Primitive physic, or An easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley, M.A.

  • Wesley, John, 1703-1791.
Date:
MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
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Credit: Primitive physic, or An easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley, M.A. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    ( * ) they could not ufe, without hazarding life, but* by the advice of a phyfician. And thus both their honour and gain were fecu- red : a vaft majority of mankind being ut- terly cut off from helping either themfelves or their neighbours, or once daring to at- tempt it. 11. Yet there have not been wanting, from time to time, lome lovers of mankind, who have endeavoured (even contrary to their own intereft) to reduce phyfio to its ancient (landard: who have laboured to explode out of it all hypothefes, and fine- ipun theories, and to make it a plain intel- ligible thing, as it was in the beginning: having no more myftery in it than this, Such a medicine removes fuch a pain. Thel'c have demonstrably ihewn, That neither the knowledge of'aftrology, aftro- nomy, natural philofophy, nor even anato- my iti'elf, is absolutely necerTary to the quick and effectual cure of mod difeafes incident to human bodies: nor yet any chymical, or exotic, or compound medi- cine, but a linglc plant or root duly appli- ed. So that every man of common fenfe [unlefs in Tome rare cafes) may prefcribe either to himfelf or his neighbour j and may be very fecure from doing harm, even where he can do no cjood. o