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 23
... form , in the language of the chemifts or fchools , is none of thofe things , nor yet the finett oil , which feemeth only it's recep- tacle or vehicle . It is obferved by chemifts , that all forts of balfamic wood afford an acid fpirit ...
... form , in the language of the chemifts or fchools , is none of thofe things , nor yet the finett oil , which feemeth only it's recep- tacle or vehicle . It is obferved by chemifts , that all forts of balfamic wood afford an acid fpirit ...
Page 38
... form a notion of . And I leave it to trial , whether tar - water be not that medicine , as I myself am perfuaded it is , by all the experiments I could make . But in all trials I would recommend difcreti- on ; for instance , a man with ...
... form a notion of . And I leave it to trial , whether tar - water be not that medicine , as I myself am perfuaded it is , by all the experiments I could make . But in all trials I would recommend difcreti- on ; for instance , a man with ...
Page 60
... form one vegetable fluid there- with . Therefore the particles of earth must be joined with a watry acid , that is , they must be- come falts in order to diffolve in water ; that fo , in the form of a vegetable juice , they may pafs ...
... form one vegetable fluid there- with . Therefore the particles of earth must be joined with a watry acid , that is , they must be- come falts in order to diffolve in water ; that fo , in the form of a vegetable juice , they may pafs ...
Page 61
... form . 128. Hence it is obferved , there are more falts in the root than in the bark , more falts in vegetables during the fpring , than in the autumn or winter , the crude faline juices being in the fummer months partly evaporated ...
... form . 128. Hence it is obferved , there are more falts in the root than in the bark , more falts in vegetables during the fpring , than in the autumn or winter , the crude faline juices being in the fummer months partly evaporated ...
Page 62
... forms thin crystals of a triangular figure . 132. Homberg nevertheless holds in general , that acids are fhaped like daggers , and alcalies like fheaths and that moving in the fame liquor , the daggers run into the fheaths fitted to ...
... forms thin crystals of a triangular figure . 132. Homberg nevertheless holds in general , that acids are fhaped like daggers , and alcalies like fheaths and that moving in the fame liquor , the daggers run into the fheaths fitted to ...
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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