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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Page 8
... receive speedy and great relief from the use of it . 12. Balfams , as all unctuous and oily medicines , ' create a naufeating in the ftomach . They cannot therefore be taken in fubftance , fo much or fo long , as to produce all thofe ...
... receive speedy and great relief from the use of it . 12. Balfams , as all unctuous and oily medicines , ' create a naufeating in the ftomach . They cannot therefore be taken in fubftance , fo much or fo long , as to produce all thofe ...
Page 17
... received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the bark answering to veins , which bring back to the ...
... received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it afcends through capillary arteries in the trunk , into which are inofculated other veffels of the bark answering to veins , which bring back to the ...
Page 22
... receive life from his light ; whence Homer in his hymns ftileth earth the wife of heaven , ἄλοχ ̓ οὐρανῶ ἀτερόεντος . 44. The luminous fpirit which is the form or life of a plant , from whence it's differences and properties flow , is ...
... receive life from his light ; whence Homer in his hymns ftileth earth the wife of heaven , ἄλοχ ̓ οὐρανῶ ἀτερόεντος . 44. The luminous fpirit which is the form or life of a plant , from whence it's differences and properties flow , is ...
Page 35
... receives from it a kindly warmth , but no inflaming heat . It was remarkable that two chil- dren in my neighbourhood , being in a courfe of tar - water , upon an intermiffion of it , never failed to have their iffues inflamed by an ...
... receives from it a kindly warmth , but no inflaming heat . It was remarkable that two chil- dren in my neighbourhood , being in a courfe of tar - water , upon an intermiffion of it , never failed to have their iffues inflamed by an ...
Page 44
... received opinion that the animal falts of a found body are of a neutral , bland and benign nature : that is , the falts in the juices paft the primæ viæ , are neither acid nor alcaline , hav- ing been fubdued by the conftitution , and ...
... received opinion that the animal falts of a found body are of a neutral , bland and benign nature : that is , the falts in the juices paft the primæ viæ , are neither acid nor alcaline , hav- ing been fubdued by the conftitution , and ...
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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