M~b.Sultf.t~ jick is to 'berej~fled.If itiJe Jeadly, it cannot hwmd ; ifit maJ<bU helped,it 359 Wfttires n1 Phyjitian, Nat•re will expel/ it •fit felfe. P/at1 malic it agreat - ftgne ofan intemperate and corrupt · com~onwealth, where Lawyus a~d Pllyfitiaasdid abound , and the Roi1WJs ddlafted them fo much , that they were often banilhed out of their citty, as Pliny and ql(m relate,for 6oo year~ not adtn_itted. lt is no art ~t all;as fome hold,no not worthy the ~a!De 1 ,, ;.,, ,; ofahberall fi:tence(nor Lawnetthet)as t Pll.4nJ.Camnbemu a Patrman ,.,;,• .,~;. · of ·R~mtalld a great•DoClor himfelf,Dflu[their ' .l!'n td•e,proves by 16 ar- tico "'"•luia guihents,~cau~e it is mercenary as no":' ufed,bafe,an~ as Fidlers play for ;;(p;;;:G~:;.; a t!:lvard. ltmdlcu,me./ws,jfcl,f,g vwere rapto, ttsacorrupt trade,no fcience,art,hol'rofellion;the·~teginning,praClice,and progrelfcofit, all is naught,full ofimpofture,incertainty,and dothjgenerally more harme then good. The Divellh!mfelf was the firftinventerofit:Tnventumefl medicina mtHm,faid Apollo,& what was ApoP1,but the Divell. The Greeks fidl made aa Art ofit,and they wetealldeluded hy AfoUo's {onnes, Pri~lls, Oracles. Ifwe may belieue rarro,Piiny; Colt~meUa,moftefthcir bdl medicines wer« derived troih·his Oracles• .;Bfct~l•pilu his {on had his temples ereClel'l t~ his Dicey,and did many famous eures;'hut as Laffantim holds, hce was a Magitian,a miere\lmpoftar,& as his·{uccdfors, P·hADn, Podalirill4, Me/am. pim,M enecr~tu( another God)by (h:itmes,fpells,alid minill~ry of bad fpirits,performed moft oftheir cures. Tlte firft that ever wrote in Phyfick to . ;ny purpofe, VlasHippacraw, andw~Difciplcand Commlmrator Galin, .. whom Scilliger cals FimbriAm HJpp'mms, but as m carJan cenfures theiD m P•~"·'~ · both immethodicall and obfcure,as all thofe old l:!.tles ~re • their precepts"""· ·~~d· ·. c;ollfufed,their tnedicinc:s obfoletel&liow m oft part reJtCled. Thofe c6te,s .. ,, whlth they <iid,farmij'Wholds,wtl'e'rather done out eftl!~ir l'atiencs;co:. fidthce,n ·and gqlld opinion they 11\id ot~he, then·out ofany skill of theirs, n Ofitliof"'it which'was·Very fmall,li'e !alth, tl!~ythclm!l:lvcsfdiocs and Infants,as areall""J;co,.f>.ire their Aca~e'nl_itall. tolll>wc ts . Th~?r•~i•ns.r~ceived it f~om the Gm£~,'& ~:;.;;;d.:"· fo the Latenes ,addt'og new precept~ an<l'medtcmes ofthetrown, but fo tm• n•m• o~~ ... p-eHeCl llill ~ either through ignotltnce ofProfelfors,Impoftors,Mouti'ie- D'ilori• all; b!nks Empericks,difagtceing ofSe&aries, (which are as-many alm'o'ft 'as ~,"' · · .~~ fnere be difeaf~s )envy ,co.verouf~elfe,~nd the lili~,they doe m~c~ !iarnie_a: , Morh;;~1j; motigll us. :'rhey are fodtfferent tn th~tr con{ultations;pref~rtpttons, mtf. -., pr<>Otiocu: tlt~ing many times the pahies conftirurion ; • difeafe, and d'ufds of it, th~y ,.,.,.t;,4 : giue quitc_c<ihtfatr P.hyfick, o ~ne foith ~his ,An6the.r' tbJt, oil~ ci~ fingularity ~::~•·=,trv or oppofitto!),aShe fatd of. Adr~•n,mNltttHd9 . meiuomm pfmctpem interfe- o coot•ariliS elt,>a multlhl\l~ e'fPhyfitial\5 liath 'killed the Emperour,P/t# li'lhedico 9&.-m proferunr(en- ~'mlr6opem~t~;m~re cl11ng~r tlter~ ~·f~om the~~y~tian, th~ii f'r6'rn. tlie' ~if- ~"'!_;~:i~"l/ eli{e. B~fi<il"e~.~lietels much \mpoftur~ alld )n:iltte:!t!rtongll 'thei't'i; ' .All !iri's .foe· Om~et . ~f~lth ~ ca~fl!")U~it ~fcluflning ;Phjftcl A,rM;,'t'ff("e !'ef1J'rl'Dtfi'J!Pj~~P/b'tr. ZJZ!fr~":l'f.' #I'D hlr fttfitJ&d tel)s!tifl:o~y ofOl)e Curt~U! a1Phyfiu!m 1~1P'-e)!i't~;b~i:4!Jfe I• mfdiii"!' .: ~~ t,.Vas1 a ftr_in~~ ,ahd pYa~~f~d am~ngft tli~\n .~~~·te~ d£ tHe 'P1 l,l}lf1(iaqs'llld 'f'"""'!l ~,, lhll •cfolfdiilti'in all h!(llfecepts i ' lf'h~ ptdcnb'ea· hoftlll:\'li~ln<e~ ' d1c'Jl' q'1~;,~ ~ ' Wbuld ercf~fil),!c61d,'rlfifttntei jiro'Fiiiitiit (rigi'tl~ · ·fril frii!'li'i'lliith/(n"ftoi'?'."ij(p),_.~ p¥tganriGIIi\i(Wi#ginti.;lilb&e~sfor1\lWgUiu.~'i~~~4ie/til~·m. '~: -IFthe ~'a~I;·.·P'f~.l,; -party ~itcaifi~i11i'ttlrf?tl~ ' llkr»nab.in'¥;' t'tir~i~Y'Ili!Ielf&im~ ihaH!ita~rce'd ~.Jit'~iq -fr~m thcl.tl!'lftlh'ec'dvtte'd',thcrh l~y'cbrtd tiiln ihehlt,IWi.Mucb1'inu' 'i'.r~fl~~· · r bm. - '!- z 3 · · - _... · -- ~ati!!n~ ;~l'rti ..
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