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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But the method of rendering it an inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the
itomach , by extracting it ' s virtues in cold water ... In effect this vulgar tar , which
cheapness and plenty may have rendered contempiible , appears to be an
excellent ...
But the method of rendering it an inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the
itomach , by extracting it ' s virtues in cold water ... In effect this vulgar tar , which
cheapness and plenty may have rendered contempiible , appears to be an
excellent ...
Page 21
Boerhaave holds the native presiding spirit to be neither oil , falt , earth , or water ;
but somewhat too fine and subtile to be caught alone and rendered visible to the
eye . This when suffered to fly off , for inftance , from the oil of rosemary , leaves ...
Boerhaave holds the native presiding spirit to be neither oil , falt , earth , or water ;
but somewhat too fine and subtile to be caught alone and rendered visible to the
eye . This when suffered to fly off , for inftance , from the oil of rosemary , leaves ...
Page 45
... many scorbutic patients have grown worse by an injudicious course of
evacuations : how many are even rendered incurable by the treatment of
inconsiderate physicians : and how difficult , tedious and uncertain the cure is in
the hands even ...
... many scorbutic patients have grown worse by an injudicious course of
evacuations : how many are even rendered incurable by the treatment of
inconsiderate physicians : and how difficult , tedious and uncertain the cure is in
the hands even ...
Page 48
... or inherited from their ancestors , afflict the people of condition in these islands
, often rendering them , upon the whole ... living for bad appetite , low spirits ,
restless nights , wasting pains and anxieties , be rendered easy and comfortable .
... or inherited from their ancestors , afflict the people of condition in these islands
, often rendering them , upon the whole ... living for bad appetite , low spirits ,
restless nights , wasting pains and anxieties , be rendered easy and comfortable .
Page 57
My own sedentary course of life had long since thrown me into an ill habit ,
attended with maa ny ailments , particularly a nervous cholic , which rendered my
life a burthen , and the more fo , because my pains were exasperated by exercise
.
My own sedentary course of life had long since thrown me into an ill habit ,
attended with maa ny ailments , particularly a nervous cholic , which rendered my
life a burthen , and the more fo , because my pains were exasperated by exercise
.
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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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