9781527783423 - An Authentick Narrative of the Success of Tar-Water, in Curing a Great Number and Variety of Distempers, With Remarks, and Occasional Papers Relative ... Author of ... (2 resultados)

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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book discusses the manifold benefits and uses of drinking tar-water as a cure-all for a variety of diseases. The author, a bishop, provides a detailed overview of the medicinal benefits of tar-water, which was in vogue as a folk remedy in the mid-18th century. The author promotes tar-water as a safe, accessible, and effective cure for an array of ailments, including colds, coughs, shortness of breath, fevers, pleurisy, rheumatism, colics, gout, the King's Evil, scurvy, ulcers, and chronic asthma. The work also includes dozens of first-hand accounts from individuals who claim to have been cured or experienced significant relief from serious ailments after drinking tar-water. This book provides a fascinating insight into 18th-century medicine and folk remedies. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.