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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... object , fo in that of the former , the attractive and organical powers of the plant co - operate with the fun ( a ) ... objects , even fo the fpecific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently contain ...
... object , fo in that of the former , the attractive and organical powers of the plant co - operate with the fun ( a ) ... objects , even fo the fpecific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently contain ...
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... object , fhall leave the decifion to time and trial . 69. In the modern practice , foap , opium , and mercury bid faireft for univerfal medicines . The first of these is highly spoken of . But then thofe who magnify it moft , except ...
... object , fhall leave the decifion to time and trial . 69. In the modern practice , foap , opium , and mercury bid faireft for univerfal medicines . The first of these is highly spoken of . But then thofe who magnify it moft , except ...
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... object as they please , but I appeal to time and experiment . Effects mifimputed , cafes wrong told , circumftances overlooked , perhaps too , prejudices and partialities against truth , may for a time prevail and keep her at the bottom ...
... object as they please , but I appeal to time and experiment . Effects mifimputed , cafes wrong told , circumftances overlooked , perhaps too , prejudices and partialities against truth , may for a time prevail and keep her at the bottom ...
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... object of no fenfe . It is that occult , univer- fal nature , and inward invifible force , which actu ates and animates the whole world , and was wor- fhipped by the ancients under the name of Saturn ; which Voffius judges , not ...
... object of no fenfe . It is that occult , univer- fal nature , and inward invifible force , which actu ates and animates the whole world , and was wor- fhipped by the ancients under the name of Saturn ; which Voffius judges , not ...
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... object of sense . 185. Doctor Hyde , in his hiftory of the re- ligion of the ancient Perfians , would have it thought , that they borrowed the use and reverence of perpetual fires , from the Jewish practice pre- fcribed in the Levitical ...
... object of sense . 185. Doctor Hyde , in his hiftory of the re- ligion of the ancient Perfians , would have it thought , that they borrowed the use and reverence of perpetual fires , from the Jewish practice pre- fcribed in the Levitical ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal alfo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects effence elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved pafs Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principle Proclus produce pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe