so TRAVELS TO THE EAST. 
The church of Smyrna hath a bifhop, fucceffor to 
him who received this remarkable title tiom the 
fupreme Shepherd. His power is limited to thofe 
who live in this city, of whom, by contributions and 
money for ceremonies, he hath his revenue, v. Inch 
is one of the inoft conliderable among the Greek 
clergy. 
Eew of thofe, who have publifhed travels, have 
given us any account of the ftate of phyfiqk out of 
Europe. Few phyficians have travelled out of the 
circle of the learned world; though others have 
been attentive to what regards tlieit 1 eipcfti ve pro- 
feffions. I have thought it my duty to make myfelf 
acquainted with what regards medicine in thofe pla- 
ces through which I went. Smyrna, in the time 
the Grecians made phyfick a part of heavenly 
doctrine, was adorned with temples, facred to the 
God of Health and Medicine. They ftruck medals 
in honour of thofe who pra&ifed this facred fcience, 
and with judgement adrainiftered tliofe^ remedies, 
which Providence had revealed to them . 1 ime hath 
<rreat ly changed the ftate of this Science here. 1 he 
Greeks have yet remaining fome fparks of that fire, 
which (hone in their fore-fathers ; but which would, 
without doubt, be exunguilhed, if a leu, mote en- 
couraged by the hope of getting a living than out 
of love for the fcience, had not determined to acquire 
knowledge in our learned Europe. I here are fome 
Greeks to be found in Conftantinople and Smyrna, 
who have ftudied phyfick, chiefly in Padua : molt of 
them born on fome ifland in the Archipelago. Scio, 
in particular, has a number of tolerable phyficians, 
and alfo fupplies other places with them; I know 
not what preteniions iflands have to furnilh good 
\ a See Mead, Orat. de Honor. Med. 
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