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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... diftempers arifing from very different , and , it may be , from contrary caufes , can be cured by one and the fame medi- eine must seem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a ...
... diftempers arifing from very different , and , it may be , from contrary caufes , can be cured by one and the fame medi- eine must seem chimerical . But it may with truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a ...
Page 38
... diftempers , than he can even form a notion of . And I leave it to trial , whether tar - water be not that medicine , as I myself am perfuaded it is , by all the experiments I could make . But in all trials I would recommend difcreti ...
... diftempers , than he can even form a notion of . And I leave it to trial , whether tar - water be not that medicine , as I myself am perfuaded it is , by all the experiments I could make . But in all trials I would recommend difcreti ...
Page 39
... , and that the prospect of fo great a public benefit fhould ftir up men to fearch for it . It's wonderful fuccefs , in preventing and mitigating that diftemper It's ( 39 ) contract a great acrimony. Juices, therefore, from ...
... , and that the prospect of fo great a public benefit fhould ftir up men to fearch for it . It's wonderful fuccefs , in preventing and mitigating that diftemper It's ( 39 ) contract a great acrimony. Juices, therefore, from ...
Page 40
... diftemper , ( a ) would incline one to fufpect that tar - water is fuch a fpecific , especially fince I have found it of fovereign ufe as well during the fmall pox as before it . Some think an Erysipelas and the Plague differ only in ...
... diftemper , ( a ) would incline one to fufpect that tar - water is fuch a fpecific , especially fince I have found it of fovereign ufe as well during the fmall pox as before it . Some think an Erysipelas and the Plague differ only in ...
Page 41
... diftempers , and render mens lives reftlefs and wretched , even when they are afflicted with no apparent diftem- per . This is the latent fpring of much woe , fpleen , and tædium vitæ . Small imperceptible irritations of the minuteft ...
... diftempers , and render mens lives reftlefs and wretched , even when they are afflicted with no apparent diftem- per . This is the latent fpring of much woe , fpleen , and tædium vitæ . Small imperceptible irritations of the minuteft ...
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