Volume 3

A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes / By William Cadogan.

  • William Cadogan
Date:
1771
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Credit: A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes / By William Cadogan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    jjood unto him. If he thinks, from what 1 O have faid here, or in the brochure itfelf, that ] mean to impeach the practice of phyfic in ge¬ neral ; I fay, that it is not my intention. ] would decry all quacks, from iEfculapius tc the prefent, either as ignorant fools, or felf- convifted impoftors, advertifing daily lies, whether mounted on ft ages, or riding in cha¬ riots. But the art of phyfic fairly and honeftlj pradlifed I honour as the firft of profeflions, comprehending the moft ufeful, the moft ex- tenfive and univerfal knowledge of nature. I think a real Phyfician the moft liberal of charadlers upon earth 3 by which I do not meari every Doftor that goes about taking guineas, but him who will neither flatter the great nor deceive the ignorant, and who would prefer the fatisfacftion of making one invalid a healthy man, to the wealth of Radcliff or the vogue of Ward- But there is an evil fpirit of quackery gone forth, that has pofleiTed all orders of men among us. I would lay it, if J could, together with every demon of fuper- ftifion and error, and reftore the world to Truth and Nature. ' i.. j \ I A
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