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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... those , within my knowledge , who took the tar water having either escaped that diftemper , or had it very favourably . In one family there was a re- markable inftance of feven children , who came all very well through the fmall - pox ...
... those , within my knowledge , who took the tar water having either escaped that diftemper , or had it very favourably . In one family there was a re- markable inftance of feven children , who came all very well through the fmall - pox ...
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... those evergreens are to be found in tar ; whofe virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatise on forest trees observes with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are preferved ...
... those evergreens are to be found in tar ; whofe virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatise on forest trees observes with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are preferved ...
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... those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It muft therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their volatile parts ...
... those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It muft therefore be a thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their volatile parts ...
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... those trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarfe refin or dry pitch is made from tar , by letting it blaze till the moisture is fpent . Liquid ...
... those trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarfe refin or dry pitch is made from tar , by letting it blaze till the moisture is fpent . Liquid ...
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... those I find ascribed to the precious balm of Judæa , of Gilead , or of Mecha ( as it is diverfly called ) I am of opinion , that the latter is not a medicine of more value or efficacy than the former . Pliny fuppofed amber to be a ...
... those I find ascribed to the precious balm of Judæa , of Gilead , or of Mecha ( as it is diverfly called ) I am of opinion , that the latter is not a medicine of more value or efficacy than the former . Pliny fuppofed amber to be a ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal 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 phænomena 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 Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe