Siris, a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water EtcInnys, 1747 |
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... Mean while , I must own myself perfuaded , from what I have already feen and tryed , that tar water may be drank with great fafety and fuccefs , in the cure or relief of most if not all diseases , in ulcers , eruptions , and all foul ...
... Mean while , I must own myself perfuaded , from what I have already feen and tryed , that tar water may be drank with great fafety and fuccefs , in the cure or relief of most if not all diseases , in ulcers , eruptions , and all foul ...
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... means readily , and inoffenfively infinuates them into the habit of the body . • 11. The refinous exfudations of pines and firs . are an important branch of the materia mediça , and and not only useful in the prefcriptions of phyfi ...
... means readily , and inoffenfively infinuates them into the habit of the body . • 11. The refinous exfudations of pines and firs . are an important branch of the materia mediça , and and not only useful in the prefcriptions of phyfi ...
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... mean falt of amber , are in a great degree answered by tar - water , as a detergent , diaphoretic , and diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already obferved , more or less oil and balfam in all evergreen trees , which retains the ...
... mean falt of amber , are in a great degree answered by tar - water , as a detergent , diaphoretic , and diuretic . 24. There is , as hath been already obferved , more or less oil and balfam in all evergreen trees , which retains the ...
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... means of air ex- panded and contracted in the trachæ or veffels made up of elaftic fibres , the fap is propelled through the arterial tubes of a plant , and the ve- getable juices , as they are rarefied by heat or con- denfed by cold ...
... means of air ex- panded and contracted in the trachæ or veffels made up of elaftic fibres , the fap is propelled through the arterial tubes of a plant , and the ve- getable juices , as they are rarefied by heat or con- denfed by cold ...
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... means fo many vari- ous juices are fecreted in different parts of the body . And perhaps there may be fomething analogous to this , in the fine abforbent veffels of plants , which may co - operate towards producing that endless va ...
... means fo many vari- ous juices are fecreted in different parts of the body . And perhaps there may be fomething analogous to this , in the fine abforbent veffels of plants , which may co - operate towards producing that endless va ...
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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