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 - 174 pages |
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But the method of rendering it an inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the Itomach , by extracting it's virtues in cold water ... In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemptible , appears to be an ...
But the method of rendering it an inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the Itomach , by extracting it's virtues in cold water ... In effect this vulgar tar , which cheapness and plenty may have rendered contemptible , appears to be an ...
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It shou'd seem therefore that the interpreter of Theophrastus might have been mistaken , in rendering worn by pinus , as well as Jonstonus , who likewise takes the pine for the worm of Theophrastus . Hardouin will have the pinus of ...
It shou'd seem therefore that the interpreter of Theophrastus might have been mistaken , in rendering worn by pinus , as well as Jonstonus , who likewise takes the pine for the worm of Theophrastus . Hardouin will have the pinus of ...
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... and deposited in certain cells placed chiefly in the bark , which is thought to answer the panniculus adiposus in animals , defending trees from the weather , and , when in sufficient quantity , rendering them evergreen .
... and deposited in certain cells placed chiefly in the bark , which is thought to answer the panniculus adiposus in animals , defending trees from the weather , and , when in sufficient quantity , rendering them evergreen .
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Boerhaave holds the native presiding spirit ' to be neither oil , falt , earth , or water ; but somewhat too fine and subtile to be caught alone and rendered visible to the eye . This when suffered to Ay off , for inftance , from the ...
Boerhaave holds the native presiding spirit ' to be neither oil , falt , earth , or water ; but somewhat too fine and subtile to be caught alone and rendered visible to the eye . This when suffered to Ay off , for inftance , from the ...
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And the faponaceous nature of the acid vegetable spirits , is what renders them fo diuretic , sudorific , penetrating , abfter five and resolving . Such , for instance , is the acid spirit of Guaiacum . And all these fame virtues seem ...
And the faponaceous nature of the acid vegetable spirits , is what renders them fo diuretic , sudorific , penetrating , abfter five and resolving . Such , for instance , is the acid spirit of Guaiacum . And all these fame virtues seem ...
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