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 29
... renders it a cooler and fafer medicine . And the ¿therial oyl of turpentine , though an admirable dryer , healer , and anodyne , when outwardly applyed to wounds and ulcers , and not lefs ufeful in cleansing the urinary paffages and ...
... renders it a cooler and fafer medicine . And the ¿therial oyl of turpentine , though an admirable dryer , healer , and anodyne , when outwardly applyed to wounds and ulcers , and not lefs ufeful in cleansing the urinary paffages and ...
Page 33
... rendering it a moft powerful cleanfer of all obftructions , even in the most minute capillaries . But then we fhould be cautious in the use of it , if we confider , that the very thing which gives it power of do- ing good above other ...
... rendering it a moft powerful cleanfer of all obftructions , even in the most minute capillaries . But then we fhould be cautious in the use of it , if we confider , that the very thing which gives it power of do- ing good above other ...
Page 41
... render mens lives reftlefs and wretched , even when they are afflicted with no apparent diftem- per . This is the latent fpring of much woe , fpleen , and t¿dium vit¿ . Small imperceptible irritations of the minutest fibres or filaments ...
... render mens lives reftlefs and wretched , even when they are afflicted with no apparent diftem- per . This is the latent fpring of much woe , fpleen , and t¿dium vit¿ . Small imperceptible irritations of the minutest fibres or filaments ...
Page 42
... render the juices of our bodies alcalefcent . Hence ichorous and corrofive humours and many diforders . Moitt air makes vifcid blood ; and faline air inflames this vifcid blood . Hence broken capillaries , extrava- fated blood , fpots ...
... render the juices of our bodies alcalefcent . Hence ichorous and corrofive humours and many diforders . Moitt air makes vifcid blood ; and faline air inflames this vifcid blood . Hence broken capillaries , extrava- fated blood , fpots ...
Page 43
... render us fcorbutic and hypochondriac . 90. There are fome who derive all difeafes from the curvy , which indeed must be allowed to create or mimic moft other maladies . Boerhaave tells us , ir produceth pleuretic , cholic , nephritic ...
... render us fcorbutic and hypochondriac . 90. There are fome who derive all difeafes from the curvy , which indeed must be allowed to create or mimic moft other maladies . Boerhaave tells us , ir produceth pleuretic , cholic , nephritic ...
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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