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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... according to Herodotus , the most careful preparatory process con- sisted in withdrawing the brain through the nostrils by a curved iron instrument , and in taking out the intestines ; but , as the dissection of human beings was ...
... according to Herodotus , the most careful preparatory process con- sisted in withdrawing the brain through the nostrils by a curved iron instrument , and in taking out the intestines ; but , as the dissection of human beings was ...
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... according to their desert the abject ignorance and boundless credulity which such prac- tices would lead us to infer as then existing and yet what a speaking commentary on those customs do usages of the present day afford us ! and ...
... according to their desert the abject ignorance and boundless credulity which such prac- tices would lead us to infer as then existing and yet what a speaking commentary on those customs do usages of the present day afford us ! and ...
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... unit or monad was , according to his hypothesis , a breathing being , which inhaled the atmosphere of the world , and so became infinite , and PYTHAGORAS . 15 capable of diffusing itself into a multiplicity 14 HISTORY OF MEDICINE .
... unit or monad was , according to his hypothesis , a breathing being , which inhaled the atmosphere of the world , and so became infinite , and PYTHAGORAS . 15 capable of diffusing itself into a multiplicity 14 HISTORY OF MEDICINE .
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... according to his views , points were produced ( his precise notion however rela- tive to the transmutation of the abstract idea of number into the material substance of points he failed to give ) from the points , lines ; lines in their ...
... according to his views , points were produced ( his precise notion however rela- tive to the transmutation of the abstract idea of number into the material substance of points he failed to give ) from the points , lines ; lines in their ...
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... according to his theory , being material , or made up of simple atoms , and all mate- rial substances being indestructible or eternal , the soul was necessarily eternal or immortal . Notwithstanding this propensity to speculate on ...
... according to his theory , being material , or made up of simple atoms , and all mate- rial substances being indestructible or eternal , the soul was necessarily eternal or immortal . Notwithstanding this propensity to speculate on ...
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