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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... ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons . But the method of ren- dering it an inoffenfive medicine and agreeable to the ...
... ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons . But the method of ren- dering it an inoffenfive medicine and agreeable to the ...
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... ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced from the cones of cedars ... ancient Macedonians ; as appears from the account given in the Philofophical ( a ) Sect . 13 . B Tranf Tranfactions ...
... ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffel¿um to have been produced from the cones of cedars ... ancient Macedonians ; as appears from the account given in the Philofophical ( a ) Sect . 13 . B Tranf Tranfactions ...
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... ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all thofe trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarfe refin or dry pitch ...
... ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all thofe trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarfe refin or dry pitch ...
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... ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the skilful to diftinguish the trees by their leaves , and know their fexes and kinds : and that ...
... ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the skilful to diftinguish the trees by their leaves , and know their fexes and kinds : and that ...
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... ancients embalmed and preferved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemists before him , have given methods for making folutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts ...
... ancients embalmed and preferved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemists before him , have given methods for making folutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts ...
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