_Martinius_, therefore, makes an insufficient Enumeration of Causes; since the good Health of the _Chinese_, is not totally owing to the Use of _Tea_, but to various other Circumstances, which we shall not here enumerate: Only I shall, from the _Amphiatridius_ of _Johannes Boterius_, published in 1600, observe, "That in the various Districts of _China_, the Clemency and Salubrity of the Air is so great, that a Pestilence has never been remembered to rage universally in them." For the Sake also of those who want the sixth Part of the _Theatrum Europæum Johannis Bleau_, or the _Novus Atlas Martinii_, I shall, from the Preface of the last-mentioned Author, take the following Passage: "In Practice, the _Chinese_ Physicians surpass those of _Europe_, who are more addicted to Dispute and Speculation, but less successful and happy in the Cure of Diseases, than the former." But, if a _Chinese_ Physician was to practice on the _Baltick_ Shore, where endemial _Scurvys_ rage, it is hardly credible, that he would cure them with greater Success, than a skilful _European_ Physician does; since, according to _Hippocrates_, there are many nominal, but few real Physicians. The same Author, in his _Prisca Medicina_, informs us, "That most Physicians resemble bad Pilots, who, if they steer the Vessel in a smooth and calm Sea, can prevent the Detection of their Ignorance; but, when they are attacked by blowing Winds, and violent Tempests, it becomes sufficiently obvious, that the Ship must be lost through their Fault, and Want of Skill." But to drop the Defence of the _European_ Physicians, I shall return to the _Asiatics_. _Martinius_ then, in the Passage last quoted, tells us, "That the _Chinese_ Physicians generally prepare their Medicines of Simples and Decoctions; that they use Unctions, and Frictions, but not Venesections, which they look upon as an irreparable Error. They rather chuse to reduce the Blood to a due Temperature, by Fasting, and refrigerating Medicines; for, say they, because Broth boils in a Pot, the Broth is not, therefore, to be poured out, but the Fire to be removed from the Pot." But this Comparison is certainly far from being just: And, a little after, the Author subjoins, "In _China_ are great Numbers of Chymists, who confidently boast of producing Gold, and preventing Death by Means of their Medicines. The Design of these Men is like that of their Brethren in _Europe_, to extort Money from the credulous and avaritious Part of their Fellow Creatures."