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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... immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the ...
... immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the ...
Page 39
... immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent caufe , must be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and spirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante ...
... immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent caufe , must be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and spirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante ...
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... immediate danger , the frequent bad effects , the extreme trouble and nice care attend- ing fuch a course do very deservedly make people afraid of it . And though the fenfible fecretion therein be fo great , yet in a longer tract of ...
... immediate danger , the frequent bad effects , the extreme trouble and nice care attend- ing fuch a course do very deservedly make people afraid of it . And though the fenfible fecretion therein be fo great , yet in a longer tract of ...
Page 52
... immediate and cheerful ( a ) effect on the fpirits . 110. It must be owned , that light attracted , fe- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its fineft balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold ...
... immediate and cheerful ( a ) effect on the fpirits . 110. It must be owned , that light attracted , fe- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its fineft balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold ...
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... principle of all vege- tables , that whereon , their peculiar finell , tafte , and fpecific properties depend , feems to be fome ( # ) 7 . H extremely extremely fine and fubtile fpirit , whofe immediate vehicle is ( 57 )
... principle of all vege- tables , that whereon , their peculiar finell , tafte , and fpecific properties depend , feems to be fome ( # ) 7 . H extremely extremely fine and fubtile fpirit , whofe immediate vehicle is ( 57 )
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿thereal 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 ph¿nomena 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 Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe