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whereby_o they_o endeavour_v to_o make_v a_o perfect_a separation_n between_o physician_n and_o themselves_o claim_v a_o free_a exercise_n of_o their_o trade_n as_o member_n of_o the_o grand_a incorporation_n and_o full_o enjoy_v all_o the_o privilege_n of_o the_o common_a charter_n whereby_o they_o be_v authorize_v as_o well_o to_o buy_v and_o sell_v as_o any_o other_o company_n but_o although_o they_o accommodate_v physician_n in_o make_v up_o their_o prescript_n yet_o that_o be_v a_o voluntary_a undertake_n which_o they_o may_v either_o accept_v or_o refuse_v at_o their_o pleasure_n it_o be_v their_o proper_a business_n to_o provide_v such_o medicine_n as_o the_o supreme_a power_n shall_v allow_v for_o the_o people_n use_n and_o to_o furnish_v their_o customer_n although_o there_o shall_v not_o be_v any_o physician_n to_o write_v bill_n and_o thus_o under_o the_o pretext_n of_o sell_v their_o medicine_n to_o all_o who_o come_v to_o their_o shop_n they_o also_o take_v upon_o they_o to_o advise_v what_o they_o think_v most_o agreeable_a to_o their_o condition_n who_o be_v sick_a by_o this_o slight_a ingratiate_v themselves_o with_o the_o people_n and_o as_o they_o conceive_v avoid_v the_o just_a censure_n of_o practise_v physic_n i_o reply_v that_o physician_n do_v never_o design_n to_o hinder_v the_o apothecary_n in_o their_o know_a and_o lawful_a trade_n of_o vend_v medicine_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_n have_v much_o promote_v it_o by_o give_v they_o daily_a opportunity_n to_o supply_v their_o patient_n with_o physic_n according_a to_o their_o prescript_n yet_o if_o these_o because_o of_o their_o settlement_n as_o free_a trader_n shall_v hereupon_o destroy_v the_o relation_n between_o physician_n and_o they_o as_o if_o their_o interest_n do_v not_o much_o consist_v in_o the_o practice_n of_o physician_n they_o will_v have_v no_o cause_n of_o complaint_n if_o the_o professor_n of_o physic_n take_v their_o business_n again_o into_o their_o own_o hand_n and_o imitate_v the_o most_o successful_a practice_n of_o their_o renown_a predecessor_n and_o the_o apothecary_n may_v as_o free_o as_o ever_o attend_v their_o trade_n in_o sell_v to_o those_o who_o will_v buy_v of_o they_o notwithstanding_o the_o physician_n preparation_n of_o their_o own_o remedy_n but_o i_o observe_v that_o very_o many_o apothecary_n be_v so_o far_o from_o devide_v between_o they_o and_o the_o physician_n art_n that_o they_o endeavour_v to_o unite_v they_o in_o their_o undertake_n as_o much_o profess_v to_o direct_v physic_n as_o to_o prepare_v or_o sell_v it_o and_o these_o i_o call_v practise_v apothecary_n although_o some_o who_o will_v seem_v more_o modest_a and_o friendly_a to_o physician_n suppose_v that_o none_o of_o their_o society_n ought_v to_o practise_v physic_n yet_o these_o will_v not_o have_v any_o one_o debar_v the_o give_v of_o such_o medicine_n as_o they_o shall_v think_v fit_a when_o there_o be_v a_o special_a occasion_n but_o since_o that_o these_o apothecary_n so_o much_o favour_v their_o own_o advantage_n must_v necesiary_o be_v judge_n of_o those_o exigency_n i_o know_v not_o how_o to_o distinguish_v this_o more_o close_a and_o sly_a way_n from_o that_o which_o be_v act_v above_o board_n be_v own_v and_o justify_v by_o these_o practitioner_n for_o by_o practise_v of_o physic_n be_v understand_v any_o application_n to_o the_o sick_a in_o order_n to_o a_o cure_n comprehend_v not_o only_o long_a methodical_a course_n in_o chronical_a disease_n but_o sudden_a direction_n in_o those_o which_o be_v acute_a respect_v as_o well_o their_o beginning_n etc._n as_o their_o subsequent_a alteration_n the_o ordinary_a account_n we_o have_v out_o of_o the_o best_a author_n describe_v the_o apothecary_n office_n mention_n not_o a_o word_n of_o their_o practise_v physic_n omit_v what_o occur_v in_o other_o i_o shall_v only_o recite_v the_o opinion_n of_o renodaeus_n 6._o officium_fw-la solummodo_fw-la pharmacopaei_fw-la est_fw-la medicamentum_fw-la tractare_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la usum_fw-la salutarem_fw-la medici_fw-la probati_fw-la jussu_fw-la adhibere_fw-la quod_fw-la ut_fw-la faeliciter_fw-la consequatur_fw-la debet_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la seligere_fw-la praeparare_fw-la &_o componere_fw-la etc._n etc._n h._n e._n it_o be_v the_o apothecary_n business_n to_o meddle_v with_o medicament_n only_o and_o in_o relation_n to_o their_o use_n to_o follow_v the_o physician_n prescript_n and_o that_o he_o may_v be_v fit_v to_o execute_v his_o office_n he_o must_v be_v instruct_v to_o know_v simple_n to_o select_v the_o choice_a to_o prepare_v and_o compound_v his_o medicine_n and_o if_o this_o be_v the_o utmost_a intent_n of_o the_o apothecary_n trade_n wherein_o they_o be_v educate_v whence_o shall_v these_o gain_v sufficient_a accomplishment_n enable_v they_o to_o practice_v physic_n as_o for_o their_o knowledge_n of_o simple_n and_o skill_n in_o composition_n although_o these_o be_v necessary_a qualification_n capacitate_v they_o to_o be_v able_a apothecary_n yet_o i_o understand_v not_o how_o these_o shall_v upon_o this_o account_n any_o more_o become_v physician_n than_o cutler_n and_o gun-smith_n by_o their_o judgement_n of_o the_o metal_n goodness_n on_o which_o they_o work_v and_o their_o make_n and_o fit_v instrument_n of_o war_n be_v thereby_o render_v most_o expert_a commander_n but_o these_o practise_v apothecary_n pretend_v sufficient_a help_n for_o their_o instruction_n in_o the_o virtue_n of_o simple_n and_o the_o true_a use_n of_o composition_n from_o physician_n bill_n which_o they_o constant_o book_n and_o by_o this_o mean_n as_o they_o inform_v the_o people_n have_v see_v the_o practice_n of_o many_o physician_n they_o may_v be_v as_o good_a doctor_n as_o any_o i_o shall_v inquire_v whether_o the_o prescript_n of_o physician_n can_v so_o far_o improve_v a_o apothecary_n as_o that_o by_o their_o assistance_n he_o may_v be_v able_a to_o practise_v physic_n indeed_o the_o 2â—3_n lord_n bacon_n opinion_n that_o there_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o religious_a observance_n of_o approve_a medicine_n as_o well_o to_o retain_v the_o benefit_n of_o tradition_n as_o to_o direct_v a_o more_o steady_a way_n of_o cure_v disease_n seem_v to_o favour_v very_o much_o these_o apothecary_n who_o be_v well_o stock_v with_o such_o receipt_n which_o they_o without_o any_o alteration_n transcribe_v for_o their_o patient_n but_o i_o shall_v oppose_v what_o the_o learned_a alsarius_fw-la relate_v 309._o medicinae_fw-la leges_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la polycleti_n immutabilem_fw-la regulam_fw-la referendae_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la lesbian_a normam_fw-la quam_fw-la pro_fw-la factorum_fw-la personarum_fw-la ac_fw-la temporum_fw-la conditionibus_fw-la magistratus_fw-la aequitas_fw-la commutare_fw-la solet_fw-la h._n e._n the_o law_n of_o medicine_n be_v not_o like_o polycletus_n unalterable_a rule_n but_o the_o lesbian_a precept_n which_o the_o magistrate_n may_v change_v and_o vary_v according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o crime_n the_o condition_n of_o the_o offender_n and_o the_o circumstance_n of_o time_n etc._n etc._n that_o such_o receipt_n without_o any_o alteration_n or_o substitution_n may_v very_o much_o conduce_v to_o the_o cure_n of_o disease_n be_v by_o that_o noble_a and_o learned_a person_n rather_o presume_v then_o prove_v to_o omit_v what_o i_o mention_v in_o the_o precedent_a chapter_n concern_v the_o insufficiency_n of_o those_o medicine_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o vast_a difference_n of_o man_n body_n and_o a_o great_a variation_n of_o disease_n incident_a to_o they_o i_o assert_v that_o there_o be_v no_o medicine_n rational_o prescribe_v but_o what_o particular_o relate_v to_o the_o principal_a indication_n which_o ought_v chief_o to_o be_v take_v from_o the_o cause_n and_o not_o from_o the_o disease_n according_a to_o the_o usual_a design_n of_o those_o prescript_n which_o be_v confirm_v by_o galen_n secta_fw-la say_v he_o if_o disease_n indicate_v their_o proper_a remedy_n the_o patient_n best_o understand_v what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v may_v be_v most_o helpful_a to_o themselves_o moreover_o the_o medicine_n show_v that_o not_o disease_n but_o their_o cause_n do_v indicate_v their_o use_n as_o be_v not_o primary_o adverse_a to_o effect_n but_o efficient_n