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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... particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons . But the method of ren ...
... particles of that vegetable balfam . 9. Tar was by the ancients esteemed good against poifons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and asthmatic perfons . But the method of ren ...
Page 8
... particles . That all turpentines and refins are good for the lungs , against gravel alfo and obftructions , is no fecret . And that the medicinal properties of thofe drugs are found in tar - water , without heat- ing the blood , or ...
... particles . That all turpentines and refins are good for the lungs , against gravel alfo and obftructions , is no fecret . And that the medicinal properties of thofe drugs are found in tar - water , without heat- ing the blood , or ...
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... particles , which being dif- folved , volatilised , and diverfly agitated , part thereof is fpent and exhaled into the air ; and that part which remains is by the economy of the plant , and action of the fun , ftrained , purified ...
... particles , which being dif- folved , volatilised , and diverfly agitated , part thereof is fpent and exhaled into the air ; and that part which remains is by the economy of the plant , and action of the fun , ftrained , purified ...
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... particles required leaft force to difengage them from the fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved thereby , ( a ) . Hence ...
... particles required leaft force to difengage them from the fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved thereby , ( a ) . Hence ...
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... particles of tar are not only warm and active , they are alfo balfamic and emol- Fient , foftening and enriching the sharp and vapid blood , and healing the erofions occafioned thereby in the blood - veffels and glands . 53. Tar - water ...
... particles of tar are not only warm and active , they are alfo balfamic and emol- Fient , foftening and enriching the sharp and vapid blood , and healing the erofions occafioned thereby in the blood - veffels and glands . 53. Tar - water ...
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