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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... 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 imputed to the vengeance of the gods , and that until their anger was ...
... 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 imputed to the vengeance of the gods , and that until their anger was ...
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... death . Festivals , called Asclepia , were celebrated to his memory at Epidaurus , Pergamus , Athens , and Smyrna , and priests were set apart , under the denomination of Asclepiades , to pre- side over the rites and ceremonies of his ...
... death . Festivals , called Asclepia , were celebrated to his memory at Epidaurus , Pergamus , Athens , and Smyrna , and priests were set apart , under the denomination of Asclepiades , to pre- side over the rites and ceremonies of his ...
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... death by its fall . The moral , too , is not inapposite ; for the adver- sity which befel the athlete has in many instances recoiled on the heads of the malevolent , as was signally exemplified in the case of the ambitious Pythagoreans ...
... death by its fall . The moral , too , is not inapposite ; for the adver- sity which befel the athlete has in many instances recoiled on the heads of the malevolent , as was signally exemplified in the case of the ambitious Pythagoreans ...
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... death among the people , is immediately attributed to them , and however innocent of the calamity , they are apt to pay for it with their lives . " . Watson , on the Medical Profession in Ancient Times , New York , 1856 . - DEMOCRITUS ...
... death among the people , is immediately attributed to them , and however innocent of the calamity , they are apt to pay for it with their lives . " . Watson , on the Medical Profession in Ancient Times , New York , 1856 . - DEMOCRITUS ...
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... death of Alexander was the signal for the dismemberment of his vast empire , and the Egyptian portion of it was inherited by Ptolemy Soter . * He was a great patron of the arts and sciences , and founded the celebrated Library of ...
... death of Alexander was the signal for the dismemberment of his vast empire , and the Egyptian portion of it was inherited by Ptolemy Soter . * He was a great patron of the arts and sciences , and founded the celebrated Library of ...
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