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 12
... these evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and fir family . And indeed , their number , their variety , and their likeness ...
... these evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ; Jonftonus reckons up thrice that number of the pine and fir family . And indeed , their number , their variety , and their likeness ...
Page 14
... these trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the skilful to diftinguish the trees ...
... these trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the skilful to diftinguish the trees ...
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... these fame virtues feem to be in tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa- gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar , which he holds to be a foap , inafmuch as it is found to ...
... these fame virtues feem to be in tar - water in a mild and falutary degree . 59. It is the general opinion that all acids coa- gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar , which he holds to be a foap , inafmuch as it is found to ...
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... these is highly spoken of . But then thofe who magnify it moft , except against the use of it in fuch cafes where the obstruction is attended with a putrefactive alkali , or where an inflammatory dif- pofition appears . It is ...
... these is highly spoken of . But then thofe who magnify it moft , except against the use of it in fuch cafes where the obstruction is attended with a putrefactive alkali , or where an inflammatory dif- pofition appears . It is ...
Page 42
... these cli- mates an univerfal malady , as people in general are fubject to it , and as it mixes more or lefs in almost all diseases , Whether this proceeds from want of elafticity in our air , upon which the tone of the veffels depends ...
... these cli- mates an univerfal malady , as people in general are fubject to it , and as it mixes more or lefs in almost all diseases , Whether this proceeds from want of elafticity in our air , upon which the tone of the veffels depends ...
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