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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... means to assuage human suffering in all its varieties , and in imitation of our Saviour - " to heal all manner of diseases . " In tracing the gradual advancement of the medical sciences , and the ethical relations of the profession ...
... means to assuage human suffering in all its varieties , and in imitation of our Saviour - " to heal all manner of diseases . " In tracing the gradual advancement of the medical sciences , and the ethical relations of the profession ...
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... means of a lock of hair , or some equally efficient link between her- self and patient , pronounces with oracular authority the nature of the disease ; not at all times the most rational , and the appropriate remedy , generally of as ...
... means of a lock of hair , or some equally efficient link between her- self and patient , pronounces with oracular authority the nature of the disease ; not at all times the most rational , and the appropriate remedy , generally of as ...
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... means to be adopted to preserve them so ; but in spite of all the benefit which is conceded to him , his doctrine of medi- cine was as visionary as that of his general philosophy , which was based on a vague conception of numbers , to ...
... means to be adopted to preserve them so ; but in spite of all the benefit which is conceded to him , his doctrine of medi- cine was as visionary as that of his general philosophy , which was based on a vague conception of numbers , to ...
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... means for the cure of disease . By this disunion a practice commenced ( as we are informed by Schulzius in his " Historia Medicinæ , " a rerum initio ad annum urbis Romæ , 535 ) , among physicians of migrating from place to place , and ...
... means for the cure of disease . By this disunion a practice commenced ( as we are informed by Schulzius in his " Historia Medicinæ , " a rerum initio ad annum urbis Romæ , 535 ) , among physicians of migrating from place to place , and ...
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... means of tablets or archives preserved in the Asclepia . And this opinion appears to be supported by the fact , that from the earliest time of which any historic record exists , the Hellenic physicians were in high repute at the court ...
... means of tablets or archives preserved in the Asclepia . And this opinion appears to be supported by the fact , that from the earliest time of which any historic record exists , the Hellenic physicians were in high repute at the court ...
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