Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water,: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, and C. Hitch, in Pater-noster-row; and C. Davis in Holbourn., 1744 - 174 pages |
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It may be said , indeed , of common water , that it attenuates , also of mercurial preparations that they attenuatæ . But it should be considered that mere water only distends the vessels and thereby weakens their tone ; and that ...
It may be said , indeed , of common water , that it attenuates , also of mercurial preparations that they attenuatæ . But it should be considered that mere water only distends the vessels and thereby weakens their tone ; and that ...
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As the body is said to cloath the soul , so the nerves may be said to constitute her inner garment . And as the soul animates the whole , what ( a ) 2 , 3. ( b ) 66 . nearly ; nearly touches the soul relates to all . Therefore ( 40 )
As the body is said to cloath the soul , so the nerves may be said to constitute her inner garment . And as the soul animates the whole , what ( a ) 2 , 3. ( b ) 66 . nearly ; nearly touches the soul relates to all . Therefore ( 40 )
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In a word , it may be said to contain the seeds and origine of almost all distempers . Insomuch that a medicine which cures all forts of scurvy , may be presumed good for most other maladies . 91. The scurvy doth not only in variety of ...
In a word , it may be said to contain the seeds and origine of almost all distempers . Insomuch that a medicine which cures all forts of scurvy , may be presumed good for most other maladies . 91. The scurvy doth not only in variety of ...
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To get rid of these , it is said , there are who betake themselves to distilled spirits . And it is not improbable , they are led gradually to the use of those poisons by a certain complaisant pharmacy , too much used in the modern ...
To get rid of these , it is said , there are who betake themselves to distilled spirits . And it is not improbable , they are led gradually to the use of those poisons by a certain complaisant pharmacy , too much used in the modern ...
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From which also , as hath been said , he derives all their kinds and differences ( g ) . Salt , water , oil , and earth seem to be originally the same in all vegetables . All the difference , according to the chemists , ariseth from a ...
From which also , as hath been said , he derives all their kinds and differences ( g ) . Salt , water , oil , and earth seem to be originally the same in all vegetables . All the difference , according to the chemists , ariseth from a ...
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