MAKING Bloody Water is uni­versally esteem'd as terrible a Symp­tom as any that can happen in the Small-Pox, and all who have wrote concerning that Distemper do una­nimously agree, that it is a certain Forerunner of approaching Death. Dr. Cade indeed says, in his Letter to Dr. Friend concerning Purg­ing in that Distemper, that he has sometimes cur'd this Symptom by the help of Camphire, [Page 2]and a copious Quantity of Acids; but then he adds, that this Relief was only temporary, and that, to confess the Truth, he never knew any Body that made that sort of Water, who ever surviv'd the 16th Day from the Eruption, and there is no Body whom I know of, that has been conversant in this Distemper, but has constantly experienc'd, sooner or later, the like Fatality in consequence of it: I mean, when this sort of Urine has plainly proceeded from a broken Crasis or Contexture, or as it were a thorough Dissolution of the whole Mass of Blood: For I know very well you shall now and then have several Streaks, and sometimes larger Quantities of Blood, in the Urine, from the Acrimony of the Salts that are in Spanish Flies, upon the Application of Blisters, which are frequently ordered, and mostly likewise ne­cessary, in one or other of the Stadia of this Distemper, and yet the Patient shall do well. And Dr. Browne, who was a very worthy Predecessor of mine in St. Bartholomew's Hos­pital, gives an Account of a Gentlewoman that liv'd in Dean's Yard, Westminster, who made bloody Urine in the Small-Pox, for four or five Days together, and that Dr. Needham, who attended her along with him, did, upon that account, forsake her, and yet she did well; but that they found afterwards, that this bloody Urine was not occasion'd by the Malignancy [Page 3]of the Distemper, but by a sharp Stone which was at that time descending from one of the Kidneys, through the Ureters, into the Blad­der, and which she afterwards voided. This I have from some Adversaria of his, a good number of which I have had the fortune to be in possession of several Years, and among which there are likewise several other re­markable Cases that occurr'd to him during the course of a very long and extensive, as well as successful Practice.

But to return to my Subject.

It cannot but be a Satisfaction therefore, to a Person of your Humanity and Goodness, to hear of an Instance in which this frightful Symptom was not attended with its usual Fa­tality; and it was in the Case of a young Gentleman of about 16 Years of Age, Son to one Colonel Ellitson, a Gentleman of very considerable Fortune and Worth in Jamaica.

He was taken with a Fever and great Pain in his Head on April the 20th last, and had the Small-Pox come out upon him the Day fol­lowing, notwithstanding which the same Symp­toms still continued, and nothing almost would stay in his Stomach, and his Head likewise was very delirious: He was oblig'd therefore to be [Page 4]blooded, and had Blisters applied to his Neck and to his Arms, which, together with a pro­per Quantity of Pulvis e chelis Cancror. comp. and Nitre, were the first Things that I had an Opportunity of ordering for him.

The next Day every thing was more quiet, and so again the third Day from the Eruption; but the Small-Pox were very numerous all over him, and of a rank angry Sort, as they gene­rally are, I think, in most of your West-India Constitutions; but this young Gentleman had besides overheated himself a little before, upon acting his Part among the rest of his School-Fellows, at the Montum near Eaton.

Things continued in the same State the fourth Day, but towards the Evening there were a few Streaks of Blood mix'd with, and subsiding in his Water, which did not much alarm me, because I did not know but it might be caus'd by the Blisters. I had but one Rea­son to doubt the contrary, and that was, he had little or no Strangury; but some Persons did assure me that they had known such, or even a more bloody sort of Water occasion'd by Blisters, even tho' there was no Strangury. I was willing therefore to hope the best, and so made no other Alteration in my Process than to direct a plentiful Use of Spirit of Vitriol.

What was order'd happen'd to succeed: We had no more of that sort of Water, either [Page 5]that Night, or the next Day, or the Morning following: But I was sent for in a great hurry that Day, viz. the 6th in the Afternoon, and found his Friends in the utmost Consternation, not only because it return'd, but because it began to increase upon them, and was pouring off in a very free manner; ^* a Specimen of which I herewith send you.

It was necessary therefore to proceed in ano­ther Method, and I accordingly prescrib'd him Gum. Arabic. Oliban. & Pulv. Amyl. ana [...]ss. Alumin. nup. gr. iv. to be taken sextis horis, in 3 or 4 Spoonfuls of a Mixture, ex Aqua. Cinnamom. ten. Ciras. nigr. ana. ℥iii. Theriacal. ℥iss. Terr. Japonic. ʒss. Tinct. Antiphthisic. ʒiss. & Syrup de Mecon. ℥ss. Which, with Tinct. Rosar. rubrar. strongly acidulated with Spirit of Vitriol, sweeten'd with the above Syrup. Aqua Cinnamom. tem. Fort. ana. ℥ii. to be us'd ad libit, had the desired Effect, and the Bloodiness of the Urine began to abate in about 10 or 12 Hours, and in 10 or 12 Hours more to go thoroughly off, so that by the next Day in the Evening the Urine was return'd to its natural State and Colour.

There was nothing farther observable in the course of this Case, except that the Distem­per was of the Coherent Kind, and according­ly attended with many other dubious Symp­toms likewise: For tho' it is generally thought that the Coherent Sort is not so formidable as the Confluent, yet, as Dr. Friend has judi­ciously observ'd, and Dr. Moreton before him, there is not so much difference between them, but they are almost always attended with much the same Appearances, and the same Fevers plainly, at the time of Maturation; for that the Danger does not arise so much from the Sort, as from the Number of the Pustules, which if it be great, there is the like Reason to be fearful of the Event, whether they flux, or whether they only cohere: All which not­withstanding this young Gentleman had the good Fortune to escape.

I have nothing farther to detain you with at present but one short Request, and that is, that you will be so good as to believe me with all the Respect and Esteem imagin­able,

Mr. Dormer, who lodg'd then in Pall-Mall, had a very ill Sort of Small-Pox, which ran all together, and covered most of the Superficies of his Skin, both in Face and Body, and was in danger from the Beginning. When the time came that they shou'd dry away, and the second Fever increas'd upon him, they stood like a Quagmire all about him, and wou'd advance no further, notwith­standing many powerful Remedies were given [Page 24]him. In this difficult Case the Doctor delayed no longer, but gave him a Drachm of the Bark in Substance, and repeated it every six Hours at furthest, till he had taken about an Ounce and an half of it. His Nights were so bad before, notwithstanding many quieting Remedies which he had taken, that each of them, as it was fear'd, wou'd be his last; but the first Night after he began with the Bark was quieter, and the Small-Pox on both Sides of his Face began to dry; the second Night his Face was all dried, and some of his Body ad­vanc'd very much, and after the third Night all the Symptoms abated, and he seem'd to be in great Safety, and very suddenly recover'd to the great Joy of all his numerous Friends.

The Doctor's general Process as to this Distemper upon other Occasions, much the same as has been ever since, except as to Bleeding, which he restrains to a Plethoric Habit, and the Time before the Eruption; tho' at the same time he informs us, that at Paris they let them Blood any Day after the Appearance, but says this is not practis'd here in England; and excepting likewise as to Blis­ters, which he does not so much as advise the Use of, or make any mention of in the whole Country, or in any State of the Disease, and which I am the more surprized at, because [Page 25]he takes great Notice of them, and advises one at least to be kept continually open and running during the whole course of the ma­lady, in Malignant and Pestilential Fevers, and says that the great Use of them came first to be known during the Pestilential Constitution, which was Anno 1664 and 1665, and had continued ever since.

The rest of his Process, Pectoral Drinks, Lambatives, and Posset-Drink, with Tares in it in case that the Lungs, and Gargles and Mucilages in case that the Throat is affected, together with Diascordium, Theriaca, or Phi­lonium, in case of a Looseness, and an Ounce of Diacodium every Night in case of Inquie­tude; and, if the Small-Pox prove long last­ing, some temperate Cordial, and to supply the Spirits often with a Draught of it, in case of Faintness, and thorough Purging when the Small-Pox is well off, and the Patient fit for it.

There is one thing further which the Doctor takes notice of, and that is, that many Waters, Oils and Unguents, or Liniments, are frequently made use of, in order to pre­serve the Face, after the Small-Pox; all which he thinks altogether useless, if not hurtful; and that a little Flower, or white Starch, well dried, and shaken upon the Face, is preferable to them all. Nay, if you let no­thing [Page 26]that is moist, or greasy, touch the Face for fifteen Days, the Face, he says, will scarce be red, at least not so red as it will otherwise be; and if for a long while after you forbear to wash it, it will be the better, and the most that you need to do is to breathe upon a warm Handkerchief, and to wipe your Face with it.

MR. Long, of Downeside, in the Pa­rish of Shepton Mallet, in the County of Somerset, of about 49 Years of Age, was seiz'd with the Gout about 14 Years before, i. e. before the Year 91, and for the three Years immediately preceding, was never without great Pains a Month together in the whole Year, the Pains rambling from Part to Part, and upon Abatement leaving a Numbness over the whole Body. In consequence of this likewise, the Joints of his Fingers became crooked and inflexible; the Patella of his right Knee fix'd; his Posture decrepit, and quite double, with extreme Pain in his Hips and Small of the Back; the Muscles and Joints of his Thighs, Legs, Ancles, and Feet, motionless, so that he was carried about from Place to Place, not able to put the least [Page 28]Stress upon the Ground; his Stomach, lost; his thirst, unquenchable; his Face meagre, pale and yellow; the Hair of his Head, gray, and the whole Habit of his Body, emaciated to Skin and Bones. To these Afflictions were frequently added, terrible Fits of the Stone, to which sort of Concretions the En­trails of his Body were so much dispos'd, that after six Weeks use of the Bath Waters, leaving his Waters, by chance, for seven Days, the Urinal was crusted all over with a perfect hard Stone like a Pumice, thicker than a Crown-piece.

This was his Case when he began to drink the Bath Waters at the End of April, 1691; and he drank them hot in the Morning, and cold at Meals; and in a little time was recon­ciled to them for his constant Drink, without Desire of any other. In a Week's time his Stomach came, and his Thirst abated; and after a Month's constantly Drinking, and Bathing every other Day a little while, only to stretch his Joints, it gave him perfect Ease from Pain.

The 28th of May he return'd home, and carried some of the Waters along with him, and sent for them constantly once a Week, using them for his ordinary Drink, and some­times drinking them warm in the Morning for a Stool or two, as Occasion required, and [Page 29]they pass'd very well, but not so effectually as upon the Place. This Course continued till the End of August 1691, when he came to the Bath again, Drinking and Bathing as at the first, till the Middle of October, with increas­ing Success; but towards that time he went home again, and sent and continued to use the Waters as before.

Between Allhallowtide and Christmas the Gray Hairs began to fall off, and new ones succeeded; and by Candlemas they were all gone, and a brown, curling Hair came in their place, such as he had when he was about 20, growing so fast, that he was oblig'd to cut above an Inch a Month, and still growing thicker and fresher, so that he had a Head of Hair like a Wig, without a gray one in it.

This encourag'd him to quit his own House, and come and take a House at the Bath, and to renew and pursue the above Me­thod very diligently, and it was accordingly attended with daily Amendment, insomuch that in the Summer, 1692, his Toe-Nails, which before were hard, rugged, and scaly, were thrust off by some that were new, fresh, and smooth; his Arms were strengthen'd; his Legs plump'd out, and his Feet cou'd bear a strait pair of Shoes; and he that before cou'd not lay the least Stress upon them, cou'd then [Page 30]bear to stamp upon the Ground, and that forcibly, and without the least Regret, and found his Strength, as he had done his Decay, still increasing upwards, so that he could stand almost upright without any Pain.

He acquired likewise a fleshy Habit of Body, and a ruddy and plump Face, and a lively vigorous Eye, and cou'd bend his Knees, and did not want other Effects or Powers of Youth: Nor had he any Fit of the Gout to lay him up, nor the least Touch of the Stone, or any Sharpness of Urine, after he was once well enter'd into drinking of the Bath-Waters.

This Case is related, among a great many others, by Dr. Peirce in his Memoirs of the Bath, Page 334, &c. but neither so clearly, nor so fully as above; upon which account I take the liberty to publish it, and think that it is so remarkable and well-told a Case that it very well deserves the Notice which is taken of it; and there is thus much farther remark­able in it, viz. that the Cure seems to be, in a great measure, owing to the Bathing, as well as Drinking of the Waters, tho' it is now thought to be extremely prejudicial, and con­sequently prohibited to all who are in any man­ner afflicted with the GOUT.

HENRY, Marquis of Dorchester, Son to the Earl of Kingston, Lieu­tenant-General of his Majesty King Charles I. his Forces, within the Counties of Lincoln, Rutland, &c. a great Lover of Learning, and a great Lover of learned Men, (and to whom the Col­lege of Physicians is oblig'd for a valuable Col­lection of Books, which he purchas'd at the Expence of some thousand Pounds, and gave to the College) had a Cabinet of Choice Re­medies, as was usual with Great Persons, and in all great Families at that time, and among the rest a Metalline Substance, which look'd like Regulus of Antimony, but being in Wine, or any other Liquor, was not Vomitive but Sudorifick.

He had likewise a well-compounded Cor­dial Electuary, of which he us'd to take about the Quantity of a Walnut every Morn­ing, and likewise always kept a celebrated [Page 30] [...] [Page] [...] [Page 32]Extract, then much in use, and call'd Ex­tractum Cardiac. Magistrale, the seventh Part of which was Extract of, or purified Opium, and of which he us'd also to give his Servants, or ethers that wanted it, every now and then, a few Grains.

One Morning, as a Servant of his was pas­sing through, his Bed-chamber, he call'd to her to reach him the Gallypot in which the Cordial Electuary was, out of his Closet, but she through mistake brought him the Pot of the Extract, and of which, as it happen'd, there were four Ounces, and he immediately took six Drachms of it, as appear'd upon weighing of what remained afterwards; so that what he took contain'd about two Scru­ples and an half, or fifty Grains of pure Opium.

After this he slept four Hours, viz. from Eight to Twelve, before his Servants perceived any thing of the Mistake, or attempted to wake him; but then they could not, tho' they did what they could, and therefore sent immediately from Highgate, where his Lord­ship then was, to Dr. Browne and Sir John Micklethwaite to come and attend him.

Sir John Micklethwaite being abroad, Dr. Browne prescrib'd divers Things, and had them made up ready, and a little while after­wards they met with Sir John, and by Five [Page 33]in the Evening they were both of them with my Lord, at his House in Highgate. His Ser­vants in the mean time had been able to take him up, and put on his Cloaths, and to sup­port and assist him to walk about his Cham­ber, and he was sometimes able to open his Eyes, and to answer to what was spoken, but fell asleep again presently, and they were not able to keep him awake a Quarter of a Mi­nute with all their Striving, calling upon him, giving him provoking Language, nor any thing else that they cou'd do.

He was therefore let Blood directly, and that plentifully, and then took Infusion. Croci Me­tallor. ℥iss, and after that Vitrioli albi ʒi, twice, but cou'd not vomit, neither did he ever vo­mit in the whole course of his Life: How­ever the Medicines work'd downwards, and he had a Stool in about an Hour's time, and they then proceeded to give him a Draught of Decoct. Senn. ℥iv, with two Ounces of Syrupus de Spinâ, and repeated the same sort of Me­dicines every two or three Hours afterwards, and Sir John Micklethwait seeing little or no Alteration for the better, return'd to London about Nine at Night, bewailing the apparent Loss of so great a Man, so good a Friend, and so kind a Master; but Dr. Browne continued with him, and still to give what Assistance he cou'd, and about Midnight order'd my Lord [Page 34]to be put to Bed, and to be suffered to sleep without those frequent Interruptions which had been hitherto given him.

The Purging Draughts continued to work plentifully, and as soon as the Day began to appear, the Doctor walk'd down into the Garden to refresh himself with the cool Air of the Morning, giving Orders to be call'd in half an Hour, or upon any Alteration which might happen to his Lordship, and about that time Notice was brought him that my Lord seem'd to be more sensible, and was awake; upon which the Doctor went in again, and found his Pulse not quite so high as it had been before, and gave him a Cordial Draught, with 15 Drops of Spiritus Salis Armoniaci in it.

My Lord being now not so desirous of Sleep as before, call'd for his Chaplain to read to him, and in half an Hour more his Head was clear, and he seem'd to be totally reco­ver'd, and desired to see what had been or­der'd for him, and spoke of the Praescriptions with a great deal of Candour and Reason, and Skill and Judgment. And thus, in the space of less than twenty-four Hours from the Time of the taking it, the Narcotick, or whatever other noxious Quality there may be in too large a Quantity of Opium, was master'd and totally remedied.

This Case is without a Date, but what I have likewise among Dr. Browne's Adversa­ria, and a clear Instance of his Abilities, and of the Justice with which my Lord Marquis was pleas'd to speak of him in his Profession, Bleeding, Vomiting, and Purging, or one, or more, if not All of them, being certainly the most effectual, if not the unicè necessaria upon all such Occasions: Upon which account I have often wonder'd that so general a Notice only is taken of them, that Acid Medicines and Lixivial Salts are put upon an equal foot of Efficacy with them, in a celebrated Trea­tise upon the Subject of Poisons, with which the World has been long oblig'd, and lately reoblig'd. But multiplicity of Business, greater Concerns, and a Non vacat pro rebus exiguis, cannot but prevent Persons of Eminence from being so particularly instructive as they might otherwise be, and what is said in relation to it, in each of the Editions ^*, seems to be in­tended rather for Hints of all that is proper in general, than to point out what may be more particularly necessary, and is principally to be depended upon on such Occasions.

The said Marquis of Dorchester was edu­cated at Emanuel-College in Cambridge, and [Page 36]became afterwards a hard Student, studying, as it is said, for the most part, ten or twelve Hours a Day, and applying himself to the Study of the Fathers, and Schoolmen, and Casuists, and of the Canon and Civil Law; as likewise of the Common Law, and was ac­cordingly admitted a Bencher of Grays-Inn, Anno Dom. 1642, but about seven Years af­terwards, when he was about 43 Years old, viz. in the Year 1649, he betook himself to the Study of Physick and Anatomy, and was admitted to be a Fellow of the College of Phy­scians in 1658, and became a Credit and Or­nament to it, or, as Tony Wood ^* expresses it, their Pride and Glory, and was a great Lover of the whole Society, and more particularly of Dr. Browne, who was the Person whom he consulted principally, and intrusted likewise as to the Purchase of such Books as were ne­cessary for compleating of his Library, for the future Service and Benefit of the College. He was born Anno Dom. 1606, and died at his own House in Charter-House Yard, Decemb. 8, 1680, aged 74 Years.

MR. Hales, Brother to Sir Edward Hales of Kent, had Stones in both Kidneys, and it so happen'd, that the Stones on each side descended together, and stopp'd, or plugg'd up both the Ureters in such a manner, that he labour'd under a total Suppression of Urine for twenty Days together. Dr. Browne visited him from the Beginning of it, and gave him Glysters and Purges, and order'd him to be bloodedseveral times, and as often as he could bear it for the Pain, to go from his Brother's Chambers in the Temple, where he lodg'd, as far as to Hyde-Park in a Coach: He gave him Vomits likewise, especially if ever he began to be drowsy, which frequently happen'd, and they were of Vitriol. alb. Oxymel of Squills, and Vin. Benedictum, as his Purges were of Decoct. Sennae & Mannae, with Syrup of Buckthorn and Julep, and Resin of Julep, and Aloes, and Scammony, which the Doctor gave [Page 36] [...] [Page] [...] [Page 38]chiefly because he hop'd they wou'd prove Hy­dragogues, and help to carry off the Serous Parts of the Blood, lest they shou'd otherwise break in upon, and drown the Brain.

These and other Medicines were given, scarce any thing being omitted that cou'd any ways contribute either to the Support of him, or to the suppling of the Passages, or the making a Discharge of the Stone, in all re­spects, more easy; notwithstanding which there was no Relief, only that he was kept still alive.

At length the Doctor thought of Castile Soap, and gave him not a little, but from two or three Drachms to an Ounce, and an Ounce and an half, and to two and more Ounces at a time, dissolv'd in Water, 'till he had taken two Pounds of it, and at last there came away a Stuff, and some Water followed.—This Stuff was separated, as the Doctor imagines, from the Inside of the Ureter, and there came away a large Stone along with it, and wrapt up in it, besides several other small ones, and Dirt and Skin, and the gangren'd Membrane, and after that a foul and nasty Urine, and then, viz. the next Day in the Morning, a great Quantity of Water.—What he took afterwards was Terebinthina Veneta, and other soft and gentle Medicines of the same Tendency, and all was well.

This is a remarkable Account of a very happy Effect from the Use of Soap, and an Instance how free it may be made with, even to a Degree which is almost incredible. But then it must be consider'd, that this was like­wise an almost gone Case, and of extreme Exigence: Every thing else, in a manner, had been tried, and there was no other Chance for his Survival. In which sort of Cases it is not only the Judgment, but warrantable, to give things of the greatest Efficacy, and that, not only in the common trifling Way and Doses, but to the utmost Stretch that either the Pa­tient can bear, or the Medicine shall be found not to be going beyond the anceps Remedium.

It is to be observed likewise, that the Effect which this Medicine had, was merely to bring away the Stuff, Stone, &c. Soap, more particularly that of Castile, being, as Dr. Browne (immediately previous to this Case) has ob­serv'd, an excellent Diuretick; the Subtilty of its Parts, and the Activity and Asperity of its Salts, soften'd by means of their Union with an Oil, admirably qualifying it to stimulate and deterge, as well as to relax the Urinary Passages, and consequently to facilitate the Ex­clusion of any thing that wants to pass off that way.

How far it is capable of being improv'd in­to further Excellencies, and to become a Li­thontriptick, [Page 40]or possess'd of the Virtue to break or dissolve the Stone in a human Body, I won't pretend to determine. Dr. Browne, tho' he has mention'd several things which are thought to be so, does not seem to think that any thing is really so, or much to be relied upon for any such Purpose: And Tul­pius, that faithful Observer, says, ‘" Nihil Me­dicis frequentius in ore quam Medicamen­tum Calculos frangens; at vide fis arenosos & molles duntaxat intelligas; Silices quippè ut vix comminuunt Mallei, sic profectò mul­tò minus acris aliquis humor, qui fortassis aptior foret exedendis tenuibus Vesicae tuni­cis quam praeduris Lapidibus."’—Vide Tul­pii Observationes, Lib. IV. Cap. 37. The rest of which, because it is not altogether foreign to the present Purpose, I shall take the liberty to subjoin immediately after the present Case.

But I forget — Physick is an ample Field, and there ever have been, and ever will be Opportunities of adding to, or retrenching from, and making some Improvements or Al­terations or other in Medicine; and there have ever likewise been some who have been Dis­creet enough to reserve the Pleasure of the Knowledge of them to themselves, altho' at the same time they have never fail'd to be so Publick-spirited as to acquaint the World, of [Page 41]whom, and where they were to be had; and it is certainly an Argument of a refined and understanding Age there either are any New Lights struck out in any Branch of Science,

THOMAS FONTANUS, senex summè humanus, exantlatis aliquan­diu acerbissimis urgentis Urinae cru­ciatibus, eminxit tandem plurimos Calculos, colore varios, & formâ moleque dispares; quorum alii in conspectum prodiere glab [...]i ac politi, alii vicissim angulares, vel sphaerici; imò nonnulli quasi serrulâ à se invi­cem praecisi. Quod inusitatum spectaculum eò majorem movit admirationem, quo deinceps excreverit plures effractorum Calculorum cor­tices, qui aequantes unguem humanum, seni, septenivè singulis interdum prodiere diebus.

Attonitis interim, & haud parùm suspensis Medicis, quò referrent hanc Calculos effrin­gendi ac poliendi vim, donec Aegro, ob om­nimodam Urinae suppressionem, ad meliorem [Page 43]vitam translato, Anatome veritatem, quasi ex umbrâ, in claram lucem produxerit. Fluctu­abant enim in Vesicae fundo undecim Calculi, quorum maximus fragili cortice tectus, quasi alter Actaeon, à continuo inaequalium Calculo­rum occursu adeo fuit detritus, ut plurima inde diffilierint fragments, quae deinde cum Urinâ emingerentur. Praeter quem multijugum La­pidum fragmentorumque acervum Familiae ibidem ostendimus tres Calculos, satis insignes, qui Vesicae tunicis adeò fuere involuti, ut ne lynceis quidem oculis illos perspexisses, nisi Scalpellum involucra abstulisset, cujus benefi­cio duos etiam Calculos animadvertimus in Re­nibus latitantes.

Ecquid egisses, Lithotome, in hisce Syrtibus? Obvios fortè Calculos facilè eduxisses, at qui eruisses tunicis inclusos? Vis signem tibi, quam deinceps sequaris, Cynosuram? Quae supra ho­minem Deo committe, & consule non minus tuae famae, quàm aegrorum saluti.

Verùm enimverò, quàm latus hic patuit campus illis, qui nihil non Remediis suis ac­ceptum ferunt, sive verè, sive falsò: Praedi­cassent quidem speciosè commentitiam suam gloriam, sed quàm turpiter deinde aliis ludi­brio essent, veritate ab Anatome è latebris [Page 44]erutâ, nae illi in speciem quidem apparuis­sent Medici, at revera Nugivendi ac Syco­phantae.

Calculorum fragmenta prodiere quidem ali­quando ex mutuo eorundem attritu, sed ex ac [...]i Medicamento Ecquis id vidit? —Idem, h.e. Tulpius, inter Monita Medica.