xiv PREFACE. 
nefs y Whoredom , and Uncleaneffes , 
-unlawful and unfeajonable ; as how 
by Violence to provoke the Menfes, 
caufe Abortion , dejlroy the Foetus, 
and whatever might tend to the bi- 
er eafe of Wickednefs. 14 . I have 
avoided lengthening the Difcourfe by 
an ufelefs and pompous Quotation of a 
Crowd of Authors , or ExtraEling a 
Multitude of tedious Receipts. 1 5. 
Mojl of the cold Applications men- 
tioned for the Gout , Eryfpelas, or 
arthritic Pains , &c. are left out , 
knowing how dangerous and fatal they 
may be : Yet it is a Prefumption , that 
our Conjlitutions are dwindled from 
thofe of our Forefathers , who ufed 
that Courfe with Safety and Succefs. 
1 6. 7 have omitted a Rationale of the 
EffeSls and Manner of Operation of 
Simples. I once defigned that the 
Remedies which appear to me, or I 
had found mojl juccejsful in PraElice, 
fhould have been put in a different 
Letter ; but, as that had been Fore- 
flailing the Reader s Judgment, and 
Dfcouraging 
