INTRODUCTION. iif 
It will alfo be a pleafant Medicine. If a Draught 
of Tincture of Rofes, which will be defcribed in 
the following Part ‘of this Work, under the Ar- 
ticle Red Rofe, be taken after this, it will increafe 
the Power. aon : 
In this Manner the charitable Lady may fupply 
the Place of the A othecary, to thofe who could 
not afford fuch Affiftance : And Experience is fo 
good a Guide, that fhe will be able in moft-Cafes 
to fave the Expence of the Doétor alfo: And there 
will be this Satisfaction in her own Mind, that 
while fhe deals principally with thofe innocent 
Sort of Medicines which the Fields afford her, 
fhe will be in very little Danger of doing Harm: 
The galenical Phyfic perhaps will be found ef- 
feétual in many more Cafes, by thofe who ftick 
to it folely, than they are aware who do not 
ufe it; as to the Mifchief of Medicine, that is al-_ 
~moft entirely chemical. It would be idle-to fay, © 
_ that chemical Medicines do not do great Good; but. = 
they require to be in fkillful Hands: When the~ 
Ignorant employ them, Death is more likely to 
be the Confequence, than the Relief from the Dif- 
order any other Way. 
One ufeful Obfervation may ferye well to clofe 
this Introduction. Opiates, and Medicines of that : 
kind, to compofe Perfons to reft, andto take off = 
Pain, will be often neceffary; but as they are the co 
moft powerful Medicines the charitable Praéti- is 
tioner will have to do withal, they arethe moftca- 
peble ae hoing Harm: The great Care will there- 
ore lie in the right Ufe of thefe. , — 
As there are three’ different Preparations de- 
fcribed in this Book for anfwering this Purpofe 
befide the Opium, and that Solution of it in Wi 
which is called Laudanum, 1 would advife 
thefe two latter be’ ufed very feldom. A: 
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