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might daily become more diligent, gain expe* 
rience, without which there can be no fkill in 
phyfic, and bring the art which he profeffes 
to fome degree of perfe&ion. For it happens 
amongft us, and perhaps no where fo fre- 
quently, that our common people have confi- 
dence in their phyfxcians, and run in crouds 
to confult any one, that is known to have taken 
a doftor’s degree 5 in other countries they will 
fcarcely truft a young phyfician with a favo- 
rite dog. 
By following this courfe, and entering into 
praftice, the young phyfician will perceive, 
whether medicines, oftentimes celebrated be- 
yond all bounds of moderation, have that ef- 
fe£t upon the patient, which we find mention- 
ed in pradtical books. He will hear of many 
domeftic remedies, unknown elfewhere, in ufe 
among the countrey people, that are looked 
upon as fpecifics, and preferred to the moft 
coftly prefcriptions *, for during the confuta- 
tion, the patient may reveal the fecret, if the 
phyfician is prudent, and makes ufe of a 
little art. 
What are thofe famous exotic remedies 
brought from either Indies, and purchafed 
at fo great a price, v, g. farfapariUa y a 
