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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... immediate , and cooling it's remote caufe . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the ...
... immediate , and cooling it's remote caufe . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the ...
Page 39
... immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent ' caufe , muft be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante ...
... immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent ' caufe , muft be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante ...
Page 47
... immediate danger , the frequent bad effects , the extreme trouble and nice care attend- ing fuch a courfe do very deservedly make people afraid of it . And though the fenfible fecretion therein be fo great , yet in a longer tract of ...
... immediate danger , the frequent bad effects , the extreme trouble and nice care attend- ing fuch a courfe do very deservedly make people afraid of it . And though the fenfible fecretion therein be fo great , yet in a longer tract of ...
Page 52
... immediate and cheerful ( 4 ) effect on the fpirits . 110. It must be owned , that light attracted , fe- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its fineft balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold ...
... immediate and cheerful ( 4 ) effect on the fpirits . 110. It must be owned , that light attracted , fe- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its fineft balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold ...
Page 57
... tables , that whereon their peculiar fmell , tafte , and specific properties depend , feems to be fome ( n ) 7 . H extremely , extremely fine and fubtile fpirit , whofe immediate vehicle is ( 57 ) books, are much to be pitied. As they ...
... tables , that whereon their peculiar fmell , tafte , and specific properties depend , feems to be fome ( n ) 7 . H extremely , extremely fine and fubtile fpirit , whofe immediate vehicle is ( 57 ) books, are much to be pitied. As they ...
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