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 18
... chemical operations . Whence it should follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts , ( a 30 , 31. ( b ) 29 . and and fpirits of all the bodies we know : from ( 18 )
... chemical operations . Whence it should follow , that the air contains all forts of chemic productions , the vapours , fumes , oils , falts , ( a 30 , 31. ( b ) 29 . and and fpirits of all the bodies we know : from ( 18 )
Page 23
... should feem the lightest and most active particles required leaft force to difengage them from the fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not ...
... should feem the lightest and most active particles required leaft force to difengage them from the fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not ...
Page 29
... should seem an acid foap was much the fafer deobftruent . 61. Even the best turpentines , however famous for their vulnerary and detergent qualities , have yet been obferved by their warmth to difpofe to inflammatory tumours . But the ...
... should seem an acid foap was much the fafer deobftruent . 61. Even the best turpentines , however famous for their vulnerary and detergent qualities , have yet been obferved by their warmth to difpofe to inflammatory tumours . But the ...
Page 33
... should be cautious in the use of it , if we confider , that the very thing which gives it power of do- ing good above other deobftruents , doth alfo dif- pofe it to do mifchief . I mean it's great momentum , the weight of it being about ...
... should be cautious in the use of it , if we confider , that the very thing which gives it power of do- ing good above other deobftruents , doth alfo dif- pofe it to do mifchief . I mean it's great momentum , the weight of it being about ...
Page 35
... should cure oppofite disorders . All which juftifies to rea- fon , what I have often found true in fact . The falts , the fpirits , the heat of tar - water are of a temperature congenial to the conftitution of a man , which receives ...
... should cure oppofite disorders . All which juftifies to rea- fon , what I have often found true in fact . The falts , the fpirits , the heat of tar - water are of a temperature congenial to the conftitution of a man , which receives ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute diffolved diftempers diftinct diſorders diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem firft firſt folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill 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 light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent principle produce produceth pure reafon refide refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe