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 25
... which are the great and general cause of most chronical diseases ; in this
manner answering to the antihyfterics , aisa foetida , galbanum , myrth , amber ,
and , in general , to all the resins and gums of trees or Mrubs useful in nervous
çales .
... which are the great and general cause of most chronical diseases ; in this
manner answering to the antihyfterics , aisa foetida , galbanum , myrth , amber ,
and , in general , to all the resins and gums of trees or Mrubs useful in nervous
çales .
Page 35
The more effectually to remove this prejudice , let it be farther considered , that ,
as on the one hand , opposite causes ... the fame cause shall sometime produce
opposite effects : heat for instance thins , and again heat coagulates the blood .
The more effectually to remove this prejudice , let it be farther considered , that ,
as on the one hand , opposite causes ... the fame cause shall sometime produce
opposite effects : heat for instance thins , and again heat coagulates the blood .
Page 39
Hence a fermenting heat , the immediate cause of the gout . The curing this by
cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent ' cause , must be a
vain attempt . On the other hand , spices and spirituous liquors , while they
contribute ...
Hence a fermenting heat , the immediate cause of the gout . The curing this by
cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent ' cause , must be a
vain attempt . On the other hand , spices and spirituous liquors , while they
contribute ...
Page 41
The causes of distempers are often complicated , and there may be something in
the idiosyncrasy of the patient that puzzles the physician . It may therefore be
presumed that no medicine is infallible , not even in any one disorder . But as tar
...
The causes of distempers are often complicated , and there may be something in
the idiosyncrasy of the patient that puzzles the physician . It may therefore be
presumed that no medicine is infallible , not even in any one disorder . But as tar
...
Page 45
... is soon perceived , by the change it produceth in their pale discolour . ed looks
, giving a Aorid healthy countenance in less time than perhaps any other
medicine . 95 . It is supposed by physicians , that the immediace cause of the
scurvy lies ...
... is soon perceived , by the change it produceth in their pale discolour . ed looks
, giving a Aorid healthy countenance in less time than perhaps any other
medicine . 95 . It is supposed by physicians , that the immediace cause of the
scurvy lies ...
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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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