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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 174 pages |
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... I advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the erysipelas . 6. I never knew any thing so good for the ftomach as tar - water ; it cures indigestion and gives a good a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in ( 5 )
... I advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the erysipelas . 6. I never knew any thing so good for the ftomach as tar - water ; it cures indigestion and gives a good a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in ( 5 )
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I believe it to be of great use in a dropsy , having known it cure a very bad anasarca in a person whose thirst , though very extraordinary , was in a Thort time removed by the drinking of tar - water . 7.
I believe it to be of great use in a dropsy , having known it cure a very bad anasarca in a person whose thirst , though very extraordinary , was in a Thort time removed by the drinking of tar - water . 7.
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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 ...
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 ...
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And it is remarked by the ablest physicians , that the gout is so difficult to cure , because heating medicines aggravare it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ...
And it is remarked by the ablest physicians , that the gout is so difficult to cure , because heating medicines aggravare it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ...
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To suppose that all distempers arising from very different , and , it may be , from contrary causes , can be cured by one and fame medicine must feem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water ...
To suppose that all distempers arising from very different , and , it may be , from contrary causes , can be cured by one and fame medicine must feem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water ...
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