As this is the first Edition of Hippocrates that ever was published in England, and the first of the Kind in Europe, fome Account of it will, I prefume, be expected from me, at this Time.

First, then, it is intended to be the correctest Edition that has been yet given; not excepting even Foëfius's, which is by far the beft, efpecially the Geneva Edition, to which all my Quotations refer. In order to make it the cor recteft, I have been at the Pains to enlarge the Oeconomia of Foëfius fo far, that now, when any Sentence, or indeed any Word occurs, about which I have the leaft Doubt, I can immediately find out not only all the Places it is ufed in, but also all the parallel Places. And thus by comparing Hippocrates with himself, and making him his own Interpreter, a great many difficult Places have been cleared up, and a great many corrupt ones reftored; even where all the MSS that have been fo carefully confulted by former Editors, and particularly by Foëfius, have failed.

καρκίνου, καρίκου

Thus, for inftance, for ♬ in QHM TWVÍ fhould be read ή δε έτερη κειται * : For εν χήματι ή νουσος ᾖ, εγκεκειμενος * +: For επ' ογκων, ἅπαντων 11: For περιοδος, περι ἑδος, fcilicet ἑδος Θεσσαλικον #: For **, &c. all which Corrections, (and many more that might be added) will appear fo juft and fo evident from the Notes at the Bottom, as not to leave the Reader in any Doubt about 'em: So ferviceable has this Oeco nomia been.

* L. de Corde 269, 1

+ L. 2. de M. M. 660. 24.

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**L. 5. de M. vulg. The Cafe of Eudemus of Lariffa $147. N. 20.

But though the greatest Number of Emendations have been made, and may be fupported, this Way; yet this has not been the only one I have ufed. For fometimes by confidering the Sounds and Letters of Words; the Divifion of Syllables, especially at the End of a Line; the Ignorance or Blindness of a Tranfcriber, and the like; and fometimes by confidering only the pointing of a Sentence, (by all which Ways, I perceive, Miftakes have been occafioned) many other Emendations are made; or at least the firft. Hints were thus taken, and improved afterward by the Oeconomia. And perhaps y and plodos were occafioned by the Sound, and ανω βιn for ανεβιε Οι ανεβίου κατω αφανής for yaragavns t, &c. by fome of the other Ways here mentioned. Of all which Faults and Emendations, due Notice fhall be taken in their proper Places.

Secondly, It is intended to be the ufefulleft Edition; the Method here obferved in the Difpofition of the several Parts directly tending to make the Works of Hippocrates more intelligible than ever. Whereas all the other Editions copy after one another, and with fo little Variation, that the Trouble of confulting 'em is in a Manner equally great in all of 'em. This Trouble is what I have been all along labouring to remove; and with this View, I confefs, I at firft undertook the prefent Work, without intending to spend fo much Time on the critical Part; as appears from the Specimen already referred to. But the Affiftance of the Oeconomia engaged me to go on, and I hope I have not mifpent my Time, in this Way. As to the Method,

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Method, the Reader will now fee all the Obfervations of Hippocrates collected together, and ranged in a regular and eafy Manner, that what he has faid upon any one Subject, may be seen compleat, without the Intervention of any foreign Matter: A Work that has been long defired. For though fomething of this Kind was attempted by Marinellus and Pleffeus, yet abun dance of Things are there omitted, and nothing is mentioned in Hippocrates's own Words. Add to this, that the alphabetical Way, that they both follow, is very improper to represent the Senfe of any Author.

These Deficiencies, 'tis hoped, are effectually fupplied by this Edition: In compiling which, I have taken all the Care I could, to adjust. every Part in fuch a Manner, that neither the Honour of Hippocrates may be fullied, nor the Expectation of the Reader disappointed. Hippocrates fpeaks for himself throughout, in his own Words; and, wherever any Sentence or Paragraph is tranfpofed, there is always a Note at the Bottom, to fhew what Page and Line in Foëfius it is taken from: And by this Means, if any Doubt fhould arife, the Reader will always have as much Satisfaction as poffible, by only turning to Foëfius according to these References. TheTranflation likewife is corrected in abundance of Places, and there will be compleat Indexes at; the End. So that, in fhort, it will be as eafy for the future to read Hippocrates, as to read any other Author of the fame Size: Whereas before it was really laborious; and no Man could come at his Senfe in many Cafes, without being obliged to tranfcribe and methodize him, for his own particular Ufe, in fome fuch Manner as I have done for the Publick. I hope, therefore, that the Study of Hippocrates will now

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