[The general practise of medecine By Philiatreus.]

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Title
[The general practise of medecine By Philiatreus.]
Author
Philiatreus, fl. 1630.
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[Edinburgh :: J. Wreittoun,
1634]
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Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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"[The general practise of medecine By Philiatreus.]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06682.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.

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Canon X.

The diseases that hath some resem∣blance with the nature, bodily constitution, and age of the diseased, are lesse dangerous then these that hath no conformity, for all sicknesse, hot, cold, dry, moist, being con∣forme to the complexion, age, and bodily constitution of the sicke, and also to the season hath so much lesse danger, as it is lesse removed from the naturall constituti∣on, and so may more easily returne, as pro∣ceeding

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frō a lighter, yea a slighter cause. As in the contrare, the disease that hath no af∣finity, neither with the temper, taillie, nor age of the Patient, or with the season, is much more dangerous then the former, be∣ing further removed from the naturall com∣plexion, and therefore worse to cure: as proceeding of a greater and stronger cause. So that of two burnt fevers equall in gran∣dure that which fals out in the Summer to a young man leane of body, of temper hot, shall not be so dangerous as that which fals out in the Winter to an old man of a fat body and cold complexion.

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