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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... courfe of emetics . They are nevertheless prefcribed and fubftituted for exercife . But it is well remarked in Plato's Tim¿us that vomits and purges are the worst exercife in the world . There is fomething in the mild operation of tar ...
... courfe of emetics . They are nevertheless prefcribed and fubftituted for exercife . But it is well remarked in Plato's Tim¿us that vomits and purges are the worst exercife in the world . There is fomething in the mild operation of tar ...
Page 47
... courfe do very deservedly make people afraid of it . And though the fenfible fecretion therein be fo great , yet in a longer tract of time the use of tar - water may produce as great ( a ) 58 . a discharge of fcorbutic falts by urine ...
... courfe do very deservedly make people afraid of it . And though the fenfible fecretion therein be fo great , yet in a longer tract of time the use of tar - water may produce as great ( a ) 58 . a discharge of fcorbutic falts by urine ...
Page 56
... courfe of marine expeditions , when fo many of our country - men have perifhed by fuch diftempers , contracted at fea and in foreign climates . Which , it is probable , might have been prevented , by the copious ufe of tar - water . 118 ...
... courfe of marine expeditions , when fo many of our country - men have perifhed by fuch diftempers , contracted at fea and in foreign climates . Which , it is probable , might have been prevented , by the copious ufe of tar - water . 118 ...
Page 70
... - gard to man . 154. The order and courfe of things , and the experiments we daily make , fhew there is a mind that governs and actuates this mundane fyftem , ( a ) 139 , 149 , 151 , as as the proper real agent and caufe . And that ( 70 )
... - gard to man . 154. The order and courfe of things , and the experiments we daily make , fhew there is a mind that governs and actuates this mundane fyftem , ( a ) 139 , 149 , 151 , as as the proper real agent and caufe . And that ( 70 )
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... courfe of nature . And without a re- gular courfe , nature could never be understood . Mankind must always be at a lofs , not knowing what to expect , or how to govern themfelves , or direct their actions for the obtaining of any end ...
... courfe of nature . And without a re- gular courfe , nature could never be understood . Mankind must always be at a lofs , not knowing what to expect , or how to govern themfelves , or direct their actions for the obtaining of any end ...
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