What does chirurgical mean?
Chirurgical means (archaic) Surgical..
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/kaɪˈɹɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪkəl/ · adjective
(archaic) Surgical..
We cannot reasonably ſuppoſe that Adam, who was ſo univerſally Skill'd in the Natures of all Plants, ſhould have been ignorant of their Vulnerary Qualities: Or that he would not employ this his Skill in endeavouring to cure Wounds, or Hurts, when any of his new-planted Stock had the Misfortune te^([sic]) receive 'em. Abel was wounded and kill'd by Cain, and can we imagine that Adams Prudence would not uſe its Chirugical' endevours to redreſs ſuch diſaſters, when poſſible[?]
For none but a clever dialectician / Can hope to become a great physician; / […] / After this there are five years more / Devoted wholly to medicine, / With lectures on chirurgical lore, / And dissections of the bodies of swine, / As likest the human form divine.
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Chirurgical means (archaic) Surgical..
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We cannot reasonably ſuppoſe that Adam, who was ſo univerſally Skill'd in the Natures of all Plants, ſhould have been ignorant of their Vulnerary Qualities: Or that he would not employ this his Skill in endeavouring to cure Wounds, or Hurts, when any of his new-planted Stock had the Misfortune te^([sic]) receive 'em. Abel was wounded and kill'd by Cain, and can we imagine that Adams Prudence would not uſe its Chirugical' endevours to redreſs ſuch diſaſters, when poſſible[?]
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