The eight sections of Hippocrates Aphorismes review'd and rendred into English, according to the translation of Anutius Foesius ; digested into an exact and methodical form and divided into several convenient distinctions, and every distinction into several chapters, wherein every aphorisme is reduced to its proper subject, whereby the reader may find out any desired aphorisme without the tedious revolution of the whole work ; wherein also many aphorismes are significantly interpreted which were neglected in the former translation.
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The eight sections of Hippocrates Aphorismes review'd and rendred into English, according to the translation of Anutius Foesius ; digested into an exact and methodical form and divided into several convenient distinctions, and every distinction into several chapters, wherein every aphorisme is reduced to its proper subject, whereby the reader may find out any desired aphorisme without the tedious revolution of the whole work ; wherein also many aphorismes are significantly interpreted which were neglected in the former translation.
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Hippocrates.
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London :: Printed by W.G. for Rob. Crofts ...,
1665.
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Hippocrates.
Medicine -- Aphorisms.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
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"The eight sections of Hippocrates Aphorismes review'd and rendred into English, according to the translation of Anutius Foesius ; digested into an exact and methodical form and divided into several convenient distinctions, and every distinction into several chapters, wherein every aphorisme is reduced to its proper subject, whereby the reader may find out any desired aphorisme without the tedious revolution of the whole work ; wherein also many aphorismes are significantly interpreted which were neglected in the former translation." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A43860.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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CHAP. VI. Of the time of Purging.
Sect. 1. Aph. 24.
IN acute Diseases we must very seldome, or at the beginning, use Purging Medicines; and if it be convenient to use them, we must be wary and circumspect in using of them.
Sect. 2. Aph. 29.
If moving of the body be convenient, do it at the beginning, but in the state of the Disease it is better to let it rest.
Sect. 4. Aph. 4.
In the Summer time clense the upper Belly with Medicines, but in the winter rather Purge the lower.
Sect. 4. Aph. 5.
Medicines are troublesome to the patient, either in the dog dayes, or a little before them.
Sect. 4. Aph. 10.
In extreme acute Diseases, if the humor of its own propensity intend to excretion we may and ought to purge the same day; For in such cases de∣layes are dangerons.
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