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 8
... consequences , whatever might be the issue of the disease ; whilst death was the penalty of departure from it , even if the patient recovered . We can understand the spirit of such implicit trust , when we consider that diseases were ...
... consequences , whatever might be the issue of the disease ; whilst death was the penalty of departure from it , even if the patient recovered . We can understand the spirit of such implicit trust , when we consider that diseases were ...
Page 14
... consequence of the conflicting doctrines which were taught in them . Pythagoras , who was born about 570 years before Christ , did good service to medicine by directing the attention of his pupils to the organs and functions of the body ...
... consequence of the conflicting doctrines which were taught in them . Pythagoras , who was born about 570 years before Christ , did good service to medicine by directing the attention of his pupils to the organs and functions of the body ...
Page 16
... consequence ; ac- cordingly we find them inculcating the necessity of combining reason with experience in the treat- ment of disease ; and hence were they called Dog- matists . The spirit of jealousy , which has ever actuated com ...
... consequence ; ac- cordingly we find them inculcating the necessity of combining reason with experience in the treat- ment of disease ; and hence were they called Dog- matists . The spirit of jealousy , which has ever actuated com ...
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... consequence of the superstitious respect which the Greeks still paid to their dead . He thought that the arteries contained air , and was ignorant of the communication existing between the large vessels and the heart . He knew but ...
... consequence of the superstitious respect which the Greeks still paid to their dead . He thought that the arteries contained air , and was ignorant of the communication existing between the large vessels and the heart . He knew but ...
Page 53
... consequence of this occurrence that Escula- pius is represented with a serpent ; and a modern author , with a certain appearance of irony , has sug- gested that the knotted stick may be regarded as a symbol of the knotty questions which ...
... consequence of this occurrence that Escula- pius is represented with a serpent ; and a modern author , with a certain appearance of irony , has sug- gested that the knotted stick may be regarded as a symbol of the knotty questions which ...
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