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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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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pass the lacteals and other finer vessels , nor yet , perhaps , readily impart those
virtues to a menstruum , that may with safety and speed convey them throughout
the human body . Upon all which accounts , I believe tar . water will be found to ...
pass the lacteals and other finer vessels , nor yet , perhaps , readily impart those
virtues to a menstruum , that may with safety and speed convey them throughout
the human body . Upon all which accounts , I believe tar . water will be found to ...
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tains the virtues of the best chalybeat and sulphurcous waters ; with this
difference , that those waters are apt to affect the head in taking , which tarwater
is not . Besides there is a regimen of diet to be observed , especially with
chalybeat waters ...
tains the virtues of the best chalybeat and sulphurcous waters ; with this
difference , that those waters are apt to affect the head in taking , which tarwater
is not . Besides there is a regimen of diet to be observed , especially with
chalybeat waters ...
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repeated attention , especially in these climates , where strongʻliquors so fatally
and so frequently produce those very distresses they are designed to remedy ;
and , if I am not misinformed , even among the ladies themselves , who are truly ...
repeated attention , especially in these climates , where strongʻliquors so fatally
and so frequently produce those very distresses they are designed to remedy ;
and , if I am not misinformed , even among the ladies themselves , who are truly ...
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The true inference is , that the self - thinking individual , or humane per . fon , is
not the real author of those natural motions . And in fact no man blames himself if
they are : wrong , or values himself if they are right . The same may be said of the
...
The true inference is , that the self - thinking individual , or humane per . fon , is
not the real author of those natural motions . And in fact no man blames himself if
they are : wrong , or values himself if they are right . The same may be said of the
...
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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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