Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... blood . How oft , or how strong , each ftomach can bear , experience will fhew ; nor is there any danger in making the experiment . Those who labour under old habitual ill- neffes , must have great patience and perfeverance in the use ...
... blood . How oft , or how strong , each ftomach can bear , experience will fhew ; nor is there any danger in making the experiment . Those who labour under old habitual ill- neffes , must have great patience and perfeverance in the use ...
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... blood ; accordingly I tried it on feve- ral perfons infected with cutaneous eruptions and ulcers , who were foon relieved , and foon after cu- red . Encouraged by thefe fucceffes I ventured to advise it in the fouleft diftempers ...
... blood ; accordingly I tried it on feve- ral perfons infected with cutaneous eruptions and ulcers , who were foon relieved , and foon after cu- red . Encouraged by thefe fucceffes I ventured to advise it in the fouleft diftempers ...
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... blood , or difordering the ftomach , is con- firmed by experience ; and particularly that pthifi- cal and afthmatic perfons receive fpeedy and great relief from the use of it . 12. Balfams , as all unctuous and oily medicines , create a ...
... blood , or difordering the ftomach , is con- firmed by experience ; and particularly that pthifi- cal and afthmatic perfons receive fpeedy and great relief from the use of it . 12. Balfams , as all unctuous and oily medicines , create a ...
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... blood in animals :. that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the bark answering to veins , which bring back to the root the remainder of the fap , over and above what had been ...
... blood in animals :. that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the bark answering to veins , which bring back to the root the remainder of the fap , over and above what had been ...
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... blood . 35. It is fufficient to obferve , what all must ac- knowledge , that a plant or tree is a very nice and complicated machine ( a ) ; by the feveral parts and motions whereof , the crude juices admitted through the absorbent ...
... blood . 35. It is fufficient to obferve , what all must ac- knowledge , that a plant or tree is a very nice and complicated machine ( a ) ; by the feveral parts and motions whereof , the crude juices admitted through the absorbent ...
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