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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... Such medicines are fuppofed to be diapho retic , which being of an active and fubtile nature , pafs through the whole fyftem , and work their effect in the fineft capillaries and perfpiratory ducts , which they gently cleanfe and open ...
... Such medicines are fuppofed to be diapho retic , which being of an active and fubtile nature , pafs through the whole fyftem , and work their effect in the fineft capillaries and perfpiratory ducts , which they gently cleanfe and open ...
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... Such , for inftance , is the acid fpirit of Guaiacum . And all these fame virtues feem to be in tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa- gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar ...
... Such , for inftance , is the acid fpirit of Guaiacum . And all these fame virtues feem to be in tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa- gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar ...
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... Such a cardiac medi- cine is tar - water . The tranfient fits of mirth , produced from fermented liquors , are attended with proportionable depreffions of spirit in their intervals . But the calm chearfulness arifing from • ( a ) Sect ...
... Such a cardiac medi- cine is tar - water . The tranfient fits of mirth , produced from fermented liquors , are attended with proportionable depreffions of spirit in their intervals . But the calm chearfulness arifing from • ( a ) Sect ...
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... such as were cured by this comfortable cordial , reco- vered health and fpirits at once , while thofe who had been cured by evacuations often languished long , even after the fever had left them , before they could recover of their ...
... such as were cured by this comfortable cordial , reco- vered health and fpirits at once , while thofe who had been cured by evacuations often languished long , even after the fever had left them , before they could recover of their ...
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... Such therefore as the blood is , fuch will be the animal fpirit , more or lefs , weaker or ftronger . This fheweth the ufe- fulness of tar - water in all hyfteric and hypocon- driac cafes ; which together with the maladies from ...
... Such therefore as the blood is , fuch will be the animal fpirit , more or lefs , weaker or ftronger . This fheweth the ufe- fulness of tar - water in all hyfteric and hypocon- driac cafes ; which together with the maladies from ...
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