An essay towards the improvement of physick. In twelve proposals. By which the lives of many thousands of the rich, as well as of the poor, may be saved yearly. With an essay for imploying the able poor ... / [John Bellers].

Bellers, John, 1654-1725

Date:: 1714

Credit: An essay towards the improvement of physick. In twelve proposals. By which the lives of many thousands of the rich, as well as of the poor, may be saved yearly. With an essay for imploying the able poor ... / [John Bellers]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$C »* ) II. Prop. That one Hof pit al Jhouhl he under the Care and Direflion of the QUEEN’s Phyficians, &<\ As by fome of the Reafons in the firft Proportion, it will be of Information to them, and make them Capable to Prefcribe for her with the more Certainty of Succefs. So it will have all the Advantages that a Long and Heal¬ thy Reign can be to her felf, and her Subje&s. III. Prop. For an Hof pit al for the Incurable. !_/?. It’s an Indifpenfible Charity, confidering that they are fome of the moft Di'fconfolate. 2d. It may be a means of fome new Difcoveries\wPhyfick\ if all Rational Pretenders to it, may have the Liberty to give Medicines to fuch of the Side, as are willing to take them- and if they fucceed in the Cure, that they be Rewarded by the State. There having been feveral Perfons reported Incurable by Hofpitals, and other Phyficians and Chirurgeons, that have afterwards been Cured by private Hands, without any No¬ tice having been taken of the Means it was done by \ which is no fmall Lofs to the Publick. 1 have been told of one, that when the Plague was in London, 1665. He Cured a Man that had the. Tokens upon him, by throwing the Patient into a violent Sweat. And of an Old Chirurgeon that had a Plaifler by which he could ripen a IFen fit to Lance, and then Cure it. Belmont tells of one Butler, that was in England in King fames the Firlt’s time, who had an Oyl of Lxtraordinary Virtue.’ 1 IV. Prop. That there be an Hof pit al fopr the’ Blind. ift. It s Charitable, confidering how Difficult it is for them to get a Living *, efpecially if the the Government do not help them to fome fuitable Imployment: For where there is the greateft Plenty, the Blind lofe a great part of the Comforts of Life. 2d. Thofe who are Aged will be a Living Hiflory, by whom the Phyfitians may learn as much, as ingoing through a Courfe of Anatomy^ both in relation to their different Conftitutions,$