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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... tion . Therefore , the acid volatile fpirit in tar- water , at once attenuating and cooling in a mode- rate degree , muft greatly conduce to health , as a mild falutary deobftruent , quickening the circula- tion of the fluids without ...
... tion . Therefore , the acid volatile fpirit in tar- water , at once attenuating and cooling in a mode- rate degree , muft greatly conduce to health , as a mild falutary deobftruent , quickening the circula- tion of the fluids without ...
Page 41
... tion of mind . 87. In difeafes fometimes accidents happen from without by mifmanagement , fometimes latent cau- fes operate within , jointly with the specific taint or peculiar cause of the malady . The caufes of diftempers are often ...
... tion of mind . 87. In difeafes fometimes accidents happen from without by mifmanagement , fometimes latent cau- fes operate within , jointly with the specific taint or peculiar cause of the malady . The caufes of diftempers are often ...
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... tion ; efpecially if it be true , that in common life infenfible perfpiration is to nutrition , and all fen- fible excretions , as five to three . 101. Many hysteric and fcorbutic ailments , ma- ny taints contracted by themselves , or ...
... tion ; efpecially if it be true , that in common life infenfible perfpiration is to nutrition , and all fen- fible excretions , as five to three . 101. Many hysteric and fcorbutic ailments , ma- ny taints contracted by themselves , or ...
Page 70
... tion . To fuppofe fenfe in the world , would be grofs and unwarranted . But loco - motive faculties are evident in all it's parts . The Pythagoreans , Platonists , and Stoics held the world to be an ani- mal . Though fome of them have ...
... tion . To fuppofe fenfe in the world , would be grofs and unwarranted . But loco - motive faculties are evident in all it's parts . The Pythagoreans , Platonists , and Stoics held the world to be an ani- mal . Though fome of them have ...
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... tion itself being in truth a paffion . Therefore though we speak of this fiery fubstance as acting , yet it is to be understood only , as a mean or in- ftrument , which indeed is the cafe of all mecha- nical caufes whatsoever . They are ...
... tion itself being in truth a paffion . Therefore though we speak of this fiery fubstance as acting , yet it is to be understood only , as a mean or in- ftrument , which indeed is the cafe of all mecha- nical caufes whatsoever . They are ...
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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