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 Anatomy and Physiology: So that we may be sure no Ancient Theories can be so excellent as some of those which have been devised by Modern Philosophers. (3.) That if the Addition of every new Medicine be an useful Accession to the Body of Physick, then a new Method of preparing known Medicines; of making those Things profitable and noble Remedies, which before were dreaded as Poysons, or laid by as useless; and of trying such Experiments upon Bodies yet unexamined, as will soon and certainly discover some of their most principal Virtues must be of unspeakable Advantage, and make the Knowledge of those who possess such a Method justly more valuable than of those who want it. But this relates more particularly to Chymistry, of which enough has been said already. (4.) That if the Practice of proper Judges be a reasonable Prejudice for or against any Thing, then this Science has received vast Improvements of late Years: For now the Generality of Physicians acquiesce in Modern Theories, or, which in the present Dispute is all one, advance new ones upon Anatomical and Physical Principles, pursuant to those Discoveries which have been lately made. In their Practice they mix Galenical and Chymical