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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Page 8
... receive speedy and great relief from the use of it . 12. Balfams , as all unctuous and oily medicines , create a nauseating in the ftomach . They cannot therefore be taken in fubftance , fo much or so long , as to produce all thofe ...
... receive speedy and great relief from the use of it . 12. Balfams , as all unctuous and oily medicines , create a nauseating in the ftomach . They cannot therefore be taken in fubftance , fo much or so long , as to produce all thofe ...
Page 17
... received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the bark answering to veins , which bring back to the ...
... received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the bark answering to veins , which bring back to the ...
Page 22
... receive life from his light ; whence Homer in his hymns ftileth earth the wife of heaven , ἄλοχ ' οὐρανῶ ἀτερόεντος . 44. The luminous fpirit which is the form or life of a plant , from whence it's differences and properties flow , is ...
... receive life from his light ; whence Homer in his hymns ftileth earth the wife of heaven , ἄλοχ ' οὐρανῶ ἀτερόεντος . 44. The luminous fpirit which is the form or life of a plant , from whence it's differences and properties flow , is ...
Page 35
... receives from it a kindly warmth , but no inflaming heat . It was remarkable that two chil- dren in my neighbourhood , being in a course of tar - water , upon an intermiffion of it , never failed to have their iffues inflamed by an ...
... receives from it a kindly warmth , but no inflaming heat . It was remarkable that two chil- dren in my neighbourhood , being in a course of tar - water , upon an intermiffion of it , never failed to have their iffues inflamed by an ...
Page 44
... received opinion that the animal falts of a found body are of a neutral , bland and benign nature : that is , the falts in the juices paft the prim¿ vi¿ , are neither acid nor alcaline , hav- ing been fubdued by the conftitution , and ...
... received opinion that the animal falts of a found body are of a neutral , bland and benign nature : that is , the falts in the juices paft the prim¿ vi¿ , are neither acid nor alcaline , hav- ing been fubdued by the conftitution , and ...
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