Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water EtcInnys, 1747 |
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... first purified by ftraining through the fine pores of the root , are afterwards exalted by the action of the air and the veffels of the plant , but , above all , by the action of the fun's I light ; light ; which at the fame time that ...
... first purified by ftraining through the fine pores of the root , are afterwards exalted by the action of the air and the veffels of the plant , but , above all , by the action of the fun's I light ; light ; which at the fame time that ...
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... first flies off from the fubject , is perhaps impoffible to obtain . It is an apophthegm of the chemifts , deriv- ed from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the fecret of pro- longing his days : and ...
... first flies off from the fubject , is perhaps impoffible to obtain . It is an apophthegm of the chemifts , deriv- ed from Helmont , that whoever can make myrrh foluble by the human body , has the fecret of pro- longing his days : and ...
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... first of these is highly spoken of . But then thofe who magnify it moft , except against the ufe of it in fuch cases where the obftruction is attended with a putrefactive alkali , or where an inflammatory dif- pofition appears . It is ...
... first of these is highly spoken of . But then thofe who magnify it moft , except against the ufe of it in fuch cases where the obftruction is attended with a putrefactive alkali , or where an inflammatory dif- pofition appears . It is ...
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... first some of those patients had been vomited ; but afterwards I found that without vomiting , bleeding , bliftering , or any other evacuation or me- dicine whatever , very bad fevers could be cured by the fole drinking of tar - water ...
... first some of those patients had been vomited ; but afterwards I found that without vomiting , bleeding , bliftering , or any other evacuation or me- dicine whatever , very bad fevers could be cured by the fole drinking of tar - water ...
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... first fer- ment of new wine or muftum , the ancients were wont to fprinkle it with powdered rofin , which gave it a certain fprightlinefs , quædam faporis acu- mina . This was efteemed a great improver of its odour and taste , and was ...
... first fer- ment of new wine or muftum , the ancients were wont to fprinkle it with powdered rofin , which gave it a certain fprightlinefs , quædam faporis acu- mina . This was efteemed a great improver of its odour and taste , and was ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe beſt blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diſcover diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feemeth fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft firſt foap folar fome fometimes fomewhat force foul fpecific ftill ftomach fubftance fubject fubtile fuch fulphur fuppofed fupreme fyftem gout groffer grofs hath heat Heraclitus himſelf intellect invifible itſelf juices lacteals laws of attraction lefs medicine mind moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principles produce pure raiſe reafon refiding refin ſeem Sir Ifaac Newton ſpace tar-water thefe themſelves Theophraftus theſe things thofe thoſe Timæus turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe