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 i j i Concerning the Cure I T now comes to us to declare what a Phyficiari has to do in this Calamity 5 as therefore the Difeafe admits of no Delays, Help muft be immediately procured, and the Phyiician ought to fly to the Patient's Succour, leaft, by any Omiilion, the Cafe iliould be got beyond Recovery, and a Per- fon be loft for Want of timely Afliftance. WHEN the Phyfician is come, he ought to addrefs the Patient with Chear- fulnefs, and blame thofe Fears and melan- choly Apprehenfions which" give many over too much into the Power of the Diftemper, by cutting off all Hopes of Recovery. LASTLY, According to tjie general Directory of our College beforementioned, _the moft generous and efficacious Medicines muft be contrived with the utmoft Care and Deliberation. I K the iirft Place then, whether Phle- botomy is to be pratlifed or not, is juft- y to be queftioned^ and indeed I mould pafs it by here as fatal, but that I know many unskilful and rafh. Perfons, who not only let Blood largely at one Time, but order