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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... foap , inafmuch as it is found to contain an oil as well as an acid fpirit . Hence it is both unctuous and penetrating , a powerful anti- phlogiftic , and prefervative against corruption and infection . Now it feems evident that tar ...
... foap , inafmuch as it is found to contain an oil as well as an acid fpirit . Hence it is both unctuous and penetrating , a powerful anti- phlogiftic , and prefervative against corruption and infection . Now it feems evident that tar ...
Page 29
... foap , and as fuch hath the medicinal qualities of foaps : 60. It operates more gently as the acid falts lose their ... foap . There is fomething in the fiery corrofive nature of lixi- vial falts , which makes alcaline foap a dangerous ...
... foap , and as fuch hath the medicinal qualities of foaps : 60. It operates more gently as the acid falts lose their ... foap . There is fomething in the fiery corrofive nature of lixi- vial falts , which makes alcaline foap a dangerous ...
Page 33
... foap , opium , and mercury bid faireft for univerfal medicines . The first of these is highly fpoken of . But then those who magnify it most , except against the use of it in fuch cafes where the obftruction is attended with a ...
... foap , opium , and mercury bid faireft for univerfal medicines . The first of these is highly fpoken of . But then those who magnify it most , except against the use of it in fuch cafes where the obftruction is attended with a ...
Page 34
... that , and the cold in this . 73. They who know the great virtues of com- mon foap , whofe coarse lixivial falts are the pro ( a ) Sect . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 21 , & c . duct • duct of culinary fire , will not think it ( 34 )
... that , and the cold in this . 73. They who know the great virtues of com- mon foap , whofe coarse lixivial falts are the pro ( a ) Sect . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 21 , & c . duct • duct of culinary fire , will not think it ( 34 )
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... foap ( a ) , the falts and oil whereof are a moft elaborate product of nature and the folar light . 74. It is certain tar - water warms , and therefore fome may perhaps ftill think it cannot cool . The more effectually to remove this ...
... foap ( a ) , the falts and oil whereof are a moft elaborate product of nature and the folar light . 74. It is certain tar - water warms , and therefore fome may perhaps ftill think it cannot cool . The more effectually to remove this ...
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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