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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... muft ftand eight and forty hours that the tar may have time to fubfide , when the clear water is to be poured off and kept for ufe , no more being made from the fame tar , which may still serve for common purposes . 2 This cold infufion ...
... muft ftand eight and forty hours that the tar may have time to fubfide , when the clear water is to be poured off and kept for ufe , no more being made from the fame tar , which may still serve for common purposes . 2 This cold infufion ...
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... muft hurt the conftitution . All acids , therefore , may not be useful or innocent . But this feemeth an acid fo thoroughly concocted , fo gentle , bland , and temperate , and withal a fpirit fo fine and volatile , as readily to enter ...
... muft hurt the conftitution . All acids , therefore , may not be useful or innocent . But this feemeth an acid fo thoroughly concocted , fo gentle , bland , and temperate , and withal a fpirit fo fine and volatile , as readily to enter ...
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... muft greatly conduce to health , as a mild falutary deobftruent , quickening the circula- tion of the fluids without wounding the folids , thereby gently removing or preventing those ob- ftructions , which are the great and general ...
... muft greatly conduce to health , as a mild falutary deobftruent , quickening the circula- tion of the fluids without wounding the folids , thereby gently removing or preventing those ob- ftructions , which are the great and general ...
Page 40
... muft in all cafes be a friend to nature , and affift the vis vitæ in it's struggle against all kinds of contagion . And from what I have obferved , tar - water appears to me an useful preservative in all epidemical disorders , and ...
... muft in all cafes be a friend to nature , and affift the vis vitæ in it's struggle against all kinds of contagion . And from what I have obferved , tar - water appears to me an useful preservative in all epidemical disorders , and ...
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... muft require length of time , yet the good effect of this medicine on cachectic and scorbutic perfons , is foon perceived , by the change it produceth in their pale difcolour- ed looks , giving a florid healthy countenance in lefs time ...
... muft require length of time , yet the good effect of this medicine on cachectic and scorbutic perfons , is foon perceived , by the change it produceth in their pale difcolour- ed looks , giving a florid healthy countenance in lefs time ...
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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