n i_o begin_v out_o of_o a_o affection_n to_o the_o chemical_a science_n to_o prove_v a_o general_a student_n in_o physic_n be_v daily_o improve_v in_o my_o intellectual_n by_o hear_v my_o experience_a intimate_v discourse_n &_o his_o patient_n declare_v the_o effect_n of_o his_o medicine_n nor_o be_v i_o less_o admonish_v by_o hear_v they_o among_o the_o rest_n to_o intersperse_v complaint_n some_o against_o mercurial_a and_o purgative_n or_o vomitive_a antimonial_a medicine_n other_o against_o other_o horrible_a vomit_n declare_v how_o such_o a_o person_n take_v one_o and_o be_v thereby_o so_o weaken_v that_o she_o never_o leave_v vomit_v till_o she_o die_v another_o declare_v how_o her_o husband_n be_v blee_v by_o a_o apothecary_n order_n and_o have_v twentyounce_v take_v away_o whereby_o he_o through_o weakness_n faint_v and_o die_v another_o relate_v how_o a_o doctor_n i_o may_v call_v he_o a_o horse-doctor_n have_v give_v a_o do_v of_o pill_n to_o her_o neighbour_n that_o kill_v he_o before_o the_o have_v do_v work_v these_o with_o many_o more_o suchlike_a narrative_n mind_v i_o of_o my_o father_n death_n and_o the_o harm_n i_o myself_o have_v sustain_v by_o twice_o bleed_v often_o purge_v and_o vomit_v and_o a_o issue_n so_o that_o for_o many_o year_n i_o at_o every_o autumn_n have_v a_o tedious_a fit_n of_o sickness_n and_o be_v often_o indispose_v at_o other_o 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but_o to_o return_v thus_o have_v spend_v about_o four_o year_n in_o my_o study_n i_o begin_v to_o fancy_v the_o practice_n of_o physic_n but_o when_o i_o consider_v on_o the_o other_o hand_n the_o dangerousness_n of_o work_v with_o unexperienced_a tool_n and_o such_o remedy_n as_o book_n alone_o will_v afford_v i_o without_o a_o faithful_a tutor_n to_o open_v my_o understanding_n in_o the_o analyse_a of_o body_n the_o reason_n of_o apply_v agent_n to_o patient_n and_o the_o compound_v and_o apply_v of_o remedy_n i_o say_v when_o i_o consider_v this_o i_o be_v somewhat_o dishearten_v through_o a_o unwillingness_n to_o turn_v experimenter_n and_o as_o physician_n too_o often_o do_v ludere_fw-la cum_fw-la corio_fw-la humano_fw-la because_o i_o see_v much_o of_o the_o mischief_n frequent_o do_v by_o physic_n be_v effect_v through_o too_o great_a confidence_n in_o vulgar_a prescript_n and_o author_n whilst_o disease_n be_v not_o the_o same_o but_o providence_n favour_v and_o my_o most_o cordial_a friend_n entire_o love_v i_o i_o obtain_v he_o be_v age_a the_o knowledge_n of_o all_o his_o method_n and_o medicine_n with_o what_o be_v the_o result_n of_o twenty_o i_o may_v say_v for_o he_o himself_o have_v a_o age_a and_o learned_a tutor_n in_o chemistry_n almost_o forty_o year_n experience_n in_o chemistry_n nor_o be_v i_o whole_o ungrateful_a be_v therefore_o for_o several_a year_n since_o no_o butcher_n in_o medicine_n i_o thenceforward_a apply_v myself_o to_o a_o more_o narrow_a search_n and_o from_o frequent_a readins_n operating_n and_o daily_o converse_v have_v make_v some_o discovery_n of_o abuse_n and_o injury_n in_o physic_n i_o think_v meet_v at_o length_n for_o a_o general_n good_a to_o publish_v they_o that_o the_o physician_n may_v be_v admonish_v to_o defend_v himself_o and_o his_o patient_n and_o the_o patient_n likewise_o forewarned_a to_o take_v heed_n of_o such_o who_o be_v confident_a
the_o young_a chemical_a physician_n must_v not_o know_v at_o any_o hand_n lest_o he_o shall_v be_v offend_v as_o he_o have_v cause_n for_o doubtless_o if_o it_o have_v do_v she_o no_o harm_n it_o have_v be_v enough_o to_o turn_v he_o off_o upon_o sight_n of_o a_o full_a glose-stooll_a and_o imagine_v all_o diseasiness_n in_o it_o and_o to_o have_v give_v the_o fame_n and_o name_n of_o cure_v she_o to_o the_o galenist_n for_o so_o they_o use_v sometime_o to_o serve_v his_o ingenious_a and_o true-hearted_a father_n before_o he_o and_o with_o some_o musty_a electuary_n or_o syrup_n muddy_a cordial_n some_o trivial_a decoction_n or_o a_o purge_n carry_v away_o the_o credit_n when_o he_o have_v do_v the_o cure_n and_o by_o rail_v against_o chemistry_n though_o those_o remedy_n which_o be_v chemical_a cure_v the_o patient_n sometime_o get_v such_o a_o antipathy_n in_o he_o against_o they_o for_o fear_n of_o mischief_n four_o or_o five_o year_n after_o that_o chemical_a medicine_n and_o the_o doctor_n must_v be_v shâ—â—_n out_o but_o providence_n have_v not_o design_v that_o he_o shall_v than_o complain_v with_o the_o poet._n ego_fw-la hos_fw-la versiculos_fw-la feci_fw-la tulit_fw-la alter_fw-la honoreâ—â—_n i_o cure_v she_o another_o have_v the_o name_n however_o notwithstanding_o i_o as_o a_o acquaintance_n visit_v her_o several_a time_n in_o her_o sickness_n have_v take_v up_o the_o galley-pot_n and_o glass_n with_o their_o mouldy_a medicine_n leave_v on_o the_o cup-board_n head_n by_o the_o two_o other_o physician_n and_o have_v ask_v she_o how_o she_o can_v reasonable_o expect_v a_o cure_n and_o preservation_n from_o medicine_n so_o spiritless_a aâ—_n unable_a to_o preserve_v themselves_o and_o have_v tell_v she_o it_o be_v unreasonable_a to_o expect_v it_o yet_o so_o much_o be_v she_o over-persuade_v and_o take_v with_o the_o guild_a and_o pretty_a name_n purge_v that_o she_o take_v a_o purge_n do_v &_o have_v six_o or_o eight_o stool_n thereupon_o that_o all_o 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presence_n of_o such_o virtuous_a healer_n however_o she_o recover_v and_o have_v continue_v well_o several_a year_n without_o relapse_v to_o the_o nodiscredit_n of_o chemistry_n another_o gentlewoman_n have_v contract_v a_o disease_n through_o catch_v cold_a and_o want_n of_o digesture_n have_v her_o vital_n so_o narrow_o be_v set_v and_o violent_o assault_v that_o her_o recovery_n be_v even_o despair_v of_o whilst_o the_o consultation_n and_o mutual_a endeavour_n of_o two_o learned_a and_o expert_a galenist_n be_v in_o vain_a she_o be_v in_o this_o weak_a condition_n send_v for_o the_o chemical_a doctor_n and_o be_v very_o well_o please_v with_o his_o rational_a theory_n the_o description_n of_o her_o disease_n its_o cause_n and_o manner_n of_o cure_n but_o word_n will_v not_o heal_v she_o therefore_o he_o send_v two_o medicine_n stomachical_a and_o abstersive_a which_o she_o take_v and_o for_o the_o first_o two_o or_o three_o day_n very_o much_o mend_v but_o the_o digestion_n 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