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Phyfitians , and more deterrd from confultmg meet Em- 
piricks and Mountebanks, making great havock amongft 
them 5 befides that Phyfick would by that means be much 
improved ^ Intruders debarr'd from doing mifchicf by the 
indifcreet ufe of Receipts j and many fudden Accidents^ 
which admit not of the delay of ftaying for both Phyfitian 
and Apothecary fas Apoplexies^ Epilepfies^ Hyfteric fics,&c.J) 
better provided for. 
Here and there the Author taketh occafion . to anis 
madvert on thofe pretended high Arcana s j Catlolicon*s j 
'Panaceas , Elixir s , Vniverfal Menjlrmms j particularly the 
Mcahejt 5 yet without denying , that there may be 
one and the fame Medicio fo excellent as exceedingly to 
ftreugthen and cleanle the body^ and to give relief in 
difeafes. 
Where he difcourfeth of fitting Medicins to the Con* 
ftitution of people , he cbferveth ^ that a certain fore 
of laxative Aloe^pills are properer for Countries and 
people that drink Bier, than thofe that drink Wine. And 
fohenotech, that Ven^-fedtion is more ufeful to feme Na- 
tions, than others. 
If the Author had taken care to have delivered his mats 
ter in a clear ftile, he would certainly have proved much 
more inftrudtive, than, 'tis feared, he now will* This Z)^/?- 
deratum^ we hope, will be latisfied in the fecond E- 
dition* 
III. JohBapt.Sylvatici INSTITVTIO MEDIC A de its qui 
Morbum firaulant deprehendendis^ Francofurti ad M^nura* 
^♦1671. in 
THis Italian Author^ having reprefeoted both the Impor- 
tance of this argument, and affigned the Cauf.'S in- 
ducing people either to counterfait or to hide Difeafes (which 
he reduces to Feafj Shamefaftnels, and Profit 5 ) enumerates 
thefeveral Ways, how this Simulation or Diffimulation may 
be performed* And of thefe he obferveth chiefly three: 
The /r/^^when a Sicknefs is pretended by Words only, and 
Tu 2 ; really 
