Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... cure oppofite diforders . All which juftifies to rea- fon , what I have often found true in fact . The falts , the fpirits , the heat of tar - water are of a temperature congenial to the conftitution of a man , which receives from it a ...
... cure oppofite diforders . All which juftifies to rea- fon , what I have often found true in fact . The falts , the fpirits , the heat of tar - water are of a temperature congenial to the conftitution of a man , which receives from it a ...
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... diuretic quali- ties . I found all this confirmed by my own expe- 77 . rience in the late fickly feafon of the year one thou- fand feven hundred and forty one , having had twenty- 3 twenty - five fevers in my own family cured by ( 36 )
... diuretic quali- ties . I found all this confirmed by my own expe- 77 . rience in the late fickly feafon of the year one thou- fand feven hundred and forty one , having had twenty- 3 twenty - five fevers in my own family cured by ( 36 )
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... cured by the fole drinking of tar - water milk warm , and in good quantity , perhaps a large glass every hour taken in bed . And it was remarkable , that fuch as were cured by this comfortable cordial , reco- vered health and spirits at ...
... cured by the fole drinking of tar - water milk warm , and in good quantity , perhaps a large glass every hour taken in bed . And it was remarkable , that fuch as were cured by this comfortable cordial , reco- vered health and spirits at ...
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... cured by tar - water . But that which I take to be the most speedy and effectual remedy in a bloody flux , is a ... cure of that and other chronical diftempers , than he can even form a notion of . And I leave it to trial , whether ...
... cured by tar - water . But that which I take to be the most speedy and effectual remedy in a bloody flux , is a ... cure of that and other chronical diftempers , than he can even form a notion of . And I leave it to trial , whether ...
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... cure of a gangrene , from an internal cause ; which was performed on a fervant of my own , by prefcribing the copious and constant ufe of tar - water for a few weeks . From my repre- senting tar - water as good for fo many things , fome ...
... cure of a gangrene , from an internal cause ; which was performed on a fervant of my own , by prefcribing the copious and constant ufe of tar - water for a few weeks . From my repre- senting tar - water as good for fo many things , fome ...
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