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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... on , I advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as tar - water : it cures indigeftion and gives a good a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in ( 5 )
... on , I advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as tar - water : it cures indigeftion and gives a good a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in ( 5 )
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... cure a very bad anafarca in a perfon whofe thirst , though very extraordinary , was in a fhort time removed by the drinking of tar - water . 7. The usefulness of this medicine in inflamma- tory cafes is evident , from what has been ...
... cure a very bad anafarca in a perfon whofe thirst , though very extraordinary , was in a fhort time removed by the drinking of tar - water . 7. The usefulness of this medicine in inflamma- tory cafes is evident , from what has been ...
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... cure ( a ) . 66. Cordials , vulgarly fo called , act immedi- ately on the ftomach , and by confent of nerves on the head . But medicines of an operation too fine and light to produce a fenfible effect in the primæ viæ , may ...
... cure ( a ) . 66. Cordials , vulgarly fo called , act immedi- ately on the ftomach , and by confent of nerves on the head . But medicines of an operation too fine and light to produce a fenfible effect in the primæ viæ , may ...
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... cure , because heating medicines aggravate it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ...
... cure , because heating medicines aggravate it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ...
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... cured by one and the fame medi- cine must seem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a furprising variety of cafes very diftant and un- like ( a ) . This I have experienced in my ...
... cured by one and the fame medi- cine must seem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a furprising variety of cafes very diftant and un- like ( a ) . This I have experienced in my ...
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