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 ftrenghten the digestion 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 ftrenghten the digestion 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 use 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 use 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 moft active of chemical principles . But Homberg derives all ' according to the refiding in the oil , This is their ( 63 ) 133. It fhould feem rather, that the vehement ...
... animal . 136. Salts are vulgarly reckoned the moft active of chemical principles . But Homberg derives all ' according to the refiding in the oil , This is 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 , whose 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 , whose virtues are not ...
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abfolute acid ¿ther ¿therial againſt alfo alſo ancient animal fpirit Ariftotle attraction balfam becauſe blood bodies cafes caufe cauſe confequently confift conftitute cure diffolved diftempers diftinct diuretic divine doctrine doth effects elaftic elaſtic Ennead exift exiſtence fafe faid falts fame fcurvy fecreted feem feemeth felf fenfe fenfible feveral fhall fhew fhould fhould feem fir Ifaac Newton firft foap folar folid fome fometimes fomewhat force foul 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 ph¿nomena philofophers pine plants Plato Plotinus Plutarch prefent prefervative principle produce pure reafon refides refin ſeems ſpace ſpecific tar-water thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe Tim¿us turpentine underſtand underſtood univerfe uſe veffels vegetable virtues volatile whereof whofe τὸ