Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar WaterReprinted for W. Innys, 1744 - 174 pages |
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... heat . This fragrant vegetable water is poffeffed of the fpecific odour and tafte of the plant . It is remarked that diftilled oils added to water for counterfeiting the vegetable water can never equal it , artificial chemistry falling ...
... heat . This fragrant vegetable water is poffeffed of the fpecific odour and tafte of the plant . It is remarked that diftilled oils added to water for counterfeiting the vegetable water can never equal it , artificial chemistry falling ...
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... heat is required to raise them . And indeed , there feemeth to be no acid more gentle than this , obtained by the fimple affufion of cold water ; which carries off from the subject the moft light and fubtile parts , and , if one may fo ...
... heat is required to raise them . And indeed , there feemeth to be no acid more gentle than this , obtained by the fimple affufion of cold water ; which carries off from the subject the moft light and fubtile parts , and , if one may fo ...
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... heating medicines aggravate it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either ...
... heating medicines aggravate it's immediate , and cooling it's remote cause . But tar - water , although it contain active principles that strengthen the digeftion beyond any thing I know , and confequently must be highly ufeful , either ...
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... heat and feverish thirst in another . I have known it correct coftive habits in fome , and the contrary habit in others . Nor will this feem incredible , if it be confidered that middle qualities naturally re- duce the extreme . Warm ...
... heat and feverish thirst in another . I have known it correct coftive habits in fome , and the contrary habit in others . Nor will this feem incredible , if it be confidered that middle qualities naturally re- duce the extreme . Warm ...
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... heat by rarefaction and cold by conden- fation do both increase the air's elafticity : fo on the other hand , the fame caufe fhall fometime produce oppofite effects : heat for inftance thins , and again heat coagulates the blood . It is ...
... heat by rarefaction and cold by conden- fation do both increase the air's elafticity : fo on the other hand , the fame caufe fhall fometime produce oppofite effects : heat for inftance thins , and again heat coagulates the blood . It is ...
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