Some observations of the power and efficacy of a medicine against loosenesses, bloody fluxes, etc / by the late Dr. William Cockburn ... Also cases where the said medicine was administered by Mr. John Dove.

  • Boësnier de la Touche, Henry
Date:
1764
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Credit: Some observations of the power and efficacy of a medicine against loosenesses, bloody fluxes, etc / by the late Dr. William Cockburn ... Also cases where the said medicine was administered by Mr. John Dove. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Some have afcribed all Difeafes to certain gene¬ ral Caufes ; Others have afcribed all Difeafes to Hypochondriacal PalTions; Some have afcribed them all to the Scurvy ; Others, to Convulfions ; Others, to a Debility in the Animal Spirits ; O- thers, to an indifpofition of the Glands. Some have afcribed them all to an improper State of the Salivay or of the Gall. Some, to a too great quantity of Acid in the Body ^ Some, to a too great quantity of Alcali; Some, to a vicious State of the humours of the Body in general; Others fay, the humours of the Body are never corrupted but by an indifpofition of the Solids, thefe therefore fay% the Caufe of all Difeafes is to be fought amongft the Solids^ &c. &c. Thus is a man after much lludy left in the Dark, and obliged, though his intentions be never fo upright, to ad; with fome degree of uncertainty ; and this every candid learn¬ ed Gentleman of the ProfelTion will own, if he will do juftice to his .confcience, and confefs that which within himfelf he knows to be truth. For Conciliador^ a famous S'[ayiijh Phyfician, fays, it is anAnfeparable Quality of a bad Phyfician ^ never to own his Ignorance.’ The famous and truly great Dr. Sydenham did own it, and a famous Phyfician, fpeaking of himfelf and others, fays of Ivis ProfelTion, ^is enim efi^ qui femel non erret ? Aiit quis qui femel tantwn erret ? Diibito an fem;per non erremus. Not-v