Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... fome of our colonies , as a prefervative or prepara- tive against the finall - pox , which foreign practice induced me to try it in my own neighbourhood , when the fmall - pox raged with great violence . And the trial fully anfwered my ...
... fome of our colonies , as a prefervative or prepara- tive against the finall - pox , which foreign practice induced me to try it in my own neighbourhood , when the fmall - pox raged with great violence . And the trial fully anfwered my ...
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... fome years had been fubject to erysipelatous fevers , perceived the ufual fore - running fymptoms to come on , I advifed her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as ...
... fome years had been fubject to erysipelatous fevers , perceived the ufual fore - running fymptoms to come on , I advifed her to drink tar - water which prevented the eryfipelas . 6. I never knew any thing fo good for the fto- mach as ...
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... fome of the Greek iflands . The next best from the filver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed to have great medicinal virtues . Tar and it's infufion contain thofe virtues . Tar water is extremely pec- toral and ...
... fome of the Greek iflands . The next best from the filver fir and pitch pine . 21. Turpentine is on all hands allowed to have great medicinal virtues . Tar and it's infufion contain thofe virtues . Tar water is extremely pec- toral and ...
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... fome fpecies of pine , which he gathered from it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth fhews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues ...
... fome fpecies of pine , which he gathered from it's fmell . Nevertheless it's being dug out of the earth fhews it to be a foffil , though of a very different kind from other foffils . But thus much is certain , that the medicinal virtues ...
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... fome confufion in the naming of thefe trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the ...
... fome confufion in the naming of thefe trees , as well among the an- cients as the moderns . The ancient Greek and Latin names are by later authors applied very dif- ferently . Pliny himself acknowledgeth , it is not eafy even for the ...
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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