Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another |
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The volatile falts separated by infusion from tar , may be supposed to contain it ' s
specific virtues . Mr . Boyle and other later ... But it is well known , that volatile falts
do greatly differ , and the easier they are separated . ( a ) Sect . 5 . from from ...
The volatile falts separated by infusion from tar , may be supposed to contain it ' s
specific virtues . Mr . Boyle and other later ... But it is well known , that volatile falts
do greatly differ , and the easier they are separated . ( a ) Sect . 5 . from from ...
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... as to produce all those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the
blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a
thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requisite quantity of their
volatile parts ...
... as to produce all those falutary effects , which , if thoroughly mixed with the
blood and juices , they would be capable of producing . It must therefore be a
thing of great benefit , to be able to introduce any requisite quantity of their
volatile parts ...
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And infusions are observed to act more strongly than decoctions of plants , the
more subtile and volatile salts and spirits , which might be loft or corrupted by the
latter , being obtained in their natural state by the former . It is also obseryed that
...
And infusions are observed to act more strongly than decoctions of plants , the
more subtile and volatile salts and spirits , which might be loft or corrupted by the
latter , being obtained in their natural state by the former . It is also obseryed that
...
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And here it is to be noted , that the volatile sale and spirit of vegetables do , by .
gently stimulating the solids , attenuate the fluids contained in them , and promote
secretions , and that they are penetrating and active , contrary to the general ...
And here it is to be noted , that the volatile sale and spirit of vegetables do , by .
gently stimulating the solids , attenuate the fluids contained in them , and promote
secretions , and that they are penetrating and active , contrary to the general ...
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extremely fine and fubtile spirit , whose immediate vehicle is an exceeding thin
volatile oil , which is itself detained in a grosser and more viscid re . sin or balsam
, lodged in proper cells in the bark and feeds , and most abounding in autumn or
...
extremely fine and fubtile spirit , whose immediate vehicle is an exceeding thin
volatile oil , which is itself detained in a grosser and more viscid re . sin or balsam
, lodged in proper cells in the bark and feeds , and most abounding in autumn or
...
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| Title | Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another |
| Author | George Berkeley |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Reprinted for W. Innys, 1744 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 10 okt. 2008 |
| Length | 174 pages |
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