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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... never failed to aggrandise themselves , even though they may not have been rewarded by the transitory remunera- tions of this world's riches . And if in making such a history subservient to the investigation of the com- parative merits ...
... never failed to aggrandise themselves , even though they may not have been rewarded by the transitory remunera- tions of this world's riches . And if in making such a history subservient to the investigation of the com- parative merits ...
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... never been surpassed ; and , although many of his doctrines are erroneous , they have at least the merit of being greatly in advance of those of his predecessors . It is difficult , however , if not impossible , to determine the precise ...
... never been surpassed ; and , although many of his doctrines are erroneous , they have at least the merit of being greatly in advance of those of his predecessors . It is difficult , however , if not impossible , to determine the precise ...
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... never wanting secondary agencies to diminish their efficiency . This is the more remarkable in Aristotle , seeing that he opposed Plato's characteristic doctrine of " ideas independent of the objects which they represent , ' chiefly ...
... never wanting secondary agencies to diminish their efficiency . This is the more remarkable in Aristotle , seeing that he opposed Plato's characteristic doctrine of " ideas independent of the objects which they represent , ' chiefly ...
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... never elsewhere been known in the memory of man . For at first not even physicians , through ignorance of the disorder , were able to devise any effectual remedy for it ( nay , they themselves , from their nearer approach to the sick ...
... never elsewhere been known in the memory of man . For at first not even physicians , through ignorance of the disorder , were able to devise any effectual remedy for it ( nay , they themselves , from their nearer approach to the sick ...
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... never attacked the same person twice , so , at least , as to be mortal . And such persons were felicitated on their escape by others ; and they themselves , amidst their present joy , nourished a sort of light hope for the future that ...
... never attacked the same person twice , so , at least , as to be mortal . And such persons were felicitated on their escape by others ; and they themselves , amidst their present joy , nourished a sort of light hope for the future that ...
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