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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It imparts a kindly warmth and quick circulation to the juices without heating , and
is therefore useful , not only as a pectoral and balfamic , but also as a powerful
and safe deobftruent in cachectic and hysteric cases . As it is both healing and ...
It imparts a kindly warmth and quick circulation to the juices without heating , and
is therefore useful , not only as a pectoral and balfamic , but also as a powerful
and safe deobftruent in cachectic and hysteric cases . As it is both healing and ...
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And indeed though the balsam of Peru , obrained by boiling wood and fçumming
the decoction , be a very valuable medicine and of great account in divers cases ,
particuJarly asthmas , nephritic pains , nervous colics and obstructions , yet I ...
And indeed though the balsam of Peru , obrained by boiling wood and fçumming
the decoction , be a very valuable medicine and of great account in divers cases ,
particuJarly asthmas , nephritic pains , nervous colics and obstructions , yet I ...
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Whereas tar - water is so far from hurring in those cases , or being discontinued
on that account , that it greatly contributes to their cure ( a ) . 66. Cordials ,
vulgarly so called , act immediately on the stomach , and by consent of nerves on
the ...
Whereas tar - water is so far from hurring in those cases , or being discontinued
on that account , that it greatly contributes to their cure ( a ) . 66. Cordials ,
vulgarly so called , act immediately on the stomach , and by consent of nerves on
the ...
Page 33
But then those who magnify it most , except against the use of it in such cases
where the obstruction is attended with a putrefactive alkali , or where an
inflammatory difposition appears . It is acknowledged to be very dangerous in a
pthisis ...
But then those who magnify it most , except against the use of it in such cases
where the obstruction is attended with a putrefactive alkali , or where an
inflammatory difposition appears . It is acknowledged to be very dangerous in a
pthisis ...
Page 56
In very dangerous and acute cases much may be taken and often ; as far as the
stomach can bear . But in chronical cases , about half a pini , night and morning ,
may suffice ; or in case so large a dose should prove disagreeable , half the ...
In very dangerous and acute cases much may be taken and often ; as far as the
stomach can bear . But in chronical cases , about half a pini , night and morning ,
may suffice ; or in case so large a dose should prove disagreeable , half the ...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 mai 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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