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 6
... diuretic , it is very good for the gravel . believe it to be of great ufe in a dropfy , having known it cure a very bad anafarca in a perfon whofe thirst , though very extraordinary , was in a fhort time removed by the drinking of tar ...
... diuretic , it is very good for the gravel . believe it to be of great ufe in a dropfy , having known it cure a very bad anafarca in a perfon whofe thirst , though very extraordinary , was in a fhort time removed by the drinking of tar ...
Page 7
... diuretic . But the most elaborate juice , falt , and spirit of thofe evergreens are to be found in tar s whose virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Foreft trees obferves with ...
... diuretic . But the most elaborate juice , falt , and spirit of thofe evergreens are to be found in tar s whose virtues extend not to animals alone , but also to vegetables . Mr. Evelyn in his treatife on Foreft trees obferves with ...
Page 12
... diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already obferved , more or lefs oil and balfam in all evergreen trees , which retains the acid fpirit , that principle of life and verdure ; the not retaining whereof in fufficient quantity ...
... diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already obferved , more or lefs oil and balfam in all evergreen trees , which retains the acid fpirit , that principle of life and verdure ; the not retaining whereof in fufficient quantity ...
Page 23
... diuretic , and poffeffed of many other virtues ( b ) . Spirits are fuppofed to confift of falts and phlegm , probably too fome- what of a fine oily nature , differing from oil in that it mixeth with water , and agreeing with oil , in ...
... diuretic , and poffeffed of many other virtues ( b ) . Spirits are fuppofed to confift of falts and phlegm , probably too fome- what of a fine oily nature , differing from oil in that it mixeth with water , and agreeing with oil , in ...
Page 26
... diuretic quality , it's being fo great a cordial , fhew the activity of this medicine . And at the fame time that it quickens the fluggish blood of the hysterical , it's balfamic oily nature abates the too rapid motion of the sharp thin ...
... diuretic quality , it's being fo great a cordial , fhew the activity of this medicine . And at the fame time that it quickens the fluggish blood of the hysterical , it's balfamic oily nature abates the too rapid motion of the sharp thin ...
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