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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... according to the cafe and age of the patient , provided it be always taken on an empty ftomach , and about two hours before or after a meal 4. It feemed probable , that a medicine of fuch efficacy in a distemper attended with fo many pu ...
... according to the cafe and age of the patient , provided it be always taken on an empty ftomach , and about two hours before or after a meal 4. It feemed probable , that a medicine of fuch efficacy in a distemper attended with fo many pu ...
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... According to Pliny , liquid pitch ( as he calls it ) or tar was obtained by fetting fire to bil- lets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo- phraftus is more particular ...
... According to Pliny , liquid pitch ( as he calls it ) or tar was obtained by fetting fire to bil- lets of old fat pines or firs . The first running was tar , the latter or thicker running was pitch . Theo- phraftus is more particular ...
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... According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by ftripping off the bark from pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine on the ...
... According to Theophraftus , refin was ob- tained by ftripping off the bark from pines , and by incifions made in the filver fir and the pitch pine . The inhabitants of mount Ida , he tells us , ftripped the trunk of the pine on the ...
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... according to Pliny , yields much refin , loves a cold and mountainous fituation , and is di- ftinguished , tonfili facilitate , by it's fitnefs to be fhorn , which agrees with the fpruce fir , whereof I have feen clofe fhorn hedges . 27 ...
... according to Pliny , yields much refin , loves a cold and mountainous fituation , and is di- ftinguished , tonfili facilitate , by it's fitnefs to be fhorn , which agrees with the fpruce fir , whereof I have feen clofe fhorn hedges . 27 ...
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... pervading the whole terraqucous globe ; which produceth divers kinds of bodies , as it is united to different fubjects . This according to ( b ) 1 , i 2 ( e ) 48 1 , Homberg Homberg is the pure falt , falt the principle , ( 59 )
... pervading the whole terraqucous globe ; which produceth divers kinds of bodies , as it is united to different fubjects . This according to ( b ) 1 , i 2 ( e ) 48 1 , Homberg Homberg is the pure falt , falt the principle , ( 59 )
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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