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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... of the materia medica , and not only useful in the prescriptions of physi- cians , but have been alfo thought otherwife con- ducive to health . Pliny tells us , that wines ducive ( 7 ) and taft fhewing it felf well impregnated, may ...
... of the materia medica , and not only useful in the prescriptions of physi- cians , but have been alfo thought otherwife con- ducive to health . Pliny tells us , that wines ducive ( 7 ) and taft fhewing it felf well impregnated, may ...
Page 8
... Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia obferves , that it is wholefome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic ...
... Pliny tells us , that wines in the time of the old Romans were medicated with pitch and refin ; and Jonftonus in his Dendrographia obferves , that it is wholefome to walk in groves of pine trees , which impregnate the air with balfamic ...
Page 9
... Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and fqueeze the moisture from them , which watery fubftance was called piffinum . Ray will have this to be the fame with the ...
... Pliny faith , it was cuftomary for the anci- ents , to hold fleeces of wool over the steam of boiling tar , and fqueeze the moisture from them , which watery fubftance was called piffinum . Ray will have this to be the fame with the ...
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... Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the virtues I have experienced in tar , with thofe I find afcribed to the ...
... Pliny ; who alfo informs us that the best balfam of Judæa flowed only from the bark , and that it was adulterated with refin and oil of turpentine . Now comparing the virtues I have experienced in tar , with thofe I find afcribed to the ...
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... Pliny's account , yeild fo much refin as the fir trees . Several species of both are accurately defcribed and delineated by the na- turalifts . But they all agree fo far as to feem related . Theophraftus gives the preference to that ...
... Pliny's account , yeild fo much refin as the fir trees . Several species of both are accurately defcribed and delineated by the na- turalifts . But they all agree fo far as to feem related . Theophraftus gives the preference to that ...
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