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 27
... effect as an alterative , fure and easy , much fafer than thofe vehement purgative , emetic , and falivating medicines , which do violence to nature . 56. An obftruction of fome veffels caufeth the blood to move more fwiftly in other ...
... effect as an alterative , fure and easy , much fafer than thofe vehement purgative , emetic , and falivating medicines , which do violence to nature . 56. An obftruction of fome veffels caufeth the blood to move more fwiftly in other ...
Page 29
... Tar - water is not attended with the fame ill effects , which I believe are owing in a great measure to the ætherial oil's being deprived ( a ) Sect . 7 , 8 . of of the acid fpirit in diftillation , which vellicating and ( 29 )
... Tar - water is not attended with the fame ill effects , which I believe are owing in a great measure to the ætherial oil's being deprived ( a ) Sect . 7 , 8 . of of the acid fpirit in diftillation , which vellicating and ( 29 )
Page 31
... effect in the primæ viæ , may , neverthelefs , in their paffage through the capillaries , operate on the fides of thofe fmall veffels , in fuch manner as to quicken their ofcillations , and confequently the motion of their contents ...
... effect in the primæ viæ , may , neverthelefs , in their paffage through the capillaries , operate on the fides of thofe fmall veffels , in fuch manner as to quicken their ofcillations , and confequently the motion of their contents ...
Page 34
... effects of old age , producing more , perhaps , and worse obftructions than thofe it removed ? Similar confe- quences may juftly be apprehended from other mi- neral and ponderous medicines . Therefore , upon . the whole , there will not ...
... effects of old age , producing more , perhaps , and worse obftructions than thofe it removed ? Similar confe- quences may juftly be apprehended from other mi- neral and ponderous medicines . Therefore , upon . the whole , there will not ...
Page 35
... effect , for inftance , 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 ...
... effect , for inftance , 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 ...
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