Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ...Gunne, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... object , fo in that of the former , the attractive and organical powers of the plant co - operate with the fun ( a ) . And ... objects , even so the specific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently ...
... object , fo in that of the former , the attractive and organical powers of the plant co - operate with the fun ( a ) . And ... objects , even so the specific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently ...
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... object , fhall leave the decifion to time and trial . 69. In the modern practice , foap , opium , and mercury bid faireft for univerfal medicines . The first of thefe is highly spoken of . But then those who magnify it most , except ...
... object , fhall leave the decifion to time and trial . 69. In the modern practice , foap , opium , and mercury bid faireft for univerfal medicines . The first of thefe is highly spoken of . But then those who magnify it most , except ...
Page 39
... object as they pleafe , but I appeal to time and experiment . Effects milimputed , cafes wrong told , circumftances overlooked , perhaps too , prejudices and partialities against truth , may for a time prevail and keep her at the bottom ...
... object as they pleafe , but I appeal to time and experiment . Effects milimputed , cafes wrong told , circumftances overlooked , perhaps too , prejudices and partialities against truth , may for a time prevail and keep her at the bottom ...
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... object of no fenfe . It is that occult , univer- fal nature , and inward invifible force , which actu ates and animates the whole world , and was wor- shipped by the ancients under the name of Saturn ; which Voffius judges , not ...
... object of no fenfe . It is that occult , univer- fal nature , and inward invifible force , which actu ates and animates the whole world , and was wor- shipped by the ancients under the name of Saturn ; which Voffius judges , not ...
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... object of fenfe . 185. Doctor Hyde , in his hiftory of the re- ligion of the ancient Perfians , would have it thought , that they borrowed the use and reverence of perpetual fires , from the Jewish practice pre- fcribed in the Levitical ...
... object of fenfe . 185. Doctor Hyde , in his hiftory of the re- ligion of the ancient Perfians , would have it thought , that they borrowed the use and reverence of perpetual fires , from the Jewish practice pre- fcribed in the Levitical ...
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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