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 32
... caufe . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by envigorating the ...
... caufe . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by envigorating the ...
Page 35
... caufe fhall fometime produce oppofite effects : heat for inftance thins , and again heat coagulates the blood . It is not therefore strange that tar - water fhould warm one habit , and cool another , have one good effect on a cold ...
... caufe fhall fometime produce oppofite effects : heat for inftance thins , and again heat coagulates the blood . It is not therefore strange that tar - water fhould warm one habit , and cool another , have one good effect on a cold ...
Page 39
... caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent ' caufe , muft be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante- cedent caufe ...
... caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent ' caufe , muft be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante- cedent caufe ...
Page 45
... caufe of the fcurvy lies in the blood , the fibrous part of which is too thick and the ferum too thin and fharp and that hence arifeth the great difficulty in the cure , because in the correct- ing of one part , regard must be had to ...
... caufe of the fcurvy lies in the blood , the fibrous part of which is too thick and the ferum too thin and fharp and that hence arifeth the great difficulty in the cure , because in the correct- ing of one part , regard must be had to ...
Page 57
... caufe my pains were exafperated by exercife . But fince the ufe of tar - water , I find , though not a per- fect recovery from my old and rooted illness , yet fuch a gradual return of health and ease , that I esteem my having taken this ...
... caufe my pains were exafperated by exercife . But fince the ufe of tar - water , I find , though not a per- fect recovery from my old and rooted illness , yet fuch a gradual return of health and ease , that I esteem my having taken this ...
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