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page_n 176._o this_o impertinâ—…nt_a doctor_n mind_v i_o of_o the_o english_a proverb_n when_o i_o be_o dead_a makâ—…_n i_o a_o caddell_n but_o it_o be_v a_o more_o rational_a apology_n as_o many_o doctor_n have_v reason_n to_o complain_v that_o the_o patient_n be_v not_o obedient_a enough_o nor_o the_o attender_n so_o circumspect_a as_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v in_o observe_v his_o order_n which_o be_v neither_o eccentric_a unnecessary_a nor_o tyrannical_a but_o thorough_o consonant_a to_o the_o most_o approve_a rule_n of_o art_n and_o for_o this_o they_o have_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o great_a hypocrates_n in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o his_o first_o aphonisâ—…_n nequâ—…_n enim_fw-la medice_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la comparare_fw-la debet_fw-la ut_fw-la faciat_fw-la quod_fw-la factu_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la sâ—…d_n &_o aeger_fw-la &_o astantes_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la foras_fw-la incidâ—…nt_fw-la but_o the_o most_o relevant_a of_o all_o these_o excuse_n be_v the_o 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eyeâ—…_n above_o