Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Dublin printed, London reprinted, for W. Innys & C. Hitch, & C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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This may do for a general rule ; but as stomachs and constitutions are so varia
ous , for particular persons , their own experience is the beft rule . The Atronger
the better ; provided the stomach can bear it . Less water or more stirring makes it
...
This may do for a general rule ; but as stomachs and constitutions are so varia
ous , for particular persons , their own experience is the beft rule . The Atronger
the better ; provided the stomach can bear it . Less water or more stirring makes it
...
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More cold water , or less ftirring , makes it weaker ; as less water , or more stirring
, makes it stronger . It should not be lighter than French , nor deeper coloured
than Spanish white wine . If a spirit be not very sensibly perceiv'don drinking ...
More cold water , or less ftirring , makes it weaker ; as less water , or more stirring
, makes it stronger . It should not be lighter than French , nor deeper coloured
than Spanish white wine . If a spirit be not very sensibly perceiv'don drinking ...
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Such therefore as the blood is , such will be the animal spirit , more or less ,
weaker or stronger . This sheweth the use . fulness of tar - water in all hyfteric and
hypochondriac cases ; which together with the maladies from indigestion
comprise ...
Such therefore as the blood is , such will be the animal spirit , more or less ,
weaker or stronger . This sheweth the use . fulness of tar - water in all hyfteric and
hypochondriac cases ; which together with the maladies from indigestion
comprise ...
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Doctor Musgrave thinks the Devonshire fcurvy a relique of the leprosy , and that it
is not owing to the qualities of the air . But as these insulars in general live in a
grofs saline air , and their vefa sels being less elaftic , are consequently less able
...
Doctor Musgrave thinks the Devonshire fcurvy a relique of the leprosy , and that it
is not owing to the qualities of the air . But as these insulars in general live in a
grofs saline air , and their vefa sels being less elaftic , are consequently less able
...
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Together they compose a medium , whose elasticity is less than that of pure
¿ther , fire , or fpirit , in proportion to the quantity of salts , vapours , and
heterogeneous particles contained therein . Hence it follows , that there is no
such thing as a ...
Together they compose a medium , whose elasticity is less than that of pure
¿ther , fire , or fpirit , in proportion to the quantity of salts , vapours , and
heterogeneous particles contained therein . Hence it follows , that there is no
such thing as a ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ... |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London reprinted, for W. Innys & C. Hitch, & C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Austria Rahvusraamatukogu |
| Digitized | 13 mai 2013 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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