Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water: And Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 39
... ferment- ing heat , the immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent caufe , must be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they ...
... ferment- ing heat , the immediate caufe of the gout . The curing this by cooling medicines , as they would increase the antecedent caufe , must be a vain at- tempt . On the other hand , fpices and fpirituous liquors , while they ...
Page 49
... fermented li- quors ( a ) and high fauces , or render'd putrid , fharp , and corrofive , by a stagnation of the ... ferment in the animal economy darkens and con- founds the intellect . It produceth vain terrours and vain conceits , and ...
... fermented li- quors ( a ) and high fauces , or render'd putrid , fharp , and corrofive , by a stagnation of the ... ferment in the animal economy darkens and con- founds the intellect . It produceth vain terrours and vain conceits , and ...
Page 50
... fermented , perhaps from diftilled , liquors , which render many lives wretched , that would otherwise have been only ridiculous . The tender nerves , and low fpirits of fuch poor creatures , would be much relieved by the use of tar ...
... fermented , perhaps from diftilled , liquors , which render many lives wretched , that would otherwise have been only ridiculous . The tender nerves , and low fpirits of fuch poor creatures , would be much relieved by the use of tar ...
Page 60
... fermented liquors . Why there- fore , may it not be fuppofed to ferment the earth , and to conftitute that fine penetrating principle , which introduces and affimilates the food of plants , and is fo fugitive as to escape all the ...
... fermented liquors . Why there- fore , may it not be fuppofed to ferment the earth , and to conftitute that fine penetrating principle , which introduces and affimilates the food of plants , and is fo fugitive as to escape all the ...
Page 61
... fermentation in the glebe . The excrements of animals and putrid vegetables do in like manner contribute to vegetation , by increafing the falts of the earth . And where fallows are well broken , and lye long to receive the acid of the ...
... fermentation in the glebe . The excrements of animals and putrid vegetables do in like manner contribute to vegetation , by increafing the falts of the earth . And where fallows are well broken , and lye long to receive the acid of the ...
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