heir Masters absence, who is visiting abroad,
or at his recreations.

And now I have done with the unpleasant talk of raking into the faults
of the Apothecaries, and with discoursing how Physicians may save
themselves from their devices, I shall next shew the advantages that
will come to the Patient, the Physician, and people, by this way of
remedy proposed.

As for the Patients, they may hereby save most of the great charges of
Apothecaries Bills, which in long Cases amount to very great sums in a
year, although the Physician hath received very few Fees; the
Physician may so order his business as to take his Fee for his Visits
only, and at home such competent Fees for his advice alone, as are
usually given, and in both Cases take nothing for his Medicines, and
so save the Patient the whole charge of the Apothecaries Bill, which
very seldom comes short, and for the most part manifoldly exceeds the
Physicians Fees. And this he may very well do by making fewer, less
chargable, more effectual, and durable Medicines then the Shops
afford, and suffer nothing in the non-use, or decay of his Medicines;
because he need make no more then will serve his own practice: and I
must here profess, that which I intended not to have published, that
this is the course I have generally taken, for the four Months last
past, since I made my own Medicines, but that some Apothecaries have
given out most falsly, that I have sent in Bills to Patients for
money; but to convince such of their wonted lying, I do hereby oblige
my self to give 100 pound to any of them that shall produce such a
Bill. Secondly, This way will not clog the Patient with more Medicines
then are needful, nor will omit anything may conduce to his recovery,
for if he fails in either, 'tis to his prejudice, either in spending
more Medicines which cost him money, or in not performing his Cure,
which loseth his practice.

But I do not propose this course of mine as a general rule to all
Physicians, but leave this to every mans private judgment; Neither do
I hereby bind my self to the same practice, because some few Cases may
fall out (though to an equal advantage to the Patient) may perswade me
to the contrary. For I find some persons of that perswasion, as to
think they have not given satisfaction, unless they have payed for the
Medicines; but to such persons, I have always allowed them to give me
what they pleased themselves, for the cure only, to the full
satisfaction of