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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... cause of moft chronical difeafes ; 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 ufeful in nervous cafes . 52. Warm water is ...
... cause of moft chronical difeafes ; 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 ufeful in nervous cafes . 52. Warm water is ...
Page 39
... cause of the gout , to wit , the fermenting heat . The scope therefore muft be , to find a medicine that fhall corroborate , but not inflame . Bitter herbs are recommended ; but they are weak in com- parison of tar - water . 82. The ...
... cause of the gout , to wit , the fermenting heat . The scope therefore muft be , to find a medicine that fhall corroborate , but not inflame . Bitter herbs are recommended ; but they are weak in com- parison of tar - water . 82. The ...
Page 41
... cause of the malady . The caufes of distempers are often complicated , and there may be fomething in the idiofyncrafy of the patient that puzzles the phyfician . It may therefore be prefumed that no medicine is infallible , not even in ...
... cause of the malady . The caufes of distempers are often complicated , and there may be fomething in the idiofyncrafy of the patient that puzzles the phyfician . It may therefore be prefumed that no medicine is infallible , not even in ...
Page 57
... cause my pains were exafperated by exercife . But fince the use of tar water , I find , though not a per- fect recovery from my old and rooted illness , yet fuch a gradual return of health and eafe , that I esteem my having taken this ...
... cause my pains were exafperated by exercife . But fince the use of tar water , I find , though not a per- fect recovery from my old and rooted illness , yet fuch a gradual return of health and eafe , that I esteem my having taken this ...
Page 60
... organs , that is , increafing it's bulk . Therefore the vegetable matter of the earth is in effect earth changed into falt . And to render earth · • √30 , 31 , 35 . fertile , 3 fertile , is to cause many of it's particles ( 60 )
... organs , that is , increafing it's bulk . Therefore the vegetable matter of the earth is in effect earth changed into falt . And to render earth · • √30 , 31 , 35 . fertile , 3 fertile , is to cause many of it's particles ( 60 )
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