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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And that the medicinal properties of those drugs are found in tar - water , without
heating the blood , or disordering the stomach , is confirmed by experience : and
particularly that puhisi cal and afthmatic perfons receive speedy and great relief ...
And that the medicinal properties of those drugs are found in tar - water , without
heating the blood , or disordering the stomach , is confirmed by experience : and
particularly that puhisi cal and afthmatic perfons receive speedy and great relief ...
Page 17
It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in
animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are
inofculated other vessels of the bark answering to veins , which bring back to the
...
It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in
animals : that it ascends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are
inofculated other vessels of the bark answering to veins , which bring back to the
...
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languishes at his recess ; this terrestrial globe seeming , only a inatrix disposed
and prepared to receive life froin his light ; whence Homer in his hymns ftileth
earth the wife of heaven , å nox ' ovqavs a ' segóevlos . 44. The luminous spirit ...
languishes at his recess ; this terrestrial globe seeming , only a inatrix disposed
and prepared to receive life froin his light ; whence Homer in his hymns ftileth
earth the wife of heaven , å nox ' ovqavs a ' segóevlos . 44. The luminous spirit ...
Page 35
... a temperature congenial to the constitution of a man , which receives from it a
kindly warmth , but no inflaming heat . It was remarkable that two children in my
neighbourhood , being in a course of ear - water , upon an intermission of it ,
never ...
... a temperature congenial to the constitution of a man , which receives from it a
kindly warmth , but no inflaming heat . It was remarkable that two children in my
neighbourhood , being in a course of ear - water , upon an intermission of it ,
never ...
Page 44
It is the received opinion that the animal salts of a sound body are of a neutral ,
bland and benign nature : that is , the salts in the juices past the prim¿ vi¿ , are
neither acid nor alcaline , hav . ing been subdued by the constitution , and ...
It is the received opinion that the animal salts of a sound body are of a neutral ,
bland and benign nature : that is , the salts in the juices past the prim¿ vi¿ , are
neither acid nor alcaline , hav . ing been subdued by the constitution , and ...
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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 Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection 8128. number of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 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 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 20 apr. 2009 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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