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into_o precept_n and_o principle_n and_o have_v the_o way_n of_o improve_n experience_n be_v long_o stand_v on_o and_o physic_n too_o soon_o not_o teach_v to_o systematize_v it_o have_v better_o improve_v and_o few_o breach_n be_v make_v on_o its_o doctrine_n to_o the_o great_a honour_n of_o the_o art_n and_o its_o professor_n and_o benefit_n of_o patient_n but_o this_o practical_a art_n must_v be_v like_o speculative_a science_n and_o take_v a_o body_n of_o general_a principle_n before_o they_o be_v find_v side_n digna_fw-la &_o sufficient_a cause_n of_o conclusion_n but_o have_v they_o be_v such_o the_o fabric_n have_v be_v firm_a it_o be_v true_a and_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o naked_a experience_n not_o support_v by_o weighty_a reason_n be_v but_o a_o dwarf_n and_o can_v do_v little_a nay_o be_v often_o mischievous_a but_o they_o that_o join_v both_o together_o will_v find_v they_o a_o fortress_n strong_a enough_o to_o abide_v the_o battery_n of_o calumny_n if_o in_o these_o method_n of_o cure_n i_o walk_v in_o path_n less_o tread_v yet_o since_o my_o foundation_n be_v pure_a philosophy_n i_o shall_v say_v for_o myself_o salve_fw-la amicum_fw-la lumen_fw-la i_o will_v not_o with_o some_o other_o contra_fw-la rationem_fw-la insanire_fw-la all_o the_o satisfaction_n i_o shall_v in_o conclusion_n give_v the_o reader_n and_o that_o will_v satisfy_v the_o sober_a and_o modest_a be_v to_o remit_v he_o to_o that_o of_o seveca_n multi_fw-la ad_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la pervenire_fw-la potuissent_fw-la nisi_fw-la putassent_fw-la se_fw-la pervenisse_fw-la multum_fw-la egerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la ante_fw-la nos_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la peregerunt_fw-la multum_fw-la adhuc_fw-la restat_fw-la operae_fw-la multumque_fw-la restabit_fw-la neque_fw-la ulli_fw-la nato_fw-la post_fw-la mille_fw-la secula_fw-la praecidetur_fw-la occasio_fw-la aliquid_fw-la adhuc_fw-la adjiciendi_fw-la the_o content_n chap_n i._o the_o preface_n pag._n 1_o chap_n ii_o the_o name_n pag._n 2_o chap_n iii_o the_o definition_n pag._n 6_o chap_n iv_o the_o subject_a pag._n 12_o chap_n v._o the_o affect_v itself_o pag._n 22_o chap_n vi_o the_o cause_n pag._n 26_o chap_n vii_o doubt_n and_o question_n resolve_v touch_v the_o cause_n viz._n pag._n 31_o 1._o whether_o the_o disease_n may_v be_v convey_v by_o the_o air_n ibid._n 2._o whether_o by_o garment_n pag._n 32_o 3._o whether_o by_o drink_v after_o the_o venereous_a of_o the_o same_o cup_n sit_v after_o on_o the_o same_o stool_n lie_v next_o of_o o_z on_o the_o same_o bed_n pag._n 33_o 4._o whether_o a_o woman_n by_o much_o prostitution_n to_o clean_a man_n may_v contract_v it_o pag._n 34_o 5._o whether_o by_o extinguish_v the_o expulsive_a faculty_n of_o the_o womb_n ibid._n 6._o why_o the_o disease_n oft_o lurk_v in_o the_o body_n &_o c_o pag._n 35_o 7._o whence_o it_o be_v that_o some_o be_v infect_v soon_o than_o other_o pag._n 37_o 8._o whether_o a_o woman_n have_v coition_n with_o a_o venereous_a man_n may_v remain_v uninfected_a and_o yet_o she_o infect_v other_o pag._n 39_o 9_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o this_o disease_n at_o first_o enentrance_n into_o europe_n be_v so_o formidable_a but_o now_o be_v more_o mild_a pag._n 40_o 10_o whence_o it_o be_v that_o though_o the_o disease_n be_v general_o mild_a yet_o it_o be_v cruel_a on_o some_o pag._n 43_o 11._o why_o the_o disease_n fall_v most_o in_o some_o on_o the_o hair_n in_o other_o on_o the_o nerve_n bone_n &_o c_o pag._n 44_o 12._o whether_o this_o disease_n be_v proper_a to_o any_o country_n and_o to_o what_o &_o c_o pag._n 45_o chap_n viii_o the_o sign_n diagnostic_n pag._n 47_o chap_n ix_o the_o sign_n prognostic_n pag._n 55_o chap_n x._o question_n lead_v to_o the_o cure_n viz._n pag._n 57_o 1._o why_o this_o disease_n kill_v so_o slow_o ib._n 2._o whether_o this_o disease_n be_v curable_a pag._n 59_o 3._o whether_o as_o time_n be_v when_o the_o disease_n be_v not_o it_o will_v in_o time_n cease_v to_o be_v pag._n 60_o 4._o whether_o the_o supervention_n of_o this_o disease_n do_v cure_v the_o falling-sickness_n etc._n etc._n or_o other_o mortal_a disease_n pag._n 61_o 5._o whether_o the_o pox_n keep_v out_o the_o plague_n pag._n 62_o 6._o whether_o there_o be_v any_o antidote_n to_o keep_v a_o man_n use_v a_o venereous_a wonan_n from_o be_v infect_v pag._n 63_o 7._o whether_o cure_n be_v to_o be_v endeavour_v at_o first_o entrance_n of_o the_o disease_n pag._n 66_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o cure_n in_o common_a pag._n 68_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o cure_n in_o special_a pag._n 69_o some_o method_n approve_v other_o reprove_v pag._n 70_o finis_fw-la