Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... Thefe confiderations have moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their ...
... Thefe confiderations have moved me to communi- cate to the public the falutary virtues of tar - wa- ter ; to which I thought myself indispensably obliged , by the duty every man owes to mankind . And , as effects are linked with their ...
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... thefe fucceffes I ventured to advise it in the fouleft diftempers , wherein it proved much more fuccessful than falivations and wood - drinks had done . 5. Having tried it in a great variety of cafes , I found it fucceed beyond my hopes ...
... thefe fucceffes I ventured to advise it in the fouleft diftempers , wherein it proved much more fuccessful than falivations and wood - drinks had done . 5. Having tried it in a great variety of cafes , I found it fucceed beyond my hopes ...
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... thefe 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 ...
... thefe 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 ...
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... thefe is highly spoken of . But then those who magnify it most , 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 ...
... thefe is highly spoken of . But then those who magnify it most , 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 ...
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... thefe cli- mates an univerfal malady , as people in general are fubject to it , and as it mixes more or lefs in almost all difeafes . Whether this proceeds from want of elafticity in our air , upon which the tone of the veffels depends ...
... thefe cli- mates an univerfal malady , as people in general are fubject to it , and as it mixes more or lefs in almost all difeafes . Whether this proceeds from want of elafticity in our air , upon which the tone of the veffels depends ...
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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