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is in Fact Flagellum Dei pro peccatis mundi。〃 So saying； he encourages the young mother whose babe is wasting away upon her breast with these reflections：
〃Think； oh the grievous Effects of Sin！ This wretched Infant has not arrived unto years of sense enough； to sin after the similitude of the transgression committed by Adam。 Nevertheless the Transgression of Adam； who had all mankind Foederally； yea； Naturally； in him； has involved this Infant in the guilt of it。 And the poison of the old serpent； which infected Adam when he fell into his Transgression； by hearkening to the Tempter； has corrupted all mankind； and is a seed unto such diseases as this Infant is now laboring under。 Lord； what are we； and what are our children； but a Generation of Vipers？〃
Many of his remedies are at least harmless； but his pedantry and utter want of judgment betray themselves everywhere。 He piles his prescriptions one upon another； without the least discrimination。 He is run away with by all sorts of fancies and superstitions。 He prescribes euphrasia； eye…bright； for disease of the eyes； appealing confidently to the strange old doctrine of signatures； which inferred its use from the resemblance of its flower to the organ of vision。 For the scattering of wens； the efficacy of a Dead Hand has been out of measure wonderful。 But when he once comes to the odious class of remedies； he revels in them like a scarabeus。 This allusion will bring us quite near enough to the inconceivable abominations with which he proposed to outrage the sinful stomachs of the unhappy confederates and accomplices of Adam。
It is well that the treatise was never printed； yet there are passages in it worth preserving。 He speaks of some remedies which have since become more universally known：
〃Among the plants of our soyl； Sir William Temple singles out Five ＇Six＇ as being of the greatest virtue and most friendly to health： and his favorite plants； Sage； Rue； Saffron； Alehoof； Garlick； and Elder。〃
〃But these Five ＇Six＇ plants may admitt of some competitors。 The QUINQUINAHow celebrated： Immoderately； Hyperbolically celebrated！〃
Of Ipecacuanha； he says； 〃This is now in its reign； the most fashionable vomit。〃
〃I am not sorry that antimonial emetics begin to be disused。〃
He quotes 〃Mr。 Lock〃 as recommending red poppy…water and abstinence from flesh as often useful in children's diseases。
One of his 〃Capsula's〃 is devoted to the animalcular origin of diseases； at the end of which he says； speaking of remedies for this supposed source of our distempers：
〃Mercury we know thee： But we are afraid thou wilt kill us too； if we employ thee to kill them that kill us。
〃And yett； for the cleansing of the small Blood Vessels； and making way for the free circulation of the Blood and Lymphthere is nothing like Mercurial Deobstruents。〃
》From this we learn that mercury was already in common use； and the subject of the same popular prejudice as in our own time。
His poetical turn shows itself here and there ：
〃O Nightingale； with a Thorn at thy Breast； Under the trouble of a Cough； what can be more proper than such thoughts as these？〃。。。
If there is pathos in this； there is bathos in his apostrophe to the millipede； beginning 〃Poor sowbug！〃 and eulogizing the healing virtues of that odious little beast； of which he tells us to take 〃half a pound； putt 'em alive into a quart or two of wine；〃 with saffron and other drugs； and take two ounces twice a day。
The 〃Capsula 〃 entitled 〃Nishmath Chajim 〃 was printed in 1722； at New London； and is in the possession of our own Society。 He means； by these words； something like the Archxus of Van Helmont； of which he discourses in a style wonderfully resembling that of Mr。 Jenkinson in the 〃Vicar of Wakefield。〃 〃Many of the Ancients thought there was much of a Real History in the Parable； and their Opinion was that there is； DIAPHORA KATA TAS MORPHAS； A Distinction （and so a Resemblance） of men as to their Shapes after Death。〃 And so on； with Ireaeus； Tertullian； Thespesius； and 〃the TA TONE PSEUCONE CROMATA；〃 in the place of 〃Sanconiathon； Manetho； Berosus；〃 and 〃Anarchon ara kai ateleutaion to pan。〃
One other passage deserves notice； as it relates to the single medical suggestion which does honor to Cotton Mather's memory。 It does not appear that he availed himself of the information which he says； he obtained from his slave； for such I suppose he was。
In his appendix to 〃 Variolae Triumphatae；〃 he says；
〃There has been a wonderful practice lately used in several parts of the world； which indeed is not yet become common in our nation。
〃I was first informed of it by a Garamantee servant of my own； long before I knew that any Europeans or Asiaticks had the least acquaintance with it； and some years before I was enriched with the communications of the learned Foreigners； whose accounts I found agreeing with what I received of my servant； when he shewed me the Scar of the Wound made for the operation； and said； That no person ever died of the smallpox； in their countrey； that had the courage to use it。
〃I have since met with a considerable Number of these Africans； who all agree in one story； That in their countrey grandy…many dy of the small…pox： But now they learn this way： people take juice of smallpox and cutty…skin and put in a Drop； then by'nd by a little sicky； sicky： then very few little things like small…pox； and nobody dy of it； and nobody have small…pox any more。 Thus； in Africa； where the poor creatures dy of the smallpox like Rotten Sheep； a merciful God has taught them an Infallible preservative。 'T is a common practice； and is attended with a constant success。〃
What has come down to us of the first century of medical practice； in the hands of Winthrop and Oliver； is comparatively simple and reasonable。 I suspect that the conditions of rude； stern life； in which the colonists found themselves in the wilderness； took the nonsense out of them； as the exigencies of a campaign did out of our physicians and surgeons in the late war。 Good food and enough of it； pure air and water； cleanliness； good attendance； an anaesthetic； an opiate； a stimulant； quinine； and two or three common drugs； proved to be the marrow of medical treatment； and the fopperies of the pharmacopoeia went the way of embroidered shirts and white kid gloves and malacca joints； in their time of need。 〃Good wine is the best cordiall for her；〃 said Governor John Winthrop； Junior； to Samuel Symonds； speaking of that gentleman's wife；just as Sydenham； instead of physic； once ordered a roast chicken and a pint of canary for his patient in male hysterics。
But the profession of medicine never could reach its full development until it became entirely separated from that of divinity。 The spiritual guide； the consoler in afliction； the confessor who is admitted into the secrets of our souls； has his own noble sphere of duties； but the healer of men must confine himself solely to the revelations of God in nature； as he sees their miracles with his own eyes。 No doctrine of prayer or special providence is to be his excuse for not looking straight at secondary causes； and acting； exactly so far as experience justifies him； as if he were himself the divine agent which antiquity fabled him to be。 While pious men were prayinghumbly； sincerely； rightly； according to their knowledge over the endless succession of little children dying of spasms in the great Dublin Hospital； a sagacious physician knocked some holes in the walls of the ward； let God's blessed air in on the little creatures； and so had already saved in that single hospital； as it was soberly calculated thirty years ago； more than sixteen thousand lives of these infant heirs of immortality。 ＇Collins's Midwifery； p。 312。 Published by order of the Massachusetts Medical Society。 Boston； 1841。＇
Let it be； if you will； that the wise inspiration of the physician was granted in virtue of the clergyman's supplications。 Still； the habit of dealing with things seen generates another kind of knowledge； and another way of thought； from that of dealing with things unseen； which knowledge and way of thought are special means granted by Providence； and to be thankfully