ON THE NECESSARY
MEANS AND MEDICINES
REQUISITE TOWARDS
RESTORING HEALTH.
Having, in the preceding lecture, given a general view of our wonderful structure, I shall, in this, endeavour to lay a foundation of the healing art, in order to assist nature when impaired by the attack of disease, or any unforeseen accidents.
But that I may become useful, and yet concise, I will, without loss of time, lead the reader to the principal distinction between health and disease; for without forming a proper judgment of an ailment, there can be no reasonable intention of cure. I shall therefore beg leave to solicit a serious attention to the following important observations, particularly, as they are founded upon the purest principles of physic, authenticated by happy success in an extensive practice, and communicated by the dictates of a candid and well disposed heart, that wishes Existence only as a useful member to society.