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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The usefulness of this medicine in inflammatory cases is evident , from what has been already observed ( a ) . And yet some perhaps may suspect that , as the tar itself is sulphureous , tar . water must be of a hot and infiaming nature ...
The usefulness of this medicine in inflammatory cases is evident , from what has been already observed ( a ) . And yet some perhaps may suspect that , as the tar itself is sulphureous , tar . water must be of a hot and infiaming nature ...
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... observed , are apt to offend the stomach . But tar - water may be taken without offending the stomach : For the ftrengthening whereof it is the best medicine I have ever tried . chased for a penny a pound , whereas the balfam.
... observed , are apt to offend the stomach . But tar - water may be taken without offending the stomach : For the ftrengthening whereof it is the best medicine I have ever tried . chased for a penny a pound , whereas the balfam.
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There is , as hath been already observed , more or less oil and balsam in all evergreen trees , which retains the acid fpirit , that principle of life and verdure ; the not retaining whereof in sufficient quantity , causeth other plants ...
There is , as hath been already observed , more or less oil and balsam in all evergreen trees , which retains the acid fpirit , that principle of life and verdure ; the not retaining whereof in sufficient quantity , causeth other plants ...
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To say no more on this obscure business which I leave to the critics , I shall observe that according to Theophrastus not only the turpentine trees , the pines , and the firs yield resin or tar , but also the cedars and palm trees ...
To say no more on this obscure business which I leave to the critics , I shall observe that according to Theophrastus not only the turpentine trees , the pines , and the firs yield resin or tar , but also the cedars and palm trees ...
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Agreeably to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous ... The sap vessels are observed to be fine rubes running up through the trunk from the root .
Agreeably to the old observation of the Peripatetics , that heat gathereth homogeneous things and disperseth such as are heterogeneous ... The sap vessels are observed to be fine rubes running up through the trunk from the root .
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