Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , scrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons . But the method of ren- dering it an inoffenfive medicine and agreeable to the ...
... ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , scrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons . But the method of ren- dering it an inoffenfive medicine and agreeable to the ...
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... ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What ... ancient Macedonians ; as ( a ) Sect . 13 . B appears t appears from the account given in the Philofophical ...
... ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What ... ancient Macedonians ; as ( a ) Sect . 13 . B appears t appears from the account given in the Philofophical ...
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... ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all those trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarse refin or dry pitch ...
... ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all those trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarse refin or dry pitch ...
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... 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 by their leaves , and know their fexes and kinds : and that ...
... 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 by their leaves , and know their fexes and kinds : and that ...
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... ancients embalmed and preferved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemifts before him , have given methods for making folutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts ...
... ancients embalmed and preferved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemifts before him , have given methods for making folutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit anſwer Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe beſt blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould firft firſt foap folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout greateſt groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refiding ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe