A treatise of incurable diseases: containing, I. An essay on the proper means to reduce the number of incurables. II. An attempt to settle a just notion of incurable in physick. III. A specimen of a rational method to discover the cures of reputed incurable diseases / [Peter Shaw].

  • Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763
Date:
1723
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Credit: A treatise of incurable diseases: containing, I. An essay on the proper means to reduce the number of incurables. II. An attempt to settle a just notion of incurable in physick. III. A specimen of a rational method to discover the cures of reputed incurable diseases / [Peter Shaw]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    138 ] merate all the Properties and Phonomcna of every Difeafe, under its re- fpcdive Title, tho’ there may perhaps be commonly enow from whence to deduce their immediate Caufe, and a fuitable Method of Cure* Nor are all the poftible Advantages taken of what Properties are fet down, upon account of the defigifd Brevity of this Difcoiirfe. It ought not therefore to be attributed to negled, that under Madnefs, no No¬ tice was taken, of what Service a prudent Exhibition of the Cortex, Sal, Abfinth. &c. might be, during the Ufe of the particular Remedy, there recommended5 nor any Mention made of the proper,Ways of en¬ deavouring to reduce the Mind to its natural State: Nor again how advanta- gious, deep Incifions, frequent Scarifications, ftrong Attradives,adual Caute¬ ries, powerful Digeftives, fharp Corrofives, proper Lotions, &c, in the Bite of a wad-Dog : How ufeful ftrong ftimulating Remedies in the iPalfy 5 or what better Methods than the common, there are of treating the inveterate or confirm'd Lues Venerea : Nor laftly, of what Ser¬ vice a Courfe of Relaxatives, Perfpiratives, Sudorificks, Corroboratives Stomachicks, or a Salivation in the Gout 5 or the moft proper Method of treating that Difeafe during the Fit, though the Properties mention’d will lead to it. Much lefs could it be expeded, that the Diet,' Regimen, and Medi¬ cines requifite, or ufeful in each Procefs, fhould be there infilled on, which would be to have fwell'd a Volume upon each Diftemper. Thus then have I done what I at firft props'd; which was, only to offer at fome probable Means to improve the Phyfical Pradice with Regard to inveterate Cafes, or fuch as are undefervedly ftil’d Incurable • in hopes, at the fame Time, to wipe off fome Part of that Reproach, which has fallen on the Art of Healing, through a Remiflnefs to cul¬ tivate fo necefiary and beneficial a Part of it. I am fenfible how lit¬ tle 1 hav& contributed to fo great a Work, yet if this imperfed Sketch may happen to give Occafion to a due Profecution of the Defign, I fhall not repent that I ventured to communicate fo flender a Perfor¬ mance to the Public* FINIS.