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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... gout lies in a faulty digeftion . And it is remarked by the ableft physicians , that the gout is fo difficult to cure , because heating medicines aggravate it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it ...
... gout lies in a faulty digeftion . And it is remarked by the ableft physicians , that the gout is fo difficult to cure , because heating medicines aggravate it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it ...
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... gout , and to get rid of it ; Doctor Sydenham , in his treatise of the gout , declares that whoever finds a medicine the moft efficacious for strengthening digeftion , will do more fervice in the cure of that and other chronical ...
... gout , and to get rid of it ; Doctor Sydenham , in his treatise of the gout , declares that whoever finds a medicine the moft efficacious for strengthening digeftion , will do more fervice in the cure of that and other chronical ...
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... gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent caufe , must be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and spirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante cedent cause , or bad ...
... gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent caufe , must be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and spirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante cedent cause , or bad ...
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... gout , ftone , catarrhs , dropfies and cold fcurvies , rheu- matifms , ulcers , and obftructions of the glands . Laftly , he fubjoins , that for the ufe of altering and amending the juices and fibres , it must be given frequently , and ...
... gout , ftone , catarrhs , dropfies and cold fcurvies , rheu- matifms , ulcers , and obftructions of the glands . Laftly , he fubjoins , that for the ufe of altering and amending the juices and fibres , it must be given frequently , and ...
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... gout , 68. 80 In fevers , 7577. 114 Cures a gangrene as well as ery- fipelas , 82 , 83 The fcurvy and all hypocondri- ting of goats and other inju- ries , Sect . ir 20 Its virtues heretofore known , but only in part , 9. 14. 111 Tar ...
... gout , 68. 80 In fevers , 7577. 114 Cures a gangrene as well as ery- fipelas , 82 , 83 The fcurvy and all hypocondri- ting of goats and other inju- ries , Sect . ir 20 Its virtues heretofore known , but only in part , 9. 14. 111 Tar ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute diffolved diftempers diftinct diſorders diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem firft firſt folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent principle produce produceth pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe