Excerpt from The General Practice of Physic, Vol. 1 of 2: Extracted Chiefly From the Writings of the Most Celebrated Practical Physicians, and Transactions of the London College, Medical Essays, and Memoirs of the Learned Academies in Europe Analogous to this is the Pica, or Longing of pregnant Women, who frequently eat and drink what would' be highly prejudicial to others, both as to Qi'antity and Quality. And it is well known what terrible Confequen ces have enfued when the Things longed for could not be obtained, or have been denied: So neceffary it is to fol-3 low the Indications of Nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.