Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... body ; and , at the same time , corroborating the tone of the intestines . All the parts of the plant , when wounded , yield a milky faponaceous juice . This , when taken in large quantities , fo as to keep up a gentle diarrhea , and ...
... body ; and , at the same time , corroborating the tone of the intestines . All the parts of the plant , when wounded , yield a milky faponaceous juice . This , when taken in large quantities , fo as to keep up a gentle diarrhea , and ...
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... body of the difeafed perfon , penetrate through the pores of the fkin , and produce effects fimilar to thofe of mercury administered by friction . CINNAMON , the bark of two fpecies of laurus . The true cinnamon is from the laurus ...
... body of the difeafed perfon , penetrate through the pores of the fkin , and produce effects fimilar to thofe of mercury administered by friction . CINNAMON , the bark of two fpecies of laurus . The true cinnamon is from the laurus ...
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... body here offers his own facrifice at plea- fure ; for which , however , they have certain days , cita- blifhed rather by cuftom than any pofitive command : their moft folemn facrifice is offered at the death of their nearest friends ...
... body here offers his own facrifice at plea- fure ; for which , however , they have certain days , cita- blifhed rather by cuftom than any pofitive command : their moft folemn facrifice is offered at the death of their nearest friends ...
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... body , its motion is greatly di- minifhed . The space of time wherein the whole mafs of blood ordinarily circulates , is varioufly determined . Some ftate it thus : Supofing the heart to make two thoufand pulfes in an hour , and that at ...
... body , its motion is greatly di- minifhed . The space of time wherein the whole mafs of blood ordinarily circulates , is varioufly determined . Some ftate it thus : Supofing the heart to make two thoufand pulfes in an hour , and that at ...
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... body be ? Mr Lewenhoeck is of opinion , that a thousand dif ferent circulations are continually carried on in every part of a man's body in the breadth of a finger nail . The tail of a newt or water - lizard affords also a ve- ry ...
... body be ? Mr Lewenhoeck is of opinion , that a thousand dif ferent circulations are continually carried on in every part of a man's body in the breadth of a finger nail . The tail of a newt or water - lizard affords also a ve- ry ...
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