Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 27
It may be said , indeed , of comnion water , that it attenuates , also of mercurial
preparations that they attenuate . But it should be considered that mere water
only distends the vessels and thereby weakens their tone ; and that Mercury by
it's ...
It may be said , indeed , of comnion water , that it attenuates , also of mercurial
preparations that they attenuate . But it should be considered that mere water
only distends the vessels and thereby weakens their tone ; and that Mercury by
it's ...
Page 40
... is well known , and consequently the general benefit of such a cardiac may be
reasonably supposed . 86. As the body is said to clothe the soul , so the nerves
may be said to constitute her inner garment . And as the soul animates the whole
...
... is well known , and consequently the general benefit of such a cardiac may be
reasonably supposed . 86. As the body is said to clothe the soul , so the nerves
may be said to constitute her inner garment . And as the soul animates the whole
...
Page 43
In a word , it may be said to contain the seeds and origin of almost all distempers
. Insomuch that a medicine which ures all sorts of scurvy , may be presumed
good for most other maladies . 91. The scurvy doth not only in variety of
symptoms ...
In a word , it may be said to contain the seeds and origin of almost all distempers
. Insomuch that a medicine which ures all sorts of scurvy , may be presumed
good for most other maladies . 91. The scurvy doth not only in variety of
symptoms ...
Page 47
But I will venture to except the acid soap of tar - water , having found , by my own
experience and that of many others , that it raiseth the spirits , and is an excellent
antihysteric , nor less innocent than potent , which cannot be said of those ...
But I will venture to except the acid soap of tar - water , having found , by my own
experience and that of many others , that it raiseth the spirits , and is an excellent
antihysteric , nor less innocent than potent , which cannot be said of those ...
Page 49
To get rid of these , it is said , there are who betake themselves to distilled spirits .
And it is not improbable they are led gradually to the use of those poisons by a
certain complaisant pharmacy , too much used in the modern practice , palsy ...
To get rid of these , it is said , there are who betake themselves to distilled spirits .
And it is not improbable they are led gradually to the use of those poisons by a
certain complaisant pharmacy , too much used in the modern practice , palsy ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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