Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers Other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from AnotherDublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1744 - 174 pages |
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Page 32
... active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by envigorating the blood to caft it upon the extremities , yet it is ...
... active principles that ftrengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either to prevent or leffen the following fit , or by envigorating the blood to caft it upon the extremities , yet it is ...
Page 45
... active medicines than ( to ufe the fimilitude of an ingenious writer ) a thorn in the flesh , or pitch on filk to be removed by force . The vifcid humour must be gently refolved and diluted , the tone of the veffels recovered by a ...
... active medicines than ( to ufe the fimilitude of an ingenious writer ) a thorn in the flesh , or pitch on filk to be removed by force . The vifcid humour must be gently refolved and diluted , the tone of the veffels recovered by a ...
Page 63
... animal . 136. Salts are vulgarly reckoned the most active of chemical principles . But Homberg derives all their activity from the fulphurs joined with them . From their ( 63 ) 133. It fhould feem rather, that the vehement ...
... animal . 136. Salts are vulgarly reckoned the most active of chemical principles . But Homberg derives all their activity from the fulphurs joined with them . From their ( 63 ) 133. It fhould feem rather, that the vehement ...
Page 64
... active volatile parts of the whole habitable world , that is , of all vegetables , minerals , and animals . Whatever perfpires , corrupts , or exhales , impregnates the air ; which , being acted upon by the folar fire , produ- ceth ...
... active volatile parts of the whole habitable world , that is , of all vegetables , minerals , and animals . Whatever perfpires , corrupts , or exhales , impregnates the air ; which , being acted upon by the folar fire , produ- ceth ...
Page 65
... active . 140. Nothing ferments , vegetates , or putrefies without air , which operates with all the virtues of the bodies included in it ; that is , of all nature ; there being no drug , falutary or poisonous , whofe virtues are not ...
... active . 140. Nothing ferments , vegetates , or putrefies without air , which operates with all the virtues of the bodies included in it ; that is , of all nature ; there being no drug , falutary or poisonous , whofe virtues are not ...
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abfolute acid æther æthereal alfo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confidered confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects effence elaftic Ennead exift fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould feem firft foap folar folid 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 light or fire medicine mind moft moſt motion muſt nature neceffary nevertheleſs obferved pafs Parmenides particles perfons phænomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent preferve principle Proclus produce pure reafon refide 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