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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... physicians and surgeons , who may proudly boast that science is their only 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 ...
... physicians and surgeons , who may proudly boast that science is their only 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 ...
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... physicians , whose origin has been traced to the Egyptians at least . The Greeks selected their demigods from amongst those who embodied most strongly the feelings and aspirations of their fellow- creatures , and of the periods in which ...
... physicians , whose origin has been traced to the Egyptians at least . The Greeks selected their demigods from amongst those who embodied most strongly the feelings and aspirations of their fellow- creatures , and of the periods in which ...
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... physicians of migrating from place to place , and of making an inflated public de- claration of their pretensions on first entering any town . These itinerant physicians were called Periodentæ . Anteriorly , the practice of medicine was ...
... physicians of migrating from place to place , and of making an inflated public de- claration of their pretensions on first entering any town . These itinerant physicians were called Periodentæ . Anteriorly , the practice of medicine was ...
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... physicians were in high repute at the court of Babylon ; so that , although the origin of Grecian medicine is involved in the most profound obscurity , the resources of the Asclepiades were obviously appreciated over and above the appli ...
... physicians were in high repute at the court of Babylon ; so that , although the origin of Grecian medicine is involved in the most profound obscurity , the resources of the Asclepiades were obviously appreciated over and above the appli ...
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... physicians before him . Much of the information contained in his writings , and which has been transmitted to us , appears to have been the accumulated knowledge of his immediate ancestors ; and it is supposed by competent judges in the ...
... physicians before him . Much of the information contained in his writings , and which has been transmitted to us , appears to have been the accumulated knowledge of his immediate ancestors ; and it is supposed by competent judges in the ...
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