Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water EtcInnys, 1747 |
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... cure or relief of most if not all diseases , in ulcers , eruptions , and all foul cafes ; fcurvies of all kinds , diforders of the lungs , fto- mach , and bowels ; in nervous cafes , in all inflammatory diftempers ; in de- cays , and ...
... cure or relief of most if not all diseases , in ulcers , eruptions , and all foul cafes ; fcurvies of all kinds , diforders of the lungs , fto- mach , and bowels ; in nervous cafes , in all inflammatory diftempers ; in de- cays , and ...
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... cures indigeftion and gives a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in an afthma . It imparts a kindly warmth ... cure a very bad anafarca in a perfon whofe thirft , though very extraordinary , was in a fhort time removed by the ...
... cures indigeftion and gives a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in an afthma . It imparts a kindly warmth ... cure a very bad anafarca in a perfon whofe thirft , though very extraordinary , was in a fhort time removed by the ...
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... cure ( a ) . 66. Cordials , vulgarly fo called , act immedi- ately on the ftomach , and by consent of nerves on the head . But medicines of an operation too fine and light to produce a fenfible effect in the primæ viæ , may ...
... cure ( a ) . 66. Cordials , vulgarly fo called , act immedi- ately on the ftomach , and by consent of nerves on the head . But medicines of an operation too fine and light to produce a fenfible effect in the primæ viæ , may ...
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... cure , because heating medicines aggravate it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ...
... cure , because heating medicines aggravate it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ...
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... cured by one and the fame medi- cine , must seem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a furprizing variety of cafes very diftant and un- like ( a ) . This I have experienced in my ...
... cured by one and the fame medi- cine , must seem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a furprizing variety of cafes very diftant and un- like ( a ) . This I have experienced in my ...
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