Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... gives lafting fpirts , and invigorates the blood . I am even induced , by the na- ture and analogy of things , and its wonderful fuccefs in all kinds of fevers , to think , that tar water may be very useful in the plague , both as a ...
... gives lafting fpirts , and invigorates the blood . I am even induced , by the na- ture and analogy of things , and its wonderful fuccefs in all kinds of fevers , to think , that tar water may be very useful in the plague , both as a ...
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... gives a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in an afthma . It imparts a kindly warmth and quick circulation to the juices without heating , and is therefore useful , not only as a pectoral and balfa- mic , but also as a powerful ...
... gives a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in an afthma . It imparts a kindly warmth and quick circulation to the juices without heating , and is therefore useful , not only as a pectoral and balfa- mic , but also as a powerful ...
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... gives the preference to that refin which is got from the filver fir and pitch tree ( ἐλάτη and πίτυς ) before that yielded by the pine , which yet , he faith , is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the contrary , affirms that the pine ...
... gives the preference to that refin which is got from the filver fir and pitch tree ( ἐλάτη and πίτυς ) before that yielded by the pine , which yet , he faith , is in greater plenty . Pliny , on the contrary , affirms that the pine ...
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... gives it power of do- ing good above other deobftruents , doth alfo dif- pofe it to do mifchief . I mean it's great momentum , the weight of it being about ten times that of blood , and the momentum being the joint pro- duct of the ...
... gives it power of do- ing good above other deobftruents , doth alfo dif- pofe it to do mifchief . I mean it's great momentum , the weight of it being about ten times that of blood , and the momentum being the joint pro- duct of the ...
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... gives the whole frame , and the fenfible fecretion it produceth , may be thought to be more adequate to fuch an effect . But the diforder occafioned by that vio- lent process , it is to be feared , may never be got over . The immediate ...
... gives the whole frame , and the fenfible fecretion it produceth , may be thought to be more adequate to fuch an effect . But the diforder occafioned by that vio- lent process , it is to be feared , may never be got over . The immediate ...
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