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 - 164 pages |
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1 and tast shewing it felt well impregnated , may be presumed to extract and
retain the most pure · volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balsam . 9
. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , ' the bites of ...
1 and tast shewing it felt well impregnated , may be presumed to extract and
retain the most pure · volatile and and active particles of that vegetable balsam . 9
. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , ' the bites of ...
Page 8
Pliny tells us , that wines in the üme of the old Romans were medicated with pitch
and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to
walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnace the air with balsamic particles ...
Pliny tells us , that wines in the üme of the old Romans were medicated with pitch
and resin ; and Jonstonus in his Dendrographia observes , that it is wholesome to
walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnace the air with balsamic particles ...
Page 19
... and saline particles , which being difsolved , volatilised , and diversy agitated ,
part thereof is spent and exhaled into the air ; and that part which remains is by
the ¿conomy of the plant , and action of the sun , strained , purified , concocted ...
... and saline particles , which being difsolved , volatilised , and diversy agitated ,
part thereof is spent and exhaled into the air ; and that part which remains is by
the ¿conomy of the plant , and action of the sun , strained , purified , concocted ...
Page 23
And , indeed , it should seem the lightest and most active particles required least
force to disengage them from the subject . 47 . The falts , therefore , and more
active spirits of the car are got by infusion in cold water : but the resinous part is
not ...
And , indeed , it should seem the lightest and most active particles required least
force to disengage them from the subject . 47 . The falts , therefore , and more
active spirits of the car are got by infusion in cold water : but the resinous part is
not ...
Page 26
The fine particles of tar are not only warm and active , they are also balsamic and
emol . lient , softening and enriching the sharp and vapid blood , and healing the
erosions occasioned thereby in the blood vessels and glands . 53 . Tar - water ...
The fine particles of tar are not only warm and active , they are also balsamic and
emol . lient , softening and enriching the sharp and vapid blood , and healing the
erosions occasioned thereby in the blood vessels and glands . 53 . Tar - water ...
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| Title | Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, George Berkeley |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Contributors | Margaret Rhames, William Bowyer, William Innys, Charles Hitch, Charles Davis |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 164 pages |
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