The History of medicine comprising a narrative of its progress from the earliest ages to the present timeLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 483 pages |
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Page 75
... Europe ; so that he alone may have possessed much of the knowledge of the time : but he did his best to diffuse it by writing his great work , " De Materia Medica , " which enjoyed a universal reputation for sixteen centuries , and was ...
... Europe ; so that he alone may have possessed much of the knowledge of the time : but he did his best to diffuse it by writing his great work , " De Materia Medica , " which enjoyed a universal reputation for sixteen centuries , and was ...
Page 78
... Europe , Asia and Africa . Like Hippocrates , he was greatly in advance of his time , and , like him too , he regarded anatomy as the basis of medicine , although he derived his knowledge of anatomy chiefly from the dissection of the ...
... Europe , Asia and Africa . Like Hippocrates , he was greatly in advance of his time , and , like him too , he regarded anatomy as the basis of medicine , although he derived his knowledge of anatomy chiefly from the dissection of the ...
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... or * Portal's Hist . tom . i . p . 88 . † Ritter , vol . iv . p . 250 . Hallam's Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the 15th , 16th , and 17th Centuries , vol . i . p . 465 . moist , or consisting of minute or gross particles . G ...
... or * Portal's Hist . tom . i . p . 88 . † Ritter , vol . iv . p . 250 . Hallam's Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the 15th , 16th , and 17th Centuries , vol . i . p . 465 . moist , or consisting of minute or gross particles . G ...
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... Europe were seized with terrors and apprehensions which were fearfully fulfilled by the events which followed . In 526 , Antioch was destroyed by an earthquake , when 250,000 of its inhabitants perished . Five years after , a ...
... Europe were seized with terrors and apprehensions which were fearfully fulfilled by the events which followed . In 526 , Antioch was destroyed by an earthquake , when 250,000 of its inhabitants perished . Five years after , a ...
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... Europe , many of whom , like Theodoric in England , encouraged the study of literature and medicine . * A most remark- able passage occurs in the writings of Gregory , which is probably the earliest , and certainly the most unequi ...
... Europe , many of whom , like Theodoric in England , encouraged the study of literature and medicine . * A most remark- able passage occurs in the writings of Gregory , which is probably the earliest , and certainly the most unequi ...
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