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 |
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Then pour off the clear water , and keep it close covered , or rather bottled , and
well stopped , for Use . This may do for a general rule ; but as stomachs and
constitutions are so various , for particular persons , their own experience is the
best ...
Then pour off the clear water , and keep it close covered , or rather bottled , and
well stopped , for Use . This may do for a general rule ; but as stomachs and
constitutions are so various , for particular persons , their own experience is the
best ...
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And that the medicinal properties of those drugs are found in tar - water , without
heating the blood , or disordering the stomach , is confirmed by experience ; and
particularly that pthilical and asthmatic perfons receive speedy and great relief ...
And that the medicinal properties of those drugs are found in tar - water , without
heating the blood , or disordering the stomach , is confirmed by experience ; and
particularly that pthilical and asthmatic perfons receive speedy and great relief ...
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... more natural and benign , the mildness of this medicine being such that I have
known children take it , for above six months together , with great benefit , and
without any inconvenience ; and after long and repeated experience I do esteem
it ...
... more natural and benign , the mildness of this medicine being such that I have
known children take it , for above six months together , with great benefit , and
without any inconvenience ; and after long and repeated experience I do esteem
it ...
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It is of admirable use in fevers , being at the same time the surelt , fafest and most
effectual both paregoric and cordial ; for the truth of which , I appeal to any person
' s experience , who shall take a large draught of it milk warm in the paroxysm ...
It is of admirable use in fevers , being at the same time the surelt , fafest and most
effectual both paregoric and cordial ; for the truth of which , I appeal to any person
' s experience , who shall take a large draught of it milk warm in the paroxysm ...
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For hysterical and hypochondriacal disorders so frequent ainong us , it is
commonly supposed that all acids are bad . But I will venture to except the acid
soap of tar - water , having found , by my own experience and that of many others
, that it ...
For hysterical and hypochondriacal disorders so frequent ainong us , it is
commonly supposed that all acids are bad . But I will venture to except the acid
soap of tar - water , having found , by my own experience and that of many others
, that it ...
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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 |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Reprinted for W. Innys, 1744 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 okt. 2008 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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