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 17
... Hippo- . crates fuppofeth the manner of nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chie- fly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ...
... Hippo- . crates fuppofeth the manner of nature's acting , for the nourishment and health of animal bodies , chie- fly to confift . And , indeed , what share of a plant's nourishment is drawn through the leaves and bark , from that ...
Page 80
... Hippocrates in his treatise , De di¿ta , fpeaks of a strong but invifible fire ( g ) , that rules all things without noife . Herein , faith he , refides foul , understanding , prudence , growth , motion , diminution , change , fleep and ...
... Hippocrates in his treatise , De di¿ta , fpeaks of a strong but invifible fire ( g ) , that rules all things without noife . Herein , faith he , refides foul , understanding , prudence , growth , motion , diminution , change , fleep and ...
Page 94
... Hippocrates in his book concerning the Heart obferveth , that the foul of man is not nou- rifhed by meats and drinks from the lower belly , but by a pure and luminous fubftance darting its rays , and diftributing a non - natural ...
... Hippocrates in his book concerning the Heart obferveth , that the foul of man is not nou- rifhed by meats and drinks from the lower belly , but by a pure and luminous fubftance darting its rays , and diftributing a non - natural ...
Page 107
... Hippocrates , the Stoics ( a ) , and other ancients . Intellect , fuperadded to ¿therial fpirit , fire , or light , moves , and moves regularly , proceeding , in a method as the Stoics , or increaf- ing and diminishing by measure , as ...
... Hippocrates , the Stoics ( a ) , and other ancients . Intellect , fuperadded to ¿therial fpirit , fire , or light , moves , and moves regularly , proceeding , in a method as the Stoics , or increaf- ing and diminishing by measure , as ...
Page 115
... Hippocrates , that the manner wherein nature acts confifteth in attract- ing what is meet and good , and in repelling what is difagreeable or hurtful . He makes the whole of the animal economy to be adminiftred by the faculties or ...
... Hippocrates , that the manner wherein nature acts confifteth in attract- ing what is meet and good , and in repelling what is difagreeable or hurtful . He makes the whole of the animal economy to be adminiftred by the faculties or ...
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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