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 9
... Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar infpiffated ; and both are the oyl of the tree grown thick ...
... Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar infpiffated ; and both are the oyl of the tree grown thick ...
Page 16
... Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper ufe of certain parts of vegetables . But whether the discoverers have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or no , thus much , is certain , that there are ...
... Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper ufe of certain parts of vegetables . But whether the discoverers have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or no , thus much , is certain , that there are ...
Page 27
... some veffels causeth the blood to move more fwiftly in other veffels , which are not obftructed . Hence manifold diforders . A liquor that dilutes and attenuates refolves the con- cretions which obftruct . Tar - Water is fuch a li- quor ...
... some veffels causeth the blood to move more fwiftly in other veffels , which are not obftructed . Hence manifold diforders . A liquor that dilutes and attenuates refolves the con- cretions which obftruct . Tar - Water is fuch a li- quor ...
Page 37
... some of those patients had been vomited but afterwards I found that without vomiting , bleeding , blistering , or any other evacuation or me dicine whatever , very bad fevers could be cured by the fole drinking of tar - water milk warm ...
... some of those patients had been vomited but afterwards I found that without vomiting , bleeding , blistering , or any other evacuation or me dicine whatever , very bad fevers could be cured by the fole drinking of tar - water milk warm ...
Page 40
... Some think an Erysipelas and the Plague differ only in degree . If fo , tar - water fhould be useful in the Plague , for I have known it cure an Eryfipelas . 84. Tar - water , as cleanfing , healing , and bal- famic , is good in all ...
... Some think an Erysipelas and the Plague differ only in degree . If fo , tar - water fhould be useful in the Plague , for I have known it cure an Eryfipelas . 84. Tar - water , as cleanfing , healing , and bal- famic , is good in all ...
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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