and honour, and to preserve their Art from being prostituted to
illiterate persons, the Apothecaries becoming now their Competitors.

Ninthly, By this means Physicians will avoid multitudes of
inconveniencies, proceeding from writing of Bills, and the
Apothecaries Visits.

First The mistakes, and frauds in the Ingredients, especially
committed by the great practising Apothecaries, who may, as appears by
the following story, be suspected to send, instead of what was
prescribed, the remains of his own practice, or else some cast-by
Medicines; for else how could it be when a Medicine was prescribed to
stand in Infusion or steep a whole night, that it should be brought
two hours after the Bill was written, even the very same Evening?
Which by accident the Patient confessed, wanting the expected success.

Secondly By this course Physicians avoid the many opprobrious terms
cast upon them by Apothecaries:

As First, In saying that if he had not omitted or added something, the
Patient might have miscarried; which he may say at pleasure without
any contradiction, though doubtless many have been killed by this
means.

Secondly, By saying the Bill could never have been made without some
alteration of the Apothecary, thereby insinuating the Doctors
ignorance in compounding.

Thirdly, In saying the Doctor is not versed in Medicines, because
forsooth he varieth not at every Visit, and multiplieth not new Bills