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blood_n by_o the_o leprosy_n as_o the_o pox_n yet_o those_o disease_n be_v cure_v by_o the_o ancient_a method_n why_o not_o these_o so_o that_o for_o aught_o i_o see_v we_o need_v not_o be_v put_v to_o the_o necessity_n of_o establish_v new_a doctrine_n 204._o pag._n 204._o new_a method_n and_o rule_n of_o curation_n agreeable_a to_o the_o new_a frame_n of_o humane_a nature_n and_o to_o the_o new_a phaenomena_n of_o disease_n the_o old_a notion_n and_o old_a remedy_n may_v be_v good_a enough_o not_o that_o i_o shall_v discourage_v he_o or_o any_o man_n for_o increase_v the_o materia_fw-la medica_fw-la with_o any_o new_a piece_n of_o knowledge_n but_o dislike_v they_o shall_v pretend_v to_o what_o they_o have_v not_o as_o many_o do_v to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o other_o far_a more_o know_v then_o themselves_o these_o thing_n be_v consider_v this_o chapter_n be_v not_o so_o hard_a but_o it_o may_v be_v read_v over_o without_o a_o festuke_v or_o spelling-book_n and_o by_o those_o that_o 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his_o sense_n first_o the_o method_n of_o cure_v divers_a particular_a disease_n to_o wit_n as_o they_o may_v be_v in_o craso_n or_o celsus_n not_o that_o the_o general_a method_n of_o cure_v disease_n be_v unsettled_a second_o that_o he_o intend_v not_o all_o but_o some_o physician_n though_o perhaps_o what_o he_o say_v may_v fall_v upon_o the_o great_a part_n of_o they_o three_o that_o himself_o be_v no_o enemy_n to_o method_n though_o its_o precept_n do_v not_o answer_v to_o the_o full_a amplitude_n of_o nature_n what_o can_v be_v more_o cautelous_o lay_v down_o what_o be_v here_o to_o favour_v a_o cast_n away_o old_a method_n erect_v new_a foundation_n new_a aphorism_n and_o i_o know_v not_o what_o which_o our_o m._n n._n drive_v at_o touch_v his_o opinion_n of_o chemist_n and_o their_o costly_a application_n of_o chemical_a medicine_n in_o slight_a case_n see_v what_o he_o say_v chap._n 6._o pag._n 147_o 148_o etc._n etc._n 152._o the_o word_n be_v too_o long_o to_o transcribe_v 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