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his toil of study and his expence of time and money in his education, which have often amounted to very large sums and to many years spent abroad in quest of knowledge, as if they were of no consideration.
The levelling of all kind of practitioners so much with illiterate pretenders, who have art enough to gain employ, however ill qualified in that of healing diseases, has a tendency to deter persons, otherwise of just and liberal sentiments, from putting themselves to a further expence to gain knowledge, than what is sufficient to make money. This is to make a vile trade of physic, instead of a noble profession, which as it certainly is, so it ought to be esteemed.
I have been told more than once, upon reasoning on the subject, that people here are used to this method and dont love to change old customs. What is it more than to say,
"Si populus vult decipi, decipiatur
If people choose to be deceived, even let us keep them in their deception."?
Instead of making a charge of fees, I willingly leave to the patients themselves to give what
