CXXVIII.

Physick. Ars Medica.

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The _Patient_, 1. sendeth for a _Physician_, 2. who feeleth his _Pulse_, 3, and looketh upon his _Water_, 4. _Ægrotans_, 1. accersit _Medicum_, 2. qui tangit ipsius _Arteriam_, 3. & inspicit _Urinam_, 4. and then prescribeth a _Receipt_ in a _Bill_, 5. tum præscribit _Medicamentum_ in _Schedula_, 5.

That is made ready by an _Apothecary_, 6. in a _Apothecaries Shop_, 7. Istud paratur à _Pharmacopæo_, 6. in _Pharmacopolio_, 7. where _Drugs_ are kept in _Drawers_, 8. _Boxes_, 9. and _Gally-pots_, 10. ubi _Pharmaca_ adservantur in _Capsulis_, 8. _Pyxidibus_, 9. & _Lagenis_, 10.

And it is either a _Potion_, 11. or _Powder_, 12. or _Pills_, 13. or _Trochisks_, 14. or an _Electuary_, 15. _Estque_ vel _Potio_, 11. vel _Pulvis_, 12. vel _Pillulæ_, 13. vel _Pastilli_, 14. vel _Electuarium_, 15.

_Diet_ and _Prayer_, 16. is the best _Physick_. _Diæta_ & _Oratio_, 16. est optima _Medicina_.

The _Chirurgeon_, 18. cureth _Wounds_, 17. and _Ulcers_, with _Plasters_, 19. _Chirurgus_, 18. curat _Vulnera_, 17. & _Ulcera_, _Spleniis_ (emplastris), 19.