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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... , 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 indigeftion and gives a good a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in ( 5 )
... , 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 indigeftion and gives a good a good appetite . It is an excellent medicine in ( 5 )
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... thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their volatile parts into the finest ducts and capillaries , fo as not to offend the ftomach , but , on the contrary , to comfort and strengthen it in a great ...
... thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requifite quantity of their volatile parts into the finest ducts and capillaries , fo as not to offend the ftomach , but , on the contrary , to comfort and strengthen it in a great ...
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... things by their fcarceness , but Providence hath made the most use ful things moft common . Among thofe liquid oily extracts from trees and fhrubs which are termed balfams , and valued for medicinal virtues , tar may hold it's place as ...
... things by their fcarceness , but Providence hath made the most use ful things moft common . Among thofe liquid oily extracts from trees and fhrubs which are termed balfams , and valued for medicinal virtues , tar may hold it's place as ...
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... things , in that it is neither fo tall nor fo ftreight , nor hath fo large a leaf . The fir he diftinguisheth into male and female : the latter is fofter timber than the male , it is also a taller and fairer tree , and this is probably ...
... things , in that it is neither fo tall nor fo ftreight , nor hath fo large a leaf . The fir he diftinguisheth into male and female : the latter is fofter timber than the male , it is also a taller and fairer tree , and this is probably ...
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... things and difperfeth fuch as are heterogeneous , we find chemistry is fitted for the analysis of bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inasmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the ...
... things and difperfeth fuch as are heterogeneous , we find chemistry is fitted for the analysis of bodies . But the chemistry of nature is much more perfect than that of human art , inasmuch as it joineth to the power of heat that of the ...
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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