The History and Heroes of the Art of Medicine, Volume 1J. Murray, 1861 - 491 pages |
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... matter is to estimate and analyze the belief itself , not the thing believed in . The absurdity of attempting the latter is well illustrated by the following example taken from PRACTITIONERS BEFORE HIPPOCRATES . [ CHAP . I.
... matter is to estimate and analyze the belief itself , not the thing believed in . The absurdity of attempting the latter is well illustrated by the following example taken from PRACTITIONERS BEFORE HIPPOCRATES . [ CHAP . I.
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... matter of consideration with them how they may acquire military discipline , but how they may seem not to be warlike ; for the dangers are not equally shared , since they must serve as soldiers , perhaps endure fatigue , and die for ...
... matter of consideration with them how they may acquire military discipline , but how they may seem not to be warlike ; for the dangers are not equally shared , since they must serve as soldiers , perhaps endure fatigue , and die for ...
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... matter . 1 Pliny , who seems to be the greatest of literary gobemouches , mentions the story without a token of disbelief . Hist . The notions of this great Nat . XXIX . , referred to by Sprengel and Adams , 2 thinker seem to be , that ...
... matter . 1 Pliny , who seems to be the greatest of literary gobemouches , mentions the story without a token of disbelief . Hist . The notions of this great Nat . XXIX . , referred to by Sprengel and Adams , 2 thinker seem to be , that ...
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... matter , devoid of all quali- ties , and without form ; the second is what we may call formative force , by which the possible is converted into the actual.1 The machinery by which all that is actual is raised out of this passive ocean ...
... matter , devoid of all quali- ties , and without form ; the second is what we may call formative force , by which the possible is converted into the actual.1 The machinery by which all that is actual is raised out of this passive ocean ...
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... matter , we cannot form even a conjecture ; but we know from various passages that he held some doctrine of elements , and probably it was the one commonly received at the time . The following quota- tion ' Galen considers to be from a ...
... matter , we cannot form even a conjecture ; but we know from various passages that he held some doctrine of elements , and probably it was the one commonly received at the time . The following quota- tion ' Galen considers to be from a ...
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Page 56 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
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Page 213 - THUS far I have spoken of the passage of the blood from the veins into the arteries, and of the manner in which it is transmitted and distributed by the action of the heart...
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Page 371 - In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
Page 27 - Whatever, in connection with my professional practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this oath...