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BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
2. 
may be disti wick: 3y a due attention to these, the investigation 
~ of diseases will one be a far less difficult matter than most 
would at first be ready to imagine. .. 
A proper attention to the patient’s age, sex, temper of mind, con- 
: In childhood, the fibres are lax and soft, the nerves extremely irri- 
table, and the fluids thin; i 
They . 
evacuations, and all stimulating medicines — 
be administered to them witha sparing hand. i 
Phe temper and mind ought to be carefully attended to in dis- 
: eases.—Fear, anxiety, and a fretful temper, both occasion and aggra-._ : 
__-vate diseases. In vain do we apply medicines to the body tore> 
move maladies which proceed from the mind. When that is affect. 
ed, the best medicine is to soothe the Passions, to divert the mind 
from anxious thought, and to keep the patient as easy and cheerful — 
88 possible. , . ef 
_ Particular constitutions not only dispose persons to peculiar dis- 
eases, but render it necessary to treat these diseases in a peculiar 
manner.—A delicate person, for example, with weak nerves, Who 
lives mostly within doors, must not be treated under any disease, 
| ~ Precisely j uer as one who is hardy and robust, and 
who is much exposed to the Open air, Ss ee : 
low marshy situations, are subject to many diseases which are ee 
‘known to the inhabitants of high countries. Those who breathe _ 
the impure air of cities have many maladies to which the more happy __ 
Fustics are entire strangers, Persons who feed grossly, and indulgein 
seases which do not affect the temper- 
he seifcrens occupations and situations in life dispose men to 
_ peculiar di eases.—It is therefore necessary to inquire into the par 
_. tient’s occupation, manner of life, &&c. 'Fhis will not only assist us 
in finding out the disease, but likewise will direct us in the treatment 
of it. It would be very imprudent to treat the laborious and seden- 
tary in the same manner, even supposing them to labor under the 
same disease, 
It will likewise he proper to i 
stitutional or accidental; whethe 
tion as whether it proceeds from n iD 
the diet, manner of life, &c. The state of the patient’s , and 
of the other evacuations, ought also to be in “aay into anes. 
wise, whether he can with ease perform all ‘the vital and ani 
_ functions, as breathing, digestion, &c, a oe 
