EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE 



a keen appreciation of the value of observation ; and it 

 was through such teachings imparted to his pupils and 

 advanced by them, rather than to any new discoveries, 

 that his name is important in medical history. His 

 arrangement and classification of the different branches 

 of medicine are interesting as representing the attitude 

 of the medical profession towards these various branch- 

 es at that time. 



" In the first place we consider Life ; then Health, 

 afterwards Diseases; and lastly their several Reme- 

 dies. 



"Health the first general branch of Physic in our 

 Institutions is termed Physiology, or the Animal 

 Oeconomy; demonstrating the several Parts of the 

 human Body, with their Mechanism and Actions. 



"The second branch of Physic is called Pathology, 

 treating of Diseases, their Differences, Causes and Ef- 

 fects, or Symptoms; by which the human Body is 

 known to vary from its healthy state. 



"The third part of Physic is termed Semiotica, 

 which shows the Signs distinguishing between sickness 

 and Health, Diseases and their Causes in the human 

 Body ; it also imports the State and Degrees of Health 

 and Diseases, and presages their future Events. 



" The fourth general branch of Physic is termed Hy- 

 giene, or Prophylaxis. 



" The fifth and last part of Physic is called Thera- 

 peutica ; which instructs us in the Nature, Preparation 

 and uses of the Materia Medica; and the methods of 

 applying the same, in order to cure Diseases and re- 

 store lost Health." * 



TOL. nr. 13 



