Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... ancients efteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and afthmatic perfons . But the method of ren- dering it an inoffenfive medicine and agreeable to the ...
... ancients efteemed good against poisons , ulcers , the bites of venomous creatures , alfo for pthifical , fcrophulous , paralytic and afthmatic perfons . But the method of ren- dering it an inoffenfive medicine and agreeable to the ...
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... ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use ... ancient Macedonians ; as appears from the account given in the Philofophical ( a ) Sect . 13 . B Tranf ...
... ancients ; but Hardouin in his notes on Pli- ny , thinks the piffelæum to have been produced from the cones of cedars . What use ... ancient Macedonians ; as appears from the account given in the Philofophical ( a ) Sect . 13 . B Tranf ...
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... ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all thofe trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarfe refin or dry pitch ...
... ancients in a large fenfe , fo as to comprehend the juices iffuing from all thofe trees . Tar and all forts of exfudations from evergreens are , in a general acceptation , included under the name refin . Hard coarfe refin or dry pitch ...
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... ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the skilful to diftinguish the trees by their leaves , and know their fexes and kinds : and that ...
... ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the skilful to diftinguish the trees by their leaves , and know their fexes and kinds : and that ...
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... ancients embalmed and preferved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemifts before him , have given methods for making folutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts ...
... ancients embalmed and preferved dead bodies . And though Boerhaave himself , and other chemifts before him , have given methods for making folutions of myrrh , yet it is by means of alcohol which extracts only the inflammable parts ...
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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