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, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... spirit of thofe evergreens are to be found in tar s whose virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Foreft trees obferves with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are ...
... spirit of thofe evergreens are to be found in tar s whose virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Foreft trees obferves with wonder , that ftems of trees , fmeared over with tar , are ...
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... spirit , wherein confift the specific quali- ties , the smell and taste of the plant . Boerhaave holds the native prefiding fpirit to be neither oil , falt , earth , or water ; but fomewhat too fine and fubtile to be caught alone and ...
... spirit , wherein confift the specific quali- ties , the smell and taste of the plant . Boerhaave holds the native prefiding fpirit to be neither oil , falt , earth , or water ; but fomewhat too fine and fubtile to be caught alone and ...
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... spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved thereby , ( a ) . Hence the prejudice which fome perhaps may entertain against Tar - water , as a medicine , the ufe whereof might ...
... spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved thereby , ( a ) . Hence the prejudice which fome perhaps may entertain against Tar - water , as a medicine , the ufe whereof might ...
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... spirit that first flies off from the fubject , is perhaps impoffible to obtain . It is an apopthegm of the chemifts , deri- ved from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the fecret of pro- longing his ...
... spirit that first flies off from the fubject , is perhaps impoffible to obtain . It is an apopthegm of the chemifts , deri- ved from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the fecret of pro- longing his ...
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... spirit of vegetables do , by gently stimulating the folids , attenuate the fluids contained in them , and promote fecretions , and that they are pene- trating and active , contrary to the general nature- of other acids . 51. It is a ...
... spirit of vegetables do , by gently stimulating the folids , attenuate the fluids contained in them , and promote fecretions , and that they are pene- trating and active , contrary to the general nature- of other acids . 51. It is a ...
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