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Surprizing Ingenuity.
Soon after his disposing of that , he made another , upon Avhich he Sow plays both for his , amusement and devotion ; having a set of chants ( his ov / n composition ) Avhich he frequently uses , as a relig ious exercise , and'to Which he joins long and irregular lines , expressive of various devotional subjects . Some years ago , he walked from Carlisle to London , to visit Mr . Stanley , the celebrated organist and composer , on Avhich occasion he made-, for the first time , a pair of shoesi
Curious Account Of The Physicians Of Ancient Egypt.
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE PHYSICIANS OF ANCIENT EGYPT .
[ From GOGUET ' I Origin of Laws . ] IT was their custom to expose the sick to public view , that such persons as passed by , if they had been afflicted Avith the like disorders , " and had found out remedies by which they had effected their curesof obtained easemiht ive their advice . This was . the pracr
, , gg tice in the most early times * . The Egyptians } after they had invent :-e & biercglypbicks , obliged those wh'ohad been attacked-with any distemper , to represent hoiv , and by what means they had' been . cured . These memoirs we ' re placed in their temples , and every one had a right to consult them ; afterwards , Avhen the number of receipts Avere increasedthey caused them to be put in orderand charged particular
, , persons with the care of them ; who studied their different compositions , and their virtues , and were , in process of time consulted on critical occasions . This seems to be' the orig in of the profession of a . physician . We are told there has been np country ,, where physicians were so numerous as in Egypt , AA'hich is easily accounted for , when Ave know that every disorder had its particular physician : the Egyptians thought that
the life and study of one man was riot sufficient to acquire a perfedt knowledge in the different parts of a science so extensive , and therefore they obliged eadi professor to make one disorder his entire study . The Egyptians used likewise every means to prevent distempers , and . regularl y appropriated three" successive , days in every month for taking medicine , though in perfect health . Every thing concerning medicine
Was entered in certain sacred books , and the physicians ' Avere obliged to conform exactly to certain precepts therein contained , not being permitted to make the least , change . If they coukl not restore the patient b y following the method enjoined , they were by no means answerable for the event ; but if they used any other means , and the patient happened to die , they Avere punished Avith death .
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Surprizing Ingenuity.
Soon after his disposing of that , he made another , upon Avhich he Sow plays both for his , amusement and devotion ; having a set of chants ( his ov / n composition ) Avhich he frequently uses , as a relig ious exercise , and'to Which he joins long and irregular lines , expressive of various devotional subjects . Some years ago , he walked from Carlisle to London , to visit Mr . Stanley , the celebrated organist and composer , on Avhich occasion he made-, for the first time , a pair of shoesi
Curious Account Of The Physicians Of Ancient Egypt.
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE PHYSICIANS OF ANCIENT EGYPT .
[ From GOGUET ' I Origin of Laws . ] IT was their custom to expose the sick to public view , that such persons as passed by , if they had been afflicted Avith the like disorders , " and had found out remedies by which they had effected their curesof obtained easemiht ive their advice . This was . the pracr
, , gg tice in the most early times * . The Egyptians } after they had invent :-e & biercglypbicks , obliged those wh'ohad been attacked-with any distemper , to represent hoiv , and by what means they had' been . cured . These memoirs we ' re placed in their temples , and every one had a right to consult them ; afterwards , Avhen the number of receipts Avere increasedthey caused them to be put in orderand charged particular
, , persons with the care of them ; who studied their different compositions , and their virtues , and were , in process of time consulted on critical occasions . This seems to be' the orig in of the profession of a . physician . We are told there has been np country ,, where physicians were so numerous as in Egypt , AA'hich is easily accounted for , when Ave know that every disorder had its particular physician : the Egyptians thought that
the life and study of one man was riot sufficient to acquire a perfedt knowledge in the different parts of a science so extensive , and therefore they obliged eadi professor to make one disorder his entire study . The Egyptians used likewise every means to prevent distempers , and . regularl y appropriated three" successive , days in every month for taking medicine , though in perfect health . Every thing concerning medicine
Was entered in certain sacred books , and the physicians ' Avere obliged to conform exactly to certain precepts therein contained , not being permitted to make the least , change . If they coukl not restore the patient b y following the method enjoined , they were by no means answerable for the event ; but if they used any other means , and the patient happened to die , they Avere punished Avith death .