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, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 164 pages |
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It seemed probable , that a medicine of such efficacy in a distemper attended with
so many purulent ulcers , might be also useful in other foulneffes of the blood ;
accordingly I tried it on several persons infected with cutaneous eruptions and ...
It seemed probable , that a medicine of such efficacy in a distemper attended with
so many purulent ulcers , might be also useful in other foulneffes of the blood ;
accordingly I tried it on several persons infected with cutaneous eruptions and ...
Page 8
That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits
round , and sixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods
of earth to prevent the fame from bursting forth ( in which case the tar was loft ) ...
That such heaps or piles of wood were sometimes a hundred and eighty cubits
round , and sixty or even a hundred high : and that having covered them with fods
of earth to prevent the fame from bursting forth ( in which case the tar was loft ) ...
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... tree , whence it is only freed and let loose ( not made ) by burning . If we may
believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of such
efficacy to preserve from putrefaction , that in Egypt they embalmed dead bodies
with it .
... tree , whence it is only freed and let loose ( not made ) by burning . If we may
believe Pliny , the first running or tar was called cedrium , and was of such
efficacy to preserve from putrefaction , that in Egypt they embalmed dead bodies
with it .
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Tar . water is extremely pectoral and restorative , and , if I may judge from what
experience I have had , ic pofleffech the most valuable qualities ascribed to the
several balsams of Peru , of Tolu , of Capivi , and even to the balm of Gilead ;
such ...
Tar . water is extremely pectoral and restorative , and , if I may judge from what
experience I have had , ic pofleffech the most valuable qualities ascribed to the
several balsams of Peru , of Tolu , of Capivi , and even to the balm of Gilead ;
such ...
Page 15
Agreeably to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth
homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find
chemistry is fitted for the analyfis of bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much
more perfect ...
Agreeably to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth
homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous , we find
chemistry is fitted for the analyfis of bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much
more perfect ...
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| Title | Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | Margaret Rhames, William Bowyer, William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 164 pages |
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