As Nature is the subject of Physic and Poetry, we find, that the sons of
Homer and Esculapius generally agree in giving salutary instructions
to Mankind; but as the former convey their admonitions in the most
agreeable manner, I shall conclude this Essay with two quotations from
them.
The first Physicians by debauch were made,
Excess began, and sloth sustains the trade:
By chace our long-liv’d Fathers earn’d their food,
Toil strung their Nerves and purify’d their Blood, &c.