Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... called piffinum . Ray will have this to be the fame with the piffelæum of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of thefe liquors ...
... called piffinum . Ray will have this to be the fame with the piffelæum of the ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use they made of thefe liquors ...
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... called ) I am of that the latter is not a medicine of more efficacy than the former , 23. Pliny fuppofed amber to be a refin diftil from fome fpecies of pine , which he from it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being d the earth fhews it to ...
... called ) I am of that the latter is not a medicine of more efficacy than the former , 23. Pliny fuppofed amber to be a refin diftil from fome fpecies of pine , which he from it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being d the earth fhews it to ...
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... called , being in truth a wild forest pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olympus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out of thefe iflands ; in which of ...
... called , being in truth a wild forest pine , and ( as Mr. Ray informs us ) agreeing much with the defcription of a pine growing on mount Olympus in Phrygia , probably the only place where it is found out of thefe iflands ; in which of ...
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... called air , is not easy to fay . It feems very confiderable and al- together neceffary , as well to vegetable as animal life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it ...
... called air , is not easy to fay . It feems very confiderable and al- together neceffary , as well to vegetable as animal life . 34. It is an opinion received by many , that the fap circulates in plants as the blood in animals : that it ...
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... called , act immedi ately on the ftomach , and by consent of nerves on the head . But medicines of an operation too fine and light to produce a fenfible effect in the primæ viæ , may , nevertheless , in their paflage through the ...
... called , act immedi ately on the ftomach , and by consent of nerves on the head . But medicines of an operation too fine and light to produce a fenfible effect in the primæ viæ , may , nevertheless , in their paflage through the ...
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