The History and Heroes of the Art of Medicine, Volume 1J. Murray, 1861 - 491 pages |
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... Course of the Blood- Harvey Discovers the Circulation - His Description of it - He suggests the true theory of Respiration . CHAPTER IX . DES CARTES . - SYLVIUS DE LA BOE . - ROBERT BOYLE . Des Cartes ' birth - His exile in Holland ...
... Course of the Blood- Harvey Discovers the Circulation - His Description of it - He suggests the true theory of Respiration . CHAPTER IX . DES CARTES . - SYLVIUS DE LA BOE . - ROBERT BOYLE . Des Cartes ' birth - His exile in Holland ...
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... course of the world's history , modifying all its important changes , even Chris- tianity itself , and powerfully affecting the thought , feeling , and action , of all European civilized communities down to the present hour . Indeed ...
... course of the world's history , modifying all its important changes , even Chris- tianity itself , and powerfully affecting the thought , feeling , and action , of all European civilized communities down to the present hour . Indeed ...
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... course overthrew the Saxons , killing hundreds with his own hand and taking many wounded prisoners . In Homer's time they gave no quarter ; but we have now got into the Christian era . Had this adventure been conceived and narrated by a ...
... course overthrew the Saxons , killing hundreds with his own hand and taking many wounded prisoners . In Homer's time they gave no quarter ; but we have now got into the Christian era . Had this adventure been conceived and narrated by a ...
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... course , and of receiving some Grecian instruction . Come , therefore , quickly to my sight and to my royal palace , " & c . To which the respondent , without a word of thanks , replies , " I will never come to Persia , since I am quite ...
... course , and of receiving some Grecian instruction . Come , therefore , quickly to my sight and to my royal palace , " & c . To which the respondent , without a word of thanks , replies , " I will never come to Persia , since I am quite ...
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... course , that it cannot be felt- that it produces no sensation . The conception of ghosts or spirits thus exhibited by Homer and Shakspere , is like that expressed by Mr. Tennyson ; at the same time somewhat different from it . For ...
... course , that it cannot be felt- that it produces no sensation . The conception of ghosts or spirits thus exhibited by Homer and Shakspere , is like that expressed by Mr. Tennyson ; at the same time somewhat different from it . For ...
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