Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... Those who begin with it , little and weak , may , by habit , come to drink more and stronger . According to the season of the year , or the humour of the patient , it may be taken , cold or warm . As to the quantity , in chronical cafes ...
... Those who begin with it , little and weak , may , by habit , come to drink more and stronger . According to the season of the year , or the humour of the patient , it may be taken , cold or warm . As to the quantity , in chronical cafes ...
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... those , within my knowledge , who took the tar - water having either efcaped that distemper , or had it very favourably . In one family there was a re- markable inftance of seven children , who came all very well through the fmall - pox ...
... those , within my knowledge , who took the tar - water having either efcaped that distemper , or had it very favourably . In one family there was a re- markable inftance of seven children , who came all very well through the fmall - pox ...
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... those evergreens are to be found in tar ; whofe virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Forest trees obferves with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are preferved ...
... those evergreens are to be found in tar ; whofe virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Forest trees obferves with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are preferved ...
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... those salutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It muft therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their volatile parts ...
... those salutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It muft therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their volatile parts ...
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... those virtues . Tar - water is extremely pec- toral and restorative , and , if I may judge from what experience I have had , it poffeffeth the moft valuable qualities afcribed to the feveral balfams of Peru , of Tolu , of Capivi , and ...
... those virtues . Tar - water is extremely pec- toral and restorative , and , if I may judge from what experience I have had , it poffeffeth the moft valuable qualities afcribed to the feveral balfams of Peru , of Tolu , of Capivi , and ...
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