Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water EtcInnys, 1747 |
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... cause of moft chronical difeafes ; in this manner answer- ing to the antihyfterics , affa foetida , galbanum , myrrh , amber , and , in general , to all the refins and gums of trees or fhrubs useful in nervous cafes . 52. Warm water is ...
... cause of moft chronical difeafes ; in this manner answer- ing to the antihyfterics , affa foetida , galbanum , myrrh , amber , and , in general , to all the refins and gums of trees or fhrubs useful in nervous cafes . 52. Warm water is ...
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... cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by invigorating the ...
... cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by invigorating the ...
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... cause my pains were exafperated by exercife . But fince the ufe of Tar - water , I find , though not a per- fect recovery from my old and rooted illness , yet fuch a gradual return of health and ease , that I efteem my having taken this ...
... cause my pains were exafperated by exercife . But fince the ufe of Tar - water , I find , though not a per- fect recovery from my old and rooted illness , yet fuch a gradual return of health and ease , that I efteem my having taken this ...
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... cause of fer- mentation in all fermented liquors . Why there- fore , may it not be fuppofed to ferment the earth , and to conftitute that fine penetrating principle , which introduces and affimilates the food of plants , and is fo ...
... cause of fer- mentation in all fermented liquors . Why there- fore , may it not be fuppofed to ferment the earth , and to conftitute that fine penetrating principle , which introduces and affimilates the food of plants , and is fo ...
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George Berkeley. fertile , is to cause many of its particles to affume a faline form . more 128. Hence it is obferved , there are falts in the root than in the bark , more falts in vegetables during the fpring , than in the autumn or ...
George Berkeley. fertile , is to cause many of its particles to affume a faline form . more 128. Hence it is obferved , there are falts in the root than in the bark , more falts in vegetables during the fpring , than in the autumn or ...
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