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... became a doctor of medicine in 1821 , and at the age of 25 was elected member of the Académie de Médecine , as well as assistant professor to the Faculté de Paris . Before the age of 30 he succeeded Bertin as professor of hygiène ; an ...
... became a doctor of medicine in 1821 , and at the age of 25 was elected member of the Académie de Médecine , as well as assistant professor to the Faculté de Paris . Before the age of 30 he succeeded Bertin as professor of hygiène ; an ...
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... became a teacher in the University of Montpellier . He became famous as a physi- cian , and as such , was sent for by several sovereigns , and even by the Pope . He was skilled in the science of his time , and also in the Hebrew , Greek ...
... became a teacher in the University of Montpellier . He became famous as a physi- cian , and as such , was sent for by several sovereigns , and even by the Pope . He was skilled in the science of his time , and also in the Hebrew , Greek ...
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... became illumined with the rays of spiritual light . He renounced the world , and abandoned his possessions to be appro- priated by any one who felt the inclination . After a few years spent in seclusion , divine contemplation , and the ...
... became illumined with the rays of spiritual light . He renounced the world , and abandoned his possessions to be appro- priated by any one who felt the inclination . After a few years spent in seclusion , divine contemplation , and the ...
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... became Countess of Clarendon , mother to the queen of James II . , and grandmother to Queens Mary and Anne . Sir Thomas Aylesbury was an excellent scholar , a good mathema- tician , and an enlightened man , liberal and generous to men ...
... became Countess of Clarendon , mother to the queen of James II . , and grandmother to Queens Mary and Anne . Sir Thomas Aylesbury was an excellent scholar , a good mathema- tician , and an enlightened man , liberal and generous to men ...
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... became preacher and professor at Giessen . Here his pen was where he stayed for a few months . In 1817 he took a position unusually productive , and , it may be added , unusually severe ; as prosector at Königsburg . While holding this ...
... became preacher and professor at Giessen . Here his pen was where he stayed for a few months . In 1817 he took a position unusually productive , and , it may be added , unusually severe ; as prosector at Königsburg . While holding this ...
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