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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I believe it to be of great ufe in a dropsy , having known it cure a very bad
anafarca in a person whose thirst , though very extraordinary , was in a short time
removed by the drinking of tar - water . 7 . The usefulness of this medicine in
inflamma ...
I believe it to be of great ufe in a dropsy , having known it cure a very bad
anafarca in a person whose thirst , though very extraordinary , was in a short time
removed by the drinking of tar - water . 7 . The usefulness of this medicine in
inflamma ...
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... before they could recover of their inedicines and regain their strength . 78 . In
peripneumonies and pleurisies I have observed tar - water to be excellent ,
having known some pleuritic persons cured without bleeding , by a blister early
applied ...
... before they could recover of their inedicines and regain their strength . 78 . In
peripneumonies and pleurisies I have observed tar - water to be excellent ,
having known some pleuritic persons cured without bleeding , by a blister early
applied ...
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It is well known how extremely difficult it is to cure an inveterate scurvy : how
many scorbutic patients have grown worse by an injudicious course of
evacuations : how many are even rendered incurable by the treatment of
inconsiderate ...
It is well known how extremely difficult it is to cure an inveterate scurvy : how
many scorbutic patients have grown worse by an injudicious course of
evacuations : how many are even rendered incurable by the treatment of
inconsiderate ...
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even oppofite : of scurvy pro well known , body 96 . Tar - water moderately
inspissates with it ' s balsamic virtue , and renders mild the thin and sharp part of
the blood . The same , as a soapy medicine , diffolves the grumous concretions of
the ...
even oppofite : of scurvy pro well known , body 96 . Tar - water moderately
inspissates with it ' s balsamic virtue , and renders mild the thin and sharp part of
the blood . The same , as a soapy medicine , diffolves the grumous concretions of
the ...
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It is well known that Vulcan or Fire was worshipped with great diftinction by the
¯gyptians . The Zabii or Sabeans are also known to have been worshippers of
fire . It appears too from the Chald¿an oracles , that fire was regarded as divine
by ...
It is well known that Vulcan or Fire was worshipped with great diftinction by the
¯gyptians . The Zabii or Sabeans are also known to have been worshippers of
fire . It appears too from the Chald¿an oracles , that fire was regarded as divine
by ...
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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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