Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... cause of moft chronical diseases ; in this manner answer- ing to the antihyfterics , affa foetida , galbanum , myrrh , amber , and , in general , to all the refins and gums of trees or fhrubs useful in nervous cafes . There- 52. Warm ...
... cause of moft chronical diseases ; in this manner answer- ing to the antihyfterics , affa foetida , galbanum , myrrh , amber , and , in general , to all the refins and gums of trees or fhrubs useful in nervous cafes . There- 52. Warm ...
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... cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly useful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by envigorating the ...
... cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly useful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by envigorating the ...
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... causes , can be cured by one and the fame medi- cine must seem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a furprising variety of cafes very diftant and un- like ( a ) . This I have ...
... causes , can be cured by one and the fame medi- cine must seem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a furprising variety of cafes very diftant and un- like ( a ) . This I have ...
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... cause , or bad digeftion , would by inflam- ing the blood increase the proximate or immedi- ate caufe of the gout , to wit , the fermenting heat . The scope therefore must be , to find a medicine that shall corroborate , but not inflame ...
... cause , or bad digeftion , would by inflam- ing the blood increase the proximate or immedi- ate caufe of the gout , to wit , the fermenting heat . The scope therefore must be , to find a medicine that shall corroborate , but not inflame ...
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... cause of scurvy and cachexy . 97. In the cure of the fcurvy , the principal aim is to fubdue the acrimony of the blood and juices . But as this acrimony proceeds from different causes , or even oppofite , as acid and alkaline , what is ...
... cause of scurvy and cachexy . 97. In the cure of the fcurvy , the principal aim is to fubdue the acrimony of the blood and juices . But as this acrimony proceeds from different causes , or even oppofite , as acid and alkaline , what is ...
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