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coward in the clay of battle. He who engages in practice, 
presumptuously disregarding written science, is held in no 
estimation by the virtuous, and merits death from the King. 
Both these descriptions of persons are unskilful, incom- 
petent in their profession, possessed of only one branch of 
the necessary qualifications, like birds with but one wing. 
The medicaments, which contain within them the properties 
of ambrosia, are as sharp weapons, the deadly thunderbolt, 
or fatal poisons when administered by the ignorant ; — let 
no such man be trusted. He, who, imperfectly master of 
his profession, treats maladies which require either medi- 
cines or the knife, murders his patients — the vile practi- 
tioner ! through his own cupidity, and the fault of the 
ruling authority. But he, who is conversant with both 
theory and practice, is competent to attain the object of 
his professional career, borne onwards like a war-chariot on 
two wheels through the ranks of the enemy." 
With respect to Diagnosis, we are told that " the phy- 
sician should attend chiefly to the following objects. 1. 
The heat of the body, which he must ascertain by feeling 
it with his hands. 2. Its colour : whether pale, yellowish, 
blackish, &c. 3. The speech : whether weak or loud. 
4. The eyes. 5. The colour of the fasces : whether black, 
green, or yellow. 6. The urine and its colour. 7. The 
tongue. If all these are attentively examined by an expe- 
rienced physician, they will soon point out the nature of 
the disease." — (Heyne's Tracts, p. 149.) 
The Prognosis, whether favourable or unfavourable, is 
to be formed by attention to the following symptoms : — 
" Life," we are told, (p. 164) " is not in danger, when the 
following favourable symptoms occur: — When the patient 
takes medicines without aversion ; when his voice remains 
unaltered ; when during his well days his pulse is clear and 
perceptible ; when he keeps himself cleanly while asleep ; 
