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 15
... lacteals , arteries , and veins . They feed , digeft , refpire , perfpire and generate their kind , and are provided with organs nicely fitted for all thofe ufes ... 30. The fap veffels are obferved to be fine tubes running up through ...
... lacteals , arteries , and veins . They feed , digeft , refpire , perfpire and generate their kind , and are provided with organs nicely fitted for all thofe ufes ... 30. The fap veffels are obferved to be fine tubes running up through ...
Page 18
... lacteals through the arteries , and thence return- ing , by inofculations , through the veins or bark veffels to the root or lacteals again , is in no fort conformable or analogous to the circulation of the blood . 35. It is fufficient ...
... lacteals through the arteries , and thence return- ing , by inofculations , through the veins or bark veffels to the root or lacteals again , is in no fort conformable or analogous to the circulation of the blood . 35. It is fufficient ...
Page 19
... lacteals , if I may fo fay , of animals or vegetables , consists of oily , aqueous , and faline particles , which being dif- folved , volatilised , and diverfly agitated , part thereof is fpent and exhaled into the air ; and that part ...
... lacteals , if I may fo fay , of animals or vegetables , consists of oily , aqueous , and faline particles , which being dif- folved , volatilised , and diverfly agitated , part thereof is fpent and exhaled into the air ; and that part ...
Page 24
... and long life , than any solution of myrrh whatsoever . 50. Certainly divers refins and gums may have virtues , and yet not be able for their grofinefs to pafs pafs the lacteals and other finer veffels , nor yet ( 24 )
... and long life , than any solution of myrrh whatsoever . 50. Certainly divers refins and gums may have virtues , and yet not be able for their grofinefs to pafs pafs the lacteals and other finer veffels , nor yet ( 24 )
Page 25
... lacteals and other finer veffels , nor yet , perhaps , readily impart thofe virtues to a men- ftruum , that may with fafety and speed convey them throughout the human body . Upon all which accounts , I believe tar - water will be found ...
... lacteals and other finer veffels , nor yet , perhaps , readily impart thofe virtues to a men- ftruum , that may with fafety and speed convey them throughout the human body . Upon all which accounts , I believe tar - water will be found ...
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