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forth the Carbuncle admirably well 3 fo that the Efchar 
fofrened and began to fweat, and alfo came foon to Se- 
paration; At laft the Ointment or Degeftive only, with 
a defenfive Plafter, cleanfed it, and the Cure was per- 
fected with Emplajlrum Voegedingianum. As eafy as this 
Method may appear, it had wonderful Succefs. In the 
mean time, both the Phyfician and Surgeon ought to join 
their Afliftance $ to which muft be added the Concurrence 
of the Almighty, that the Cure may perfectly* fucceed, 
The Conclufion. 
S IT Philofophia res fumma , ad paucos pertinet : Sit do - 
quentia res admirabilis j non pluribus tarn prodefl , quam 
meet : Sola eft Medicina , qua opus ejl omnibus $ faid the 
famous Quintilian , to the Praife and high Efteem of 
Phyfick. Yet we ought not to imagin, that thereby he 
meant to fepa.rate Pbilofophy from the Art of Eloquence, 
and to exclude both from the Art of Phyfick 5 but rather 
that all three ought to be united together 5 or that, if 
any Separation fhould be made, the Medical Art, as be- 
ing the moft necefiary Knowledge, ought to be prefer- 
ved and maintained. 
According to this Expreffion of fo wife a Man, I fhould 
have fhew’d my Eloquence in the firft Part of thisTrea- 
tife, and my Philofophy in the fecond. But indeed my 
only Endeavour, as being a Phyfician and Practitioner 
in thefe dangerous Times, was carefully to remark and 
obferve fuch Things, as might be ot Service to Pofteri- 
ty. 1 did not intend to publifh this Memorial, till I 
had beftowed fome further Confideration upon it, had. 
not fome learned Men of my Profeffion, and my very 
honoured Friends, perfwaded me to it. 
In the mean time, I have purpofely omitted feveral 
Occurrences, that might have been mentioned in the 
firft Part of this Treatife, as not knowing whether what 
I have already truly and faithfully deferibed, may be 
aciiptable- 
