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 - 174 pages |
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... as to produce various specific qualities of great efficacy in medicine : especially if it be considered that in the opinion of learned men , there is an influ : . ence on plants derived from the sun , besides it's mere heat .
... as to produce various specific qualities of great efficacy in medicine : especially if it be considered that in the opinion of learned men , there is an influ : . ence on plants derived from the sun , besides it's mere heat .
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It is an apophthegm of the chemists , derived from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the secret of prolonging his days : and Boerhaave owns that there seems to ...
It is an apophthegm of the chemists , derived from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the secret of prolonging his days : and Boerhaave owns that there seems to ...
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... some who derive all diseases from the scurvy , which indeed must be allowed to create or mimic most other maladies . Boerhaave tells us , it produceth pleuritic , colic , nephritic , hepatic pains , various fevers , hot , malignant ...
... some who derive all diseases from the scurvy , which indeed must be allowed to create or mimic most other maladies . Boerhaave tells us , it produceth pleuritic , colic , nephritic , hepatic pains , various fevers , hot , malignant ...
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For although Doctor Gibbs in his treatise of the King's Evil derives that disease from a coagulating acid , which is also agreeable to the opinion of some other physicians , and although tar - water contain an acid , yet as it is a soap ...
For although Doctor Gibbs in his treatise of the King's Evil derives that disease from a coagulating acid , which is also agreeable to the opinion of some other physicians , and although tar - water contain an acid , yet as it is a soap ...
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And it should seem that this is the great principle of vegetation , derived into the earth from all sorts of manures , as well as from the air . The acid is allowed to be the cause of fermentation in all fermented liquors .
And it should seem that this is the great principle of vegetation , derived into the earth from all sorts of manures , as well as from the air . The acid is allowed to be the cause of fermentation in all fermented liquors .
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