Siris: a chain of philosophical reflexions and inquiries concerning the virtues of tar water. [Another] |
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... tion . Therefore , the acid volatile spirit in tar water , at once attenuating and cooling in a mode rate degree , muft greatly conduce to health , as a mild falutary deobftruent , quickening the circula- tion of the fluids without ...
... tion . Therefore , the acid volatile spirit in tar water , at once attenuating and cooling in a mode rate degree , muft greatly conduce to health , as a mild falutary deobftruent , quickening the circula- tion of the fluids without ...
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... tion of mind . 87. In difeafes fometimes accidents happen from without by mifmanagement , fometimes latent cau- fes ' operate within , jointly with the specific taint . or peculiar caufe of the malady . The caufes of diftempers are ...
... tion of mind . 87. In difeafes fometimes accidents happen from without by mifmanagement , fometimes latent cau- fes ' operate within , jointly with the specific taint . or peculiar caufe of the malady . The caufes of diftempers are ...
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... tion ; efpecially if it be true , that in common life infenfible perfpiration is to nutrition , and all fen- fible excretions , as five to three . 101. Many hyfteric and fcorbutic ailments , ma- ny taints contracted by themfelves , or ...
... tion ; efpecially if it be true , that in common life infenfible perfpiration is to nutrition , and all fen- fible excretions , as five to three . 101. Many hyfteric and fcorbutic ailments , ma- ny taints contracted by themfelves , or ...
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... tion . To fuppofe fenfe in the world , would be grofs and unwarranted . But loco - motive faculties are evident in all it's parts . The Pythagoreans , Platonists , and Stoics held the world to be an ani- mal . Though fome of them have ...
... tion . To fuppofe fenfe in the world , would be grofs and unwarranted . But loco - motive faculties are evident in all it's parts . The Pythagoreans , Platonists , and Stoics held the world to be an ani- mal . Though fome of them have ...
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... tion itself being in truth a paffion . Therefore though we speak of this fiery fubstance as acting , yet it is to be understood only as a mean or in- ftrument , which indeed is the cafe of all mecha- nical caufes whatfoever . They are ...
... tion itself being in truth a paffion . Therefore though we speak of this fiery fubstance as acting , yet it is to be understood only as a mean or in- ftrument , which indeed is the cafe of all mecha- nical caufes whatfoever . They are ...
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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