ToDr.RichardHelsham"Dr Richard Helsham (1682/3-1738), physician and scientist in Dublin, was Swift's personal physician and friend."
(Tucker [1992], 209)
.UponmyRecoveryfromadangerousFitofSickness.ForfleetingLiferecall'd,forHealthrestor'd,BefirsttheGodofLifeandHealthador'd;WhoseboundlessMercyclaimsthisTributedue:AndnexttoHeav'n,IowemyThankstoyou;Toyou,whofeeltheEaseyourMed'cinesgive,And,inrevivingPatients,doublylive;You,whofromNature'sDictatesneverstray;Butwiselywait,tillshepointsouttheWay:Where-e'ersheleads,unerring,youpursueHermazySystem,op'ningtoyourView.Inyoureviv'dweRatcliff'sGeniussee,Heighten'dbyLearningandHumanity.WithEaseallNature'sSecretsyouexplore,AndtothenoblestHeightsofSciencesoar.YourThoughts,unbounded,travelwiththeSun;AndseeattendantWorldsaroundhimrun;WhichtracetheirdistantCoursesthro'theSky,NorflyhisThronetoofar,norpresstoonigh.Thewiseandwond'rousLawsyouclearlyknow,WhichrulethoseWorldsabove,andthisbelow.TheWorldofLife,whichweobscurelysee,InallitsWonders,issurvey'dbythee:Andthouinev'ryPartcanstsomethingfind,TopraisethyMaker,andtoblessthyKind:Quicktodiscern,judicioustoapply,YourJudgmentclear,andpiercing,asyourEye:Ev'nMed'cines,inyourwisePrescriptions,please;AndarenomorethePatient'sworstDisease.Goodness,andSkill,andLearninglessthanthine,Rais'dÆsculapiustotheRealmsdivine.