Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... immediate , and cooling it's remote caufe . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly úfeful , either to prevent or leffen the ...
... immediate , and cooling it's remote caufe . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly úfeful , either to prevent or leffen the ...
Page 39
... immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increafe the antecedent caufe , muft be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante ...
... immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increafe the antecedent caufe , muft be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they contribute to remove the ante ...
Page 47
... immediate danger , the frequent bad effects , the extreme trouble and nice care attend- ing fuch a courfe do very defervedly make people afraid of it . And though the fenfible fecretion therein be fo great , yet in a longer tract of ...
... immediate danger , the frequent bad effects , the extreme trouble and nice care attend- ing fuch a courfe do very defervedly make people afraid of it . And though the fenfible fecretion therein be fo great , yet in a longer tract of ...
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... immediate and cheerful ( a ) effect on the fpirits . 110. It must be owned , that light attracted , se- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its finest balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold ...
... immediate and cheerful ( a ) effect on the fpirits . 110. It must be owned , that light attracted , se- creted , and detained in tar ( b ) , and afterwards drawn off in its finest balfamic particles , by the gentle menftruum of cold ...
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... diftinguishing principle of all vege- tables , that whereon their peculiar fmell , taste , and fpecific properties depend , feems to be fome ( n ) 7 . H extremely extremely fine and fubtile fpirit , whofe immediate vehicle is ( 57 )
... diftinguishing principle of all vege- tables , that whereon their peculiar fmell , taste , and fpecific properties depend , feems to be fome ( n ) 7 . H extremely extremely fine and fubtile fpirit , whofe immediate vehicle is ( 57 )
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abfolute acid ¯gyptians ¿ther ¿thereal 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 ph¿nomena 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 Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe