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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... fubject to eryfipelatous fevers , perceived the ufual fore - running fymptoms to come on , I advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as tar - water : it cures ...
... fubject to eryfipelatous fevers , perceived the ufual fore - running fymptoms to come on , I advised her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as tar - water : it cures ...
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... fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a balfam , it's falutary acid is extracted by water , which yet is incapable of ... fubject , the more do they poffefs of it's fpecific qualities . Now the moft eafy feparation is by infufion of tar ...
... fubjects . Tar , therefore , being a balfam , it's falutary acid is extracted by water , which yet is incapable of ... fubject , the more do they poffefs of it's fpecific qualities . Now the moft eafy feparation is by infufion of tar ...
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... fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved there- by ( a ) . Hence the prejudice which fome perhaps may entertain against Tar ...
... fubject . 47. The falts , therefore , and more active spirits of the tar are got by infufion in cold water : but the refinous part is not to be diffolved there- by ( a ) . Hence the prejudice which fome perhaps may entertain against Tar ...
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... fubject , is perhaps impoffible to obtain . It is an apophthegm of the chemifts , deriv- ed from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the fecret of pro- longing his days and Boerhaave owns that there ...
... fubject , is perhaps impoffible to obtain . It is an apophthegm of the chemifts , deriv- ed from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the fecret of pro- longing his days and Boerhaave owns that there ...
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... fubject the moft light and fubtile parts , and , if one may fo speak , the very flower of it's fpecific qualities . And here it is to be noted , that the volatile falt and spirit of vegetables do , by gently ftimulating the folids ...
... fubject the moft light and fubtile parts , and , if one may fo speak , the very flower of it's fpecific qualities . And here it is to be noted , that the volatile falt and spirit of vegetables do , by gently ftimulating the folids ...
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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