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all y* unnecessary pomp of alteratives & preparatives, and re- 
ducing it only to y°® use of y® grand remedies w™ in physick 
doe-justly fill both sides of y* case. I can easily concurr 
with him, in y® great admiraédn he has for y°® Jesuits bark, 
and doe believe opium to be one of y* greatest remedys in 
nature, tho’ I cannot call it, as he doth, y* greatest cordiall, 
since to perform its effect, it reduces men to an estate more 
like y* of death y” life, & in a small quantity commands and 
over comes all y® powers of nature; and if by accident it 
happened to relieve some, ’tis because nature at y‘ time needs 
such a mortificaéén to reclaim its extravagant fury, and re- 
duce it to it selfe. This I speak not as an enemy to opium, 
for I take more of it my selfe y" some Phisicians who are 
crowded w™ patients find occasion to prescribe, yet I cannot 
but think, since it is soe indigestable, it has more ofa poyson 
y" a cordiall in it; and ’tis by accident, not any cordiall virtue, 
y' it performs those surprising cures w™ to ignorant spectators 
seem to have more of magicall y" naturall in y™. 
“<¢ Of Phisicians, Surgeons, Apothecarys, and Hospttalls - 
abroad. 
“‘¢T find noe difficulty to affirm y‘ our London Doctors 
are y® most learned and best studyed men in y® world ; whereas 
in all foreign Universitys y® young phisician, after having 
followed an experienced Dr. for a year or two, and taking notes 
of his prescriptions, wout any more adoe commences prac- 
tiser; the same method here wo" be much to y’ advantage of 
young students, if it have not this fault in it—[to] supersede 
all other Industry or study. I much approve y° learning of all 
sciences in classes, as it is practised at Leyden, y’ public pro- 
fessors there (calculating y* lectures for those raw auditors) 
neglect y' applause w™ might redound to y’ endeavours from 
more learned ears. Surgeons and apothecaries are Itenerant 
apprentices, removing from one great Hospitall, or one great 
Town to another; & w® they are grown to a competency of 
