An account of Dr. Quincy's Examination of Dr. Woodward's state of physick and diseases. In a letter to the Freethinker.

Date:
1719
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Credit: An account of Dr. Quincy's Examination of Dr. Woodward's state of physick and diseases. In a letter to the Freethinker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ] fion. His Language and Sentiments, - fays he, are equally peculiar, he has a ftrange fwell of Sound, he writes in a confus’d and untelligible man¬ ner, he reads as well as writes with¬ out Ideas, he’s incomprehenfible and ufes a deceitful way of talking, his expreffions are awkward and uncouth, with a Thoufand fuch Puerilities naufeoufly repeated. Then as to the Dottor himfelf, he’s (if you’ll believe his declar’d Enemies) rather the Ob¬ ject of Laughter than of Envy, pro¬ ducing a great deal of Ridicule and no ferious Notice, taking all Advan¬ tages of Detraction, bringing every one’s Practice into difrepute but his own, reflecting upon others, and in¬ veighing againft them at all Adven¬ tures and on allOccafions,a Thrower of Scandal for Scandal fake, fpread- ing and fixing Accufations of re¬ proach, and the greateft Merit (ano¬ ther Name for Dr. Mead) has the largeft fhare of his Talent at Detra¬ ction. But this is not all, he’s a Man who has no Meaning, full of him¬ felf, ufing fham Credentials, fond and bigotted of his own Conceits, fup- J porting