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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... animal bodies are lined with a fine down , which in different glands is of ... spirit , wherein confift the specific quali- ties , the smell and taste of ... animal fpirit is to the macro- cofm ; the interior tegument , the fubtile inftru ...
... animal bodies are lined with a fine down , which in different glands is of ... spirit , wherein confift the specific quali- ties , the smell and taste of ... animal fpirit is to the macro- cofm ; the interior tegument , the fubtile inftru ...
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... animal fyftem , like the fine acid 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 ...
... animal fyftem , like the fine acid 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 ...
Page 70
... animal fpirit in man is the inftru- mental or phyfical caufe both of sense and mo- tion . To fuppofe fenfe in the ... spirit that moves , and a mind or providence that prefides . This providence , Plutarch faith , was thought to be in ...
... animal fpirit in man is the inftru- mental or phyfical caufe both of sense and mo- tion . To fuppofe fenfe in the ... spirit that moves , and a mind or providence that prefides . This providence , Plutarch faith , was thought to be in ...
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... animal spirit in man is fuppofed the cause of all motions , in the feveral parts of his body , whe- ther voluntary or natural . That is , it is the in- ftrument , by means whereof the mind exerts and manifefts herself in the motions of ...
... animal spirit in man is fuppofed the cause of all motions , in the feveral parts of his body , whe- ther voluntary or natural . That is , it is the in- ftrument , by means whereof the mind exerts and manifefts herself in the motions of ...
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abfolute acid æther ætherial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout 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 pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ