Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... felf well impregnated , may be prefumed to extract and retain the most pure volatile and active particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures ...
... felf well impregnated , may be prefumed to extract and retain the most pure volatile and active particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures ...
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... felf a deobftruent . fore the infufion of tar drunk warm , is eafier infi- nuated into all the nice capillary veffels , and acts , not only by virtue of the balfam , but alfo by that D of of the vehicle . It's tafte , it's diuretic ...
... felf a deobftruent . fore the infufion of tar drunk warm , is eafier infi- nuated into all the nice capillary veffels , and acts , not only by virtue of the balfam , but alfo by that D of of the vehicle . It's tafte , it's diuretic ...
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... felf and many others , I have been furprized to fee perfons fallen away and languishing under a bad digeftion , after a few weeks recover a good ftomach , and with it flesh and ftrength , fo as to feem renewed , by the drinking of tar ...
... felf and many others , I have been furprized to fee perfons fallen away and languishing under a bad digeftion , after a few weeks recover a good ftomach , and with it flesh and ftrength , fo as to feem renewed , by the drinking of tar ...
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... felf fimilar and uniform , but never found alone . And although this principle be called the falt of the earth , yet it fhould feem it may more pro- perly be called the falt of the air , fince earth turned up and lying fallow receives ...
... felf fimilar and uniform , but never found alone . And although this principle be called the falt of the earth , yet it fhould feem it may more pro- perly be called the falt of the air , fince earth turned up and lying fallow receives ...
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... felf throughout the whole univerfe . If air be the immediate agent or inftru- ment in natural things , it is the pure invifible fire that is the firft natural mover or fpring , from whence the air derives it's power ( a ) . This migh ty ...
... felf throughout the whole univerfe . If air be the immediate agent or inftru- ment in natural things , it is the pure invifible fire that is the firft natural mover or fpring , from whence the air derives it's power ( a ) . This migh ty ...
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