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CHAP. LXXXV.
Of Chirurgery.
CHirurgery remains, another part, which cures the external Deformities and Diseases of the body; whose Operation is manifest, and whose Remedies are certain: for all other Physicians work under ground. Chirurgeons see and feel what they do, and as occa∣sion requires, change, apply, and remove their Reme∣dies. And this among all the Arts of Physick was first in use. For men accustoming themselves to War, and to receive Wounds, it was necessary to seek out for Cure. They found that the evil proceeded from Man, and therefore expected the Remedy from him. Other Diseases and inward pains, as proceeding from the an∣ger of the Gods, they thought incurable by natural means. Therefore the first Inventor of Chirurgery is said to be Apis King of the Aegyptians, or, as Clemens Alexandrinus records, Misria the son of Cain, Nephew of the great Noah. Of the cure of Wounds Aescula∣pius was the first that wrote; after him, Pythago∣ras, Empedocles, Parmenides, Democritus, Chiron, and Paeon, became excellent therein. Pliny relates that Arehagatus the Peloponnesian was the first that practis'd Chirurgery in Rome; and that for his Cruelty in Cut∣ting and Burning, he was publikely named the Wound∣maker; afterwards the name was changed into Hang∣man, or Executioner; at length they despised the whole
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Art, and forbid it. Chirurgery therefore is no less fa∣mous for Faction among great Authors, and the Au∣thority of great men, than infamous for its bloudy Cru∣elty, and the Nastiness of its Practitioners.
Of Chirurgery.
CHirurgery remains, another part, which cures the external Deformities and Diseases of the body; whose Operation is manifest, and whose Remedies are certain: for all other Physicians work under ground. Chirurgeons see and feel what they do, and as occa∣sion requires, change, apply, and remove their Reme∣dies. And this among all the Arts of Physick was first in use. For men accustoming themselves to War, and to receive Wounds, it was necessary to seek out for Cure. They found that the evil proceeded from Man, and therefore expected the Remedy from him. Other Diseases and inward pains, as proceeding from the an∣ger of the Gods, they thought incurable by natural means. Therefore the first Inventor of Chirurgery is said to be Apis King of the Aegyptians, or, as Clemens Alexandrinus records, Misria the son of Cain, Nephew of the great Noah. Of the cure of Wounds Aescula∣pius was the first that wrote; after him, Pythago∣ras, Empedocles, Parmenides, Democritus, Chiron, and Paeon, became excellent therein. Pliny relates that Arehagatus the Peloponnesian was the first that practis'd Chirurgery in Rome; and that for his Cruelty in Cut∣ting and Burning, he was publikely named the Wound∣maker; afterwards the name was changed into Hang∣man, or Executioner; at length they despised the whole
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Art, and forbid it. Chirurgery therefore is no less fa∣mous for Faction among great Authors, and the Au∣thority of great men, than infamous for its bloudy Cru∣elty, and the Nastiness of its Practitioners.