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 31
... fermented fpirits , which by their cauftic and coagulating qualities do incomparably more mischief than good . Such a cardiac medi- cine is tar - water . The tranfient fits of mirth , produced from fermented liquors , are attended with ...
... fermented fpirits , which by their cauftic and coagulating qualities do incomparably more mischief than good . Such a cardiac medi- cine is tar - water . The tranfient fits of mirth , produced from fermented liquors , are attended with ...
Page 39
... ferment- ing heat , the immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent caufe , must be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they ...
... ferment- ing heat , the immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent caufe , must be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they ...
Page 49
... fermented li- quors ( a ) and high fauces , or render'd putrid , fharp , and corrofive , by a stagnation of the ... ferment in the animal economy darkens and con- founds the intellect . It produceth vain terrours and vain conceits , and ...
... fermented li- quors ( a ) and high fauces , or render'd putrid , fharp , and corrofive , by a stagnation of the ... ferment in the animal economy darkens and con- founds the intellect . It produceth vain terrours and vain conceits , and ...
Page 50
... fermented , perhaps from diftilled , liquors , which render many lives wretched , that would otherwise have been only ridiculous . The tender ner- ves , and low fpirits of fuch poor creatures , would be much relieved by the use of Tar ...
... fermented , perhaps from diftilled , liquors , which render many lives wretched , that would otherwise have been only ridiculous . The tender ner- ves , and low fpirits of fuch poor creatures , would be much relieved by the use of Tar ...
Page 60
... fermented liquors . Why there- fore , may it not be fuppofed to ferment the earth , and to conftitute that fine penetrating principle , which introduces and affimilates the food of plants , and is fo fugitive as to escape all the ...
... fermented liquors . Why there- fore , may it not be fuppofed to ferment the earth , and to conftitute that fine penetrating principle , which introduces and affimilates the food of plants , and is fo fugitive as to escape all the ...
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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