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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... fhew themselves when the rays are feparated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even so the specific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently contain- ed in the folar light , and ...
... fhew themselves when the rays are feparated by the attracting and repelling powers of objects , even so the specific qualities of the elaborate juices of plants , feem to be virtually or eminently contain- ed in the folar light , and ...
Page 26
... fhew the activity of this medicine . And at the fame time that it quickens the fluggish blood of the hysterical , it's balfamic oily nature abates the too rapid motion of the sharp thin blood in thofe who are hectic . There is a lentour ...
... fhew the activity of this medicine . And at the fame time that it quickens the fluggish blood of the hysterical , it's balfamic oily nature abates the too rapid motion of the sharp thin blood in thofe who are hectic . There is a lentour ...
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... fhew that we need no other enemy to compleat our deftruction , than this cheap luxury at the lower end of the ftate , and that a nation lighted up at both ends muft foon be confumed . 109. It is much to be lamented that our Infu- lars ...
... fhew that we need no other enemy to compleat our deftruction , than this cheap luxury at the lower end of the ftate , and that a nation lighted up at both ends muft foon be confumed . 109. It is much to be lamented that our Infu- lars ...
Page 53
... fhew themselves till it had been taken two or three months . 111. We learn from Pliny , that in the firft fer- ment of new wine or muftum , the ancients were wont to fprinkle it with powdered rofin , which gave it a certain ...
... fhew themselves till it had been taken two or three months . 111. We learn from Pliny , that in the firft fer- ment of new wine or muftum , the ancients were wont to fprinkle it with powdered rofin , which gave it a certain ...
Page 65
... comes fertile , crops of new plants ever and anon fhew themselves ; all which demonftrates the air to be a common feminary and receptable of all vivi- fying principles . 142. Air may alfo be faid to be the feminary 142 . ( 65 )
... comes fertile , crops of new plants ever and anon fhew themselves ; all which demonftrates the air to be a common feminary and receptable of all vivi- fying principles . 142. Air may alfo be faid to be the feminary 142 . ( 65 )
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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