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Excerpt from A Dissertation on the Gout, and All Chronic Diseases, Jointly Considered, as Proceeding From the Same Causes; What Those Causes Are; And a Rational and Natural Method of Cure Proposed: Addressed to All Invalids
It has been of great differvice, as well as difcredit to them of Phyfio, and every fair praé'tifer of it, that men's expeélations-have been raifed by the ig notant and prefuming, 'or the difisonefl and artful, to hape for toomuchgfiom it, mare than it ever did or. Can do Refpitc and relief may be had in me: chronic cafes t remedy, I fear butin very few, if it be expected from art alone. But a fkilful and ho neft Phyfician (unlefs he be feat for too late and dif milled too foon, which is generally the cafe),willem~ ploy thoii: intervals of relief tointroduce the powers of life and nature to act for'themfelves, and infeufi bly withdzawing all his medicines, and watching. Carefully over his patient's whole conduf't, leave him confirmed, from conviction of their necefiity, in fuel}. Good and falutary habits, as cannot fail to eftablifh his health for life.
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