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5. He will propofe the Dodirine of Vm Heimont^ and de- 
clare, wherein he agrees with, and difegrees from him. 
6. He will difcufs the dogma s of all the Moderns , that are 
hitherto come abroad, arid particularly t\\Q?G of Willis y Sylvim^ 
Barbette , and Puch others as are deduced from the Harvean^ 
Gajfendian^ or C^ir^^^;^ principles. 
7. He will ferioufly confider , How far the docftrine of the 
Ancient and Moderns may be reconciled , to the end that we 
may at lad come to fome certainty. 
S. Laftly, he w^ill deliver his own Judgment of the caufe of 
every known Difeafe , conform to Anatomico-Chymical prin- 
ciples ^ declaring, that he fhall, where he ftes caufe, repeat the 
Caufes afligned by his Predeceffaurs , but, where not, deliver 
new ones. 
All which Heads , he faith , he hath ready in a Scheme , of 
which he only gives herea delineation, and that in fix parrs : 
The firfi is the Pathologic , of Difeafes and their Caufes • 
which he means to difpa'ch in three Seflions : whereof 
I. Shall treat of Difeafes, their Differences and Caufes in ge- 
neral ; and then of Hippocrates hi: e^ov of ihe Jrcheus^ Fer- 
ments and Idea's ; of the Humors according to c he Moderns 5 
of the three Principles of the P^race/fia^s ] of the Hippocrati'^ 
cd Acid; Sharp, Bitter, Salt^ of the Occafi^nal and Acciden- 
tal caufes of Difeafes, tfie Natural and Non-natural things 5 and 
the Celertia! Influences,&c. 
2 and 3. Of Difeafes both general and particular, and their 
Claffes, according to his own Method, which is grounded upon 
that of Hippocratejh\s>d\tt\n(k\ov\ of ^^^mmio content as^ cm- 
tinentes and impetum facientes\ according to which he will 
treat of all Difeaf-s, as they refpeft the Spirits , the Juyces 
and Excrements, and the three Venters. 
The Secortd is the Semiotica , which fiiall deliver the figns 
both Diagmfiick and Progmfiick from their very Caufes both 
L I 1 2 accord- 
