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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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 che 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 che natural , 46. The
less violence is used to nature the better it's produce . The juice of olives or
grapes ...
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Belides there is a regimen of diet to be observed , especially with chalybeat
waters , which I never found necessary with this . Tar . water layeth under no
restraint either as to diet , hours , or employment . A man may study , or exercise ,
or ...
Belides there is a regimen of diet to be observed , especially with chalybeat
waters , which I never found necessary with this . Tar . water layeth under no
restraint either as to diet , hours , or employment . A man may study , or exercise ,
or ...
Page 35
It was remarkable that two children in my neighbourhood , being in a course of
ear - 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
ear - 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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declare that tår - water must enflame , and that they would never visit any patient
in a fever , who had been a drinker of it . But I will venture to affirm , that it is so far
from increasing a feverish infiammation , that it is on the contrary a most ready ...
declare that tår - water must enflame , and that they would never visit any patient
in a fever , who had been a drinker of it . But I will venture to affirm , that it is so far
from increasing a feverish infiammation , that it is on the contrary a most ready ...
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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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