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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 164 pages |
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And when a person , who for some years had been subject to erysipelatous
fevers , perceived the usual fore - running symptoms to come on , I advised her to
drink tar - water which prevented the erysipelas . 6 . I never knew any thing so
good ...
And when a person , who for some years had been subject to erysipelatous
fevers , perceived the usual fore - running symptoms to come on , I advised her to
drink tar - water which prevented the erysipelas . 6 . I never knew any thing so
good ...
Page 22
It is remarked that distilled oils added to water for counterfeiting the vegetable
water can never equal it , artificial chemistry falling short of the natural . 46 . The
less violence is used to nature the better it ' s produce . The juice of olives or
grapes ...
It is remarked that distilled oils added to water for counterfeiting the vegetable
water can never equal it , artificial chemistry falling short of the natural . 46 . The
less violence is used to nature the better it ' s produce . The juice of olives or
grapes ...
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... but whose waters do not bear transporting . The stomachic , carcliac , and
diuretic qualities of this fountain somewhat resemble those of tarwater , which , if I
am not greatly mistaken , con . ( a ) Sect . 9 , 21 , 22 , 23 . tains which I never fer
no ...
... but whose waters do not bear transporting . The stomachic , carcliac , and
diuretic qualities of this fountain somewhat resemble those of tarwater , which , if I
am not greatly mistaken , con . ( a ) Sect . 9 , 21 , 22 , 23 . tains which I never fer
no ...
Page 31
which I never fer no restraint it may study , o tains the virtues of the best chalybeat
and sulphurcous waters ; with this difference , that those wacers are apt to affect
the head in taking , which tarwater is not . Besides there is a regimen of dier to ...
which I never fer no restraint it may study , o tains the virtues of the best chalybeat
and sulphurcous waters ; with this difference , that those wacers are apt to affect
the head in taking , which tarwater is not . Besides there is a regimen of dier to ...
Page 35
It was remarkable that two children in my neighbourhood , being in a course of tar
- water , upon an intermission of it , never failed to have their issues inflamed by
an humour much more hot and sharp than at other times . But it ' s great use in ...
It was remarkable that two children in my neighbourhood , being in a course of tar
- water , upon an intermission of it , never failed to have their issues inflamed by
an humour much more hot and sharp than at other times . But it ' s great use in ...
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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 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 |
| Contributors | Margaret Rhames, William Bowyer, William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 164 pages |
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