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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... means readily and inoffenfively infinuates them into the habit of the body . 11. The refinous exfudations of pines and firs are an important branch of the materia medica , and not only useful in the prefcriptions of phyfi- cians , but ...
... means readily and inoffenfively infinuates them into the habit of the body . 11. The refinous exfudations of pines and firs are an important branch of the materia medica , and not only useful in the prefcriptions of phyfi- cians , but ...
Page 12
... mean falt of amber , are in a great degree answered by tar - water , as a detergent , diaphoretic , and diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already obferved , more or lefs oil and balfam in all evergreen trees , which retains the ...
... mean falt of amber , are in a great degree answered by tar - water , as a detergent , diaphoretic , and diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already obferved , more or lefs oil and balfam in all evergreen trees , which retains the ...
Page 16
... means of air ex- panded and contracted in the trachea or veffels made up of elaftic fibres , the fap is propelled through the arterial tubes of a plant , and the ve getable juices , as they are rarefied by heat or con- denfed by cold ...
... means of air ex- panded and contracted in the trachea or veffels made up of elaftic fibres , the fap is propelled through the arterial tubes of a plant , and the ve getable juices , as they are rarefied by heat or con- denfed by cold ...
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... means fo many vari- ous juices are secreted in different parts of the body . And perhaps there may be fomething analogous to this , in the fine abforbent veffels of plants , which may co - operate towards producing that endless va ...
... means fo many vari- ous juices are secreted in different parts of the body . And perhaps there may be fomething analogous to this , in the fine abforbent veffels of plants , which may co - operate towards producing that endless va ...
Page 24
... means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts . And it doth not feem that any folution of myrrh is impregnated with it's falt or acid fpi- rit . It may not , therefore , feem ftrange if this water fhould be found more ...
... means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts . And it doth not feem that any folution of myrrh is impregnated with it's falt or acid fpi- rit . It may not , therefore , feem ftrange if this water fhould be found more ...
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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