Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar infpiffated ; and both are the oyl of the tree grown thick ...
... Some modern writers inform us that tar flows from the trunks of pines and firs , when they are very old , through incifions made in the bark near the root ; that pitch is tar infpiffated ; and both are the oyl of the tree grown thick ...
Page 16
... Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper ufe of certain parts of vegetables . But whether the difcoverers have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or no , thus much is certain , that there are ...
... Some difference indeed there is between learned men , concerning the proper ufe of certain parts of vegetables . But whether the difcoverers have rightly gueffed at all their ufes or no , thus much is certain , that there are ...
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... Some think an Erysipelas and the Plague differ only in degree . If fo , tar - water should be useful in the Plague , for I have known it cure an Erysipelas . 84. Tar - water , as cleansing , healing , and bal- famic , is good in all ...
... Some think an Erysipelas and the Plague differ only in degree . If fo , tar - water should be useful in the Plague , for I have known it cure an Erysipelas . 84. Tar - water , as cleansing , healing , and bal- famic , is good in all ...
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... Some have reckoned as many forts of the fcurvy , as there are different taints of the blood . Others have fup- pofed it a collection of all illneffes together . Some fuppofe it an accumulation of feveral difeafes in fieri . Others take ...
... Some have reckoned as many forts of the fcurvy , as there are different taints of the blood . Others have fup- pofed it a collection of all illneffes together . Some fuppofe it an accumulation of feveral difeafes in fieri . Others take ...
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... Some moderns have thought fit to deride all that is faid of æthereal vehicles , as mere jargon or words without a meaning . But they fhould have confidered , that all speech concerning the foul is altogether , or for the most part ...
... Some moderns have thought fit to deride all that is faid of æthereal vehicles , as mere jargon or words without a meaning . But they fhould have confidered , that all speech concerning the foul is altogether , or for the most part ...
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abfolute acid Ægyptians æther æthereal alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diforders diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs mafs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved obftructions Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce produceth pure reafon refiding refin Sir Ifaac Newton tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe