Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another. By the Right Rev. Dr. George Berkley, ...C. Hitch; and C. Davis, 1744 - 176 pages |
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... opinion , that the latter is not a medicine of more value or efficacy than the former . Pliny fuppofed amber to be a refin , and to diftill From fome fpecies of pine , which he gathered from it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being dug out ...
... opinion , that the latter is not a medicine of more value or efficacy than the former . Pliny fuppofed amber to be a refin , and to diftill From fome fpecies of pine , which he gathered from it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being dug out ...
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... opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the bark anfwering to veins , which bring back ...
... opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the bark anfwering to veins , which bring back ...
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... opinion of learned men , there is an influ- ence on plants derived from the fun , befides its mere heat . Certainly doctor Grew , that curious anatomist of plants , holds the folar influence to differ from that of a mere culinary fire ...
... opinion of learned men , there is an influ- ence on plants derived from the fun , befides its mere heat . Certainly doctor Grew , that curious anatomist of plants , holds the folar influence to differ from that of a mere culinary fire ...
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... opinion that all acids coa- gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar which he holds to be a foap , inafmuch as it is found to contain an oyl as well as an acid fpirit . Hence it is both unctuous and penetrating , a powerful anti ...
... opinion that all acids coa- gulate the blood . Boerhaave excepts vinegar which he holds to be a foap , inafmuch as it is found to contain an oyl as well as an acid fpirit . Hence it is both unctuous and penetrating , a powerful anti ...
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... opinion I had of . tar as a balfamic and rofin is only tar infpif- fated . 80. Nothing that I know corroborates the fto- mach fo much as tar - water ( a . ) Whence it fol- lows , that it must be of fingular ufe to perfons af- flicted ...
... opinion I had of . tar as a balfamic and rofin is only tar infpif- fated . 80. Nothing that I know corroborates the fto- mach fo much as tar - water ( a . ) Whence it fol- lows , that it must be of fingular ufe to perfons af- flicted ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿thereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute 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 fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft firſt foap folar folid fome fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem 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 ph¿nomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce produceth pure raiſe reafon refides refin ſeem ſpace ſtate tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe