Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... wherein it proved much more fuccefsful than falivations and wood - drinks had done . 5. Having tried it in a great variety of cafes , I .found it fucceed beyond my hopes ; in a tedious and painful ulceration of the bowels , in a confump ...
... wherein it proved much more fuccefsful than falivations and wood - drinks had done . 5. Having tried it in a great variety of cafes , I .found it fucceed beyond my hopes ; in a tedious and painful ulceration of the bowels , in a confump ...
Page 8
... wherein the billets were placed erect befide each other . That fuch heaps or piles of wood were fometimes a hundred and eighty cubits round , and fixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods of earth to prevent ...
... wherein the billets were placed erect befide each other . That fuch heaps or piles of wood were fometimes a hundred and eighty cubits round , and fixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods of earth to prevent ...
Page 21
... wherein confift the fpecific quali- ties , the smell and taste of the plant . Boerhaave holds the native prefiding fpirit to be neither oil , falt , earth , or water ; but fomewhat too fine and fubtile to be caught alone and rendered ...
... wherein confift the fpecific quali- ties , the smell and taste of the plant . Boerhaave holds the native prefiding fpirit to be neither oil , falt , earth , or water ; but fomewhat too fine and fubtile to be caught alone and rendered ...
Page 26
... a hundred thou- fand . 55. Another way wherein tar - water operates , is by urine , than which perhaps none is more fafe and effectual , for cleanfing the blood and carrying off off it's falts . But it feems to produce it's ( 26 )
... a hundred thou- fand . 55. Another way wherein tar - water operates , is by urine , than which perhaps none is more fafe and effectual , for cleanfing the blood and carrying off off it's falts . But it feems to produce it's ( 26 )
Page 43
... wherein we abound , doth greatly contribute to render us fcorbutic and hy- pochondriac . 90 . There are fome who derive all diseases from the fcurvy , which indeed must be allowed to create or mimic moft other maladies . Boerhaave tells ...
... wherein we abound , doth greatly contribute to render us fcorbutic and hy- pochondriac . 90 . There are fome who derive all diseases from the fcurvy , which indeed must be allowed to create or mimic moft other maladies . Boerhaave tells ...
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