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 7
... ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and afthmatic perfons . But the method of ren- dering it an inoffenfive medicine and agreeable to the ...
... ancients esteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and afthmatic perfons . But the method of ren- dering it an inoffenfive medicine and agreeable to the ...
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... ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of ... ancient Macedonians ; as appears from the account given in the Philofophical ( a ) Sect . 13 . B Tranf Tranfactions . And ...
... ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of ... ancient Macedonians ; as appears from the account given in the Philofophical ( a ) Sect . 13 . B Tranf Tranfactions . And ...
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... ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all those trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarse refin or dry pitch ...
... ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all those trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarse refin or dry pitch ...
Page 24
... ancients embalmed and preferved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemifts before him , have given methods for making folutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts ...
... ancients embalmed and preferved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemifts before him , have given methods for making folutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts ...
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... ancients were wont to fprinkle it with powdered rofin , which gave it a certain fprightliness , quædam faporis acu- mina . This was efteemed a great improver of its odour and taste , and was , I doubt not , of its fa- lubrity alfo . The ...
... ancients were wont to fprinkle it with powdered rofin , which gave it a certain fprightliness , quædam faporis acu- mina . This was efteemed a great improver of its odour and taste , and was , I doubt not , of its fa- lubrity alfo . The ...
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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