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ims that he may difcou rfe the more clearly of them. And 
becaufe, at firft fight, thofe maxims are not only, not of 
a kind, but do affeft in very oppofite ways 5 and yet daily 
obfervation does pofitively affirm that in faft people have 
been cured by thofe methods, and the very fame means 
have not only proved unfuccefsful, but have alfo been 
found to be noxious* 
Wherefore our Author after he has fettled thofe Max- 
ims from Antiquity and conftant Obfervation does deter- 
mine^ by their natural adion, how far they are able to 
aofwer the fame of their curing thofe difeafes they have 
been recommended for. And fo their ufe and hurt are 
eafify to be difcovered by fuchw ounderftand the Theo- 
ry of the Difeafes and Maxims. 
After all thefe, this Author gives us fome ofthebeft 
of the Simple and Compound Med cines, that are recom- 
mended by Pbyficians in all Ages, Among the reft he 
gives clear hints about the Ipecoacanna 3 which make its 
operation more manifeft than hitherto has been done 5 
while it has been thought an abfolut© fpecifick by the 
beft of Phyficians, and no other ways to be accounted for. 
In all which is added, at the end of every fort, two or 
thr^e notable Hiftories duly attefted j and thofe cures efpe- 
cially performU by a Medicin this Author thinks fit to 
conceaHor fome time : tho he prefers it to any one yet 
praftiled. 
P pppp 
2. Sa^if0 
