Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 25
... cause of moft chronical difeafes ; in this manner answer- ing to the antihyfterics , affa foetida , galbanum , myrth , amber , and , in general , to all the refins and gums of trees or fhrubs ufeful in nervous cafes . 52. Warm water is ...
... cause of moft chronical difeafes ; in this manner answer- ing to the antihyfterics , affa foetida , galbanum , myrth , amber , and , in general , to all the refins and gums of trees or fhrubs ufeful in nervous cafes . 52. Warm water is ...
Page 41
... cause of the malady . The caufes of diftempers are often complicated , and there may be fomething in the idiofyncrafy of the patient that puzzles the phyfician . It may therefore be prefumed that no medicine is infallible , not even in ...
... cause of the malady . The caufes of diftempers are often complicated , and there may be fomething in the idiofyncrafy of the patient that puzzles the phyfician . It may therefore be prefumed that no medicine is infallible , not even in ...
Page 46
... cause of fcurvy and cachexy . 97. In the cure of the fcurvy , the principal aim is to fubdue the acrimony of the ... caused by an acid acrimony . Hence fatal blunders are committed by unwary practitioners , who , not diftinguishing the ...
... cause of fcurvy and cachexy . 97. In the cure of the fcurvy , the principal aim is to fubdue the acrimony of the ... caused by an acid acrimony . Hence fatal blunders are committed by unwary practitioners , who , not diftinguishing the ...
Page 60
... and organs , that is , increafing it's bulk . Therefore the vegetable matter of the earth is in effect earth changed into falt . And to render earth ( d ) 30 , 31 , 35 .. fertile fertile , is to cause many of it's particles to ( 60 )
... and organs , that is , increafing it's bulk . Therefore the vegetable matter of the earth is in effect earth changed into falt . And to render earth ( d ) 30 , 31 , 35 .. fertile fertile , is to cause many of it's particles to ( 60 )
Page 61
... cause many of it's particles to affume a faline form . 128. Hence it is obferved , there are more falts in the root than in the bark , more falts in vegetables during the fpring , than in the autumn or winter , the crude faline juices ...
... cause many of it's particles to affume a faline form . 128. Hence it is obferved , there are more falts in the root than in the bark , more falts in vegetables during the fpring , than in the autumn or winter , the crude faline juices ...
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