The practice of physick, reduced to the ancient way of observations containing a just parallel between the wisdom and experience of the ancients and the hypothesis's of modern physicians : intermix'd with many practical remarks upon most distempers. Together with several new and curious dissertations; particularly of the tarantula, and the nature of its poison: of the use and abuse of blistering-plaisters: of epidemical apoplexies, &c / Written in Latine by Geo. Baglivi.

  • Baglivi, Giorgio, 1668-1707.
Date:
1704
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Credit: The practice of physick, reduced to the ancient way of observations containing a just parallel between the wisdom and experience of the ancients and the hypothesis's of modern physicians : intermix'd with many practical remarks upon most distempers. Together with several new and curious dissertations; particularly of the tarantula, and the nature of its poison: of the use and abuse of blistering-plaisters: of epidemical apoplexies, &c / Written in Latine by Geo. Baglivi. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nother, and efpecially by the Light of Reafon* which over-rul’d aud moderated all, it became Liberal and Learned. II. The old Proverb, Lapidet ad filutn% non vero filum ad lapides regere, may be pattly apply’d to the Phyficians, who ought to model all their Reafonings, which are as twere the Stones with which Medicine is built, according to the Thread or Line of created Things*, for fince the Line of Obje&s, which God has immutabo ly ftretch’d thro* the World, can'tbe bow’d or flack’d fo as to be adapted to our Fallacies, ’tis neceffary that the Ratiocination of Men Ihould yield and be directed by this Line. III. A The two chief Pillars of Phyfick, are Reafon and Obfervation: But Obfervation is the Thread to which Reafon muff point. Every Dileale has, not a fictitious, but a certain and peculiar Nature, as well as certain and peculiar Princi¬ ples,, Increafe, State and Declination. Now, as all thefe are brought about independently of the Mind, fo in tracing their Nature we have no occafion for a fubtile and difguis d way of DiC* puting, but only for a repeated and diligent Obfervation of what happens to the feveral fick Perfons, and fuch an acutenefs of Mind as is conformable and obedient to Nature* Measures. IV