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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... fubject to erysipelatous fevers , perceived the ufual fore - running fymptoms to come on , I advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as tar - water : it cures ...
... fubject to erysipelatous fevers , perceived the ufual fore - running fymptoms to come on , I advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as tar - water : it cures ...
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... fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a balfam , it's falutary acid is extracted by water , which yet is incapable of ... fubject , the more do they poffefs of it's fpecific qualities . Now the most easy separation is by infufion of tar ...
... fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a balfam , it's falutary acid is extracted by water , which yet is incapable of ... fubject , the more do they poffefs of it's fpecific qualities . Now the most easy separation is by infufion of tar ...
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... fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved there- by ( a ) . Hence the prejudice which fome perhaps may entertain against Tar ...
... fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved there- by ( a ) . Hence the prejudice which fome perhaps may entertain against Tar ...
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... fubject , is perhaps impoffible to obtain . It is an apophthegm of the chemists , deriv- ed from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the fecret of pro- longing his days and Boerhaave owns that there ...
... fubject , is perhaps impoffible to obtain . It is an apophthegm of the chemists , deriv- ed from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the fecret of pro- longing his days and Boerhaave owns that there ...
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... fubject the moft light and fubtile parts , and , if one may fo ipeak , the very flower of it's fpecific qualities . And here it is to be noted , that the volatile falt and spirit of vegetables do , by gently ftimulating the folids ...
... fubject the moft light and fubtile parts , and , if one may fo ipeak , the very flower of it's fpecific qualities . And here it is to be noted , that the volatile falt and spirit of vegetables do , by gently ftimulating the folids ...
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