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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... diaphoretic , and diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already obferved , more or lefs oil and balfam in all evergreen trees , which retains the acid fpirit , that principle of life and verdure ; the not retaining whereof in ...
... diaphoretic , and diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already obferved , more or lefs oil and balfam in all evergreen trees , which retains the acid fpirit , that principle of life and verdure ; the not retaining whereof in ...
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... diaphoretic and useful in gouts , dropfies and rheums , as well as in the foul disease . Nor fhould it seem strange , if the virtues obtained by boiling an old dry wood prove inferior to thofe extracted from a balfam . 64. There is a ...
... diaphoretic and useful in gouts , dropfies and rheums , as well as in the foul disease . Nor fhould it seem strange , if the virtues obtained by boiling an old dry wood prove inferior to thofe extracted from a balfam . 64. There is a ...
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... diaphoretic and diuretic quali- ties . 77. I found all this confirmed by my own expe- rience in the late fickly feafon of the year one thou- fand feven hundred and forty - one , having had twenty- twenty - five fevers in my own family ...
... diaphoretic and diuretic quali- ties . 77. I found all this confirmed by my own expe- rience in the late fickly feafon of the year one thou- fand feven hundred and forty - one , having had twenty- twenty - five fevers in my own family ...
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... diaphoretic , but feems to work it's principal effect by affifting the vis vitæ , as an alterative and cordial , enabling nature by an ac- ceffion of congenial fpirit , to affimilate that which could not be affimilated by her proper ...
... diaphoretic , but feems to work it's principal effect by affifting the vis vitæ , as an alterative and cordial , enabling nature by an ac- ceffion of congenial fpirit , to affimilate that which could not be affimilated by her proper ...
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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