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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... preferve or recover the health of the body , is well worth the attention of the mind . Thefe confiderations have moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought my felf indifpenfably ...
... preferve or recover the health of the body , is well worth the attention of the mind . Thefe confiderations have moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought my felf indifpenfably ...
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... preferve from putrefaction , that in Egypt they embalmed dead bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines ...
... preferve from putrefaction , that in Egypt they embalmed dead bodies with it . And to this he afcribes their mum- mies continuing uncorrupted for fo many ages . 16. Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines ...
Page 51
... preferve their faculties to extreme old age ; an advantage which may perhaps be approached , if not equalled , even in thefe regions , by tar- water , temperance , and early hours ; the laft is a fure addition to life , not only in ...
... preferve their faculties to extreme old age ; an advantage which may perhaps be approached , if not equalled , even in thefe regions , by tar- water , temperance , and early hours ; the laft is a fure addition to life , not only in ...
Page 53
... preferve them , with lefs trouble and expence to themselves , and lefs danger to others . He that would know more particulars of this matter may confult Pliny and Columella . I fhall only add , that I doubt not a fimilar improvement may ...
... preferve them , with lefs trouble and expence to themselves , and lefs danger to others . He that would know more particulars of this matter may confult Pliny and Columella . I fhall only add , that I doubt not a fimilar improvement may ...
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... preferve their native virtues : and fuch falts are readily im- bibed by water . 123. The moft volatile of the falts , and the moft attenuated part of the oil , may be fuppofed ( a ) 8 . • the ། the first and readieft to impregnate a ...
... preferve their native virtues : and fuch falts are readily im- bibed by water . 123. The moft volatile of the falts , and the moft attenuated part of the oil , may be fuppofed ( a ) 8 . • the ། the first and readieft to impregnate a ...
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