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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... truth a volatile falt . Water is a men- ftruum that diffolves all forts of falts , and draws them from their fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a balfam , it's falutary acid is extracted by water , which yet is incapable of diffolving ...
... truth a volatile falt . Water is a men- ftruum that diffolves all forts of falts , and draws them from their fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a balfam , it's falutary acid is extracted by water , which yet is incapable of diffolving ...
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... truth a wild foreft pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olymphus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out out of thefe iflands ; in which of late years it ...
... truth a wild foreft pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olymphus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out out of thefe iflands ; in which of late years it ...
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... truth in this , from it's refifting putre- faction , Now this quality is as remarkable in tar , with which the ancients embalmed and preserved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemifts before him , have given ...
... truth in this , from it's refifting putre- faction , Now this quality is as remarkable in tar , with which the ancients embalmed and preserved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemifts before him , have given ...
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... truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a furprising variety of cafes very diftant and un- like ( a . ) This I have experienced in my neigh- bours , my family , and myfelf . And as I live in a remote corner among ...
... truth be affirmed , that the virtue of tar - water extends to a furprising variety of cafes very diftant and un- like ( a . ) This I have experienced in my neigh- bours , my family , and myfelf . And as I live in a remote corner among ...
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... truth of which , I appeal to any perfon's ex- perience , who fhall take a large draught of it milk warm in the paroxyfm of a fever , even when plain water or herb teas fhall be found to have little or no effect . To me it feems that ...
... truth of which , I appeal to any perfon's ex- perience , who fhall take a large draught of it milk warm in the paroxyfm of a fever , even when plain water or herb teas fhall be found to have little or no effect . To me it feems that ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿therial 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 ph¿nomena 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 Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ