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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Page 12
... principle of life and verdure ; the not retaining whereof in fufficient quantity , caufeth other plants to droop and wither . Of thefe evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ...
... principle of life and verdure ; the not retaining whereof in fufficient quantity , caufeth other plants to droop and wither . Of thefe evergreen trees productive of refin , pitch , and tar , Pliny enumerates fix kinds in Europe ...
Page 21
... principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or folar emanation ( a ) , which in refpect of the ma- crocoẩm is what the animal fpirit is to the macro- cofm ; the interior tegument , the fubtile inftru- ment and vehicle of power ...
... principles of vegetable life , fubfift in the light or folar emanation ( a ) , which in refpect of the ma- crocoẩm is what the animal fpirit is to the macro- cofm ; the interior tegument , the fubtile inftru- ment and vehicle of power ...
Page 32
... principles that ftrenghten the digestion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by envigorating the blood to caft it upon the extremities , yet it is not of ...
... principles that ftrenghten the digestion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by envigorating the blood to caft it upon the extremities , yet it is not of ...
Page 42
... principle , and bear a part in every illness , fo for as good reafon the fcurvy fhould be con- fidered by our phyficians , as having fome fhare in moft diforders and conftitutions that fall in their way . It is certain our perfpiration ...
... principle , and bear a part in every illness , fo for as good reafon the fcurvy fhould be con- fidered by our phyficians , as having fome fhare in moft diforders and conftitutions that fall in their way . It is certain our perfpiration ...
Page 57
... . 121. The diftinguishing principle of all vege- tables , that whereon their peculiar fmell , tafte , and specific properties depend , feems to be fome ( n ) 7 . H extremely extremely fine and fubtile fpirit , whofe immed ate vehicle ( 57 )
... . 121. The diftinguishing principle of all vege- tables , that whereon their peculiar fmell , tafte , and specific properties depend , feems to be fome ( n ) 7 . H extremely extremely fine and fubtile fpirit , whofe immed ate vehicle ( 57 )
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