Farther thoughts on tar-water.

  • Berkeley, George, 1685-1753.
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Printed in the year MDCCLII. [1752]
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Credit: Farther thoughts on tar-water. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ufed and continues to be ufed with great Succefs, It hath reached all our Colonies both on the Con¬ tinent and the Hands, and many Barrels of Tar- Water have been fent from Amfterdam to Batavia % of all which I have had authentic Accounts. But its Ufe is no where more confpicuous than at Sea, in curing that Plague of fea-faring Perfons, the Scurvy, as was found in the late Attempt to difcover a north-weft Faflage ; ,and (as I doubt not) will be found as oft as it is tried. Every Ship in his Ma- jefty’s Navy fhould always have a Veiled of Tar- Water upon Deck, for the Ufe of the Sailors, both in the Scurvy and other Maladies. It is indeed a Medicine equally calculated for all Climates, for Sea and Land, for rich and poor, high and low Livers being, as hath been elfe- where mentioned, a Cordial which doth not heats a peculiar Privilege this, and of excellent Ufe. That it is a Cordial, is manifeft from its cheering and enlivening Quality, and that it is not heating, is as manifeft, from its fingular Ufe in all Cafes where the Blood is inflamed. As this Medicine imparts a genial friendly Warmth, fuited to the human Conftitution, thofe who pals through a Courfe of Tar-Water, would do well not to in- creale fuch friendly Warmth to an inflaming Heat, by a wrong Regimen of high-feafoned Food and ftrong Liquors, which are not wanted by the Drink¬ ers of Tar-Water. There is a certain Degree of Heat neceftary to the Well-being and Life of Man. More than this will be uneafy, and this Uneafinefs indicates a proper Choice of Diet. I have myfelf drank above a Gallon of Tar- Water in a few Hours, and been cooled and re¬ covered from a Fever by it. So many Inflances of the fame Nature I have known, as would make ic evident to any unprejudiced Perfon, that Tar- B 4 WW.