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edHlans N this book. Interesting ~ one
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tive kiaa ~ @physir. ara dated London,
November IN, i76o. and Otiov, Apfii ~. lao,
The thiftyssiath edition was printed n
London, 1870, In itta tho work VAS bound
with Tissot'a Family Physician . In isss,
Revised and Enlarged nv william " Cornsli,
n. D. n vas reprinted ~ Boston, Mass.
References 10 tett and quotations from n m
this article arc from the American edition
prepared by Thomas Coke and Francis
Asbury--the former the first Bishop o. thu
Methodist Church In England. the latter its
heroic pioneer IN America.
In tho original preface n7lD wesley pre.
sents his theory Of the origin Of disease ard
also Of medical science. AZ would naturally
be expected. this composition IL In the spirfS
Of religion rather than Of science. Man
was originally clothed In body M well az
In soul with Immortality and inoorruptionp
and -thero was no place for physIc. or the AT
Of healing. The entire creation vaO
AZ peace with man. 80 long as man was al
peace with his Creator" Man rebelled, the
incorruptible put on corruption, and sthe
seeds Of weakness and pain. Of sickness and
death, are now lodged IN our Utmost sub.
stance; souls and bodies need the doctor.
DR.. Wesley says: IT'S probable. physio, a
we'll az religion. was In the first ages chiehy
traditional: every father delivering down ID
his sons. what he had himself In like raannss
received. concerning the manner Of healing
both outward hurts and the diseases incident
to each climate and the medicines whioh
were Of the greatest efficacy for the cure Of
each disorder. IT'S certain, this Is the method
wherein the art OF healing is preserved amona
the Americans to this day. Their diseases
are indeed exceeding few; nor do they often
occur, by reason Of their continual exercise,
and Ctil Of late) universal temperance.
Exercise and temperance were Wesley's
serpent. or torn BY q wild beast. the fathsrSS
to apply. And 'tis rare. that, the patisns
suffers long; those pediSipss being quick.
Aft q III. rhIJo.o.h- - AT.
account Of the development, Of the art OF
healing. Az the Roman philosopher found
the genesis. Of human speech In imitation Of
to Observation d. the eject 81 various herbs
experience: sone walking In a grove, o. pines.
at a time whom many, In p neighboTing town
iitsis s smessS IN t XII inside 8 E,e q s e n Sou afSs's g a2e5
the boob which he was rssding; This hs
ees:sd& sVsG remedy aeey had been 9s %disooVeredI
.ft a1ts s1p sess5ss'i S~Slnloss9 5rt esnf hs ssRfis'snlSs;
hypothesis. until "physio became an abstrus8
sdenee. quite out Of the reach Of ordinary
Then the great Methodist explains the
roiso" d,etrs Of his book. As physioians
the brotherhood of E~sculapius to keep the
b. bJi TX. OF III ;p AMI Into az H. a ~ d list q srTss Il that a.. they they
f nashs NOT F. Fly m iTsG sn The % pyeoeIe and d p phs erSe
intact the arcana, OF medicine 1--WE quote az
Wesiey's own iansuagei they introduced
Into practice abundance OF compound medic
Sines. consisting Of 80 many ingredients that
know. which 1t was that wrought the curei
abundance Of %exotics, neither the nat re nor
names OF which their own countrymen under:
of oh ymtcQlR. such an they npither had
skill MOI, fortune. nor time to prepare; yea,
and OF dangerous ones. such as they could
advice OF a physician"
Fortunately as an Offset to the willy ways
Of practitioners OF medicine there are some
physio to its ancient standard to find the
cure provided by nature for each pain and
disease and to make common property OF
the healing art, Among these altruistio
trust busters John Wesley was proud to be
counted. Hs, boldly declares it his purpose
to enable esch man to prescribe for himself
cases" he adds as, a parenthetic concession
to the professional healers-without calling
t efi shs eo remedy t0G one eso thi alsea that 'n viii Is c UPs
"as we'll as twenty, put together" Why.
then, make use Of the nineteen? Only to
to ,prolong the distemper that the doctor
and he may divide the spoil" Therefore
the author presents his work, A Collection
cheap remedies, But in uncommon or COM
plicated diseases, where life is more imme-
diately In danger. advise every man with
out, delay to apply to a physician that fears
Even after the alterations and e1cisions
made In the course Of several r%evisions sub
eeouent to the original edition there remain
in the American, edition of Bishops Coke and
Asbury many amusing definitions and d.
Most heroic Of the remedies prescribed
is one for running at the nose" for which
the sufferer Is recommended to SNUFF up,a
OF spirits Of hartshornH The
seems worse than the disease.
For an ague apply to the stomach a large
onion slit" for q cold in the head pare very
thin the yellow rind of an orange. roll it up
inside out and thrust a roll into each %nostril."
For q certain violent form of collie the advice
To "a cut that Testers" advises the church;
sight drop In two or three drops OF juice Of
rotten, apples often" The. thin skin Of an
egg shell performs the, function Of court
platter. An extension Of the "similia %simiiibus
principle is In treating the sting
Of a bee" with an application Of honey, and
for the sting Of a nettle the advice is rub
the part with juice of nettles.
For the care OF the teeth and the proven
ton or cure of toothache the advice is 70
rub the teeth with ashes of burned bread,
to rub them often with tobacco ashes: 10 be
through the teeth" or lay roasted
parings OF turnips, as hot as may be, behind
the ear: to put a leaf of betony, bruised. up
the nose. or hold between the teeth a slice of
apple slightly boiled"