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 5
... advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as tar - water : it cures indigeftion and gives a good a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in ( 5 )
... advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as tar - water : it cures indigeftion and gives a good a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in ( 5 )
Page 13
... gives the preference to that refin which is got from the filver fir and pitch tree ( ἐλάτη and πίτυς ) before that yielded by the pine , which yet , he faith , is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the contrary , affirms that the pine ...
... gives the preference to that refin which is got from the filver fir and pitch tree ( ἐλάτη and πίτυς ) before that yielded by the pine , which yet , he faith , is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the contrary , affirms that the pine ...
Page 33
... gives it power of do- ing good above other deobftruents , doth alfo dif- pofe it to do mischief . I mean it's great momentum , the weight of it being about ten times that of blood , and the momentum being the joint pro- duct of the ...
... gives it power of do- ing good above other deobftruents , doth alfo dif- pofe it to do mischief . I mean it's great momentum , the weight of it being about ten times that of blood , and the momentum being the joint pro- duct of the ...
Page 47
... gives the whole frame , and the sensible secretion it produceth , may be thought to be more adequate to fuch an effect . But the disorder occafioned by that vio- lent process , it is to be feared , may never be got over . The immediate ...
... gives the whole frame , and the sensible secretion it produceth , may be thought to be more adequate to fuch an effect . But the disorder occafioned by that vio- lent process , it is to be feared , may never be got over . The immediate ...
Page 52
... gives nevertheless speedy relief in moft cafes , as I have found by my felf and many others . I have been furprized to fee perfons fallen away and languishing under a bad digeftion , after a few weeks recover a good ftomach , and with ...
... gives nevertheless speedy relief in moft cafes , as I have found by my felf and many others . I have been furprized to fee perfons fallen away and languishing under a bad digeftion , after a few weeks recover a good ftomach , and with ...
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