The History and Heroes of the Art of Medicine, Volume 1J. Murray, 1861 - 491 pages |
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... she might be a secure seat for the blessed gods . " -Theogony , translated by Banks , pp . 7 , 8 . Homer . Iliad , Book XI . line 831 . 5 Pindar . from sores of spontaneous origin , some from wounds in- CHAP . I. ] 7 VALUE OF PEDIGREE .
... she might be a secure seat for the blessed gods . " -Theogony , translated by Banks , pp . 7 , 8 . Homer . Iliad , Book XI . line 831 . 5 Pindar . from sores of spontaneous origin , some from wounds in- CHAP . I. ] 7 VALUE OF PEDIGREE .
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... 1 See Gladstone's Homer . 2 Homer's Iliad , faithfully translated into unrhymed English Meter , by F. W. Newman . 1856. Book II . lines 729 to 734 . Meneläus , the brother of Agamemnon , king of Mycenae CHAP . I. ] ESCULAPIUS AND HIS SONS .
... 1 See Gladstone's Homer . 2 Homer's Iliad , faithfully translated into unrhymed English Meter , by F. W. Newman . 1856. Book II . lines 729 to 734 . Meneläus , the brother of Agamemnon , king of Mycenae CHAP . I. ] ESCULAPIUS AND HIS SONS .
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... son of Machaon , the son of Escu- lapius . " Diogenes Laertius , translated by C. D. Yonge , B.A. , p . 181 . 2 Le Clerk , Op . cit . , Preface . he was descended in a direct line from a demon CHAP . I. ] 13 HOW GERMANS ACTED .
... son of Machaon , the son of Escu- lapius . " Diogenes Laertius , translated by C. D. Yonge , B.A. , p . 181 . 2 Le Clerk , Op . cit . , Preface . he was descended in a direct line from a demon CHAP . I. ] 13 HOW GERMANS ACTED .
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... translated by Francis Adams . Syden- ham Soc . p . 23. Dr. Adams has laid not the profession alone of which he is so great an ornament , but humanity it- self , under a debt of gratitude by his admirable revival of Hippocrates . " 1 ...
... translated by Francis Adams . Syden- ham Soc . p . 23. Dr. Adams has laid not the profession alone of which he is so great an ornament , but humanity it- self , under a debt of gratitude by his admirable revival of Hippocrates . " 1 ...
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... the Causes and Signs of Acute or Chronic Disease . Translated from the Greek , by T. F. Reynolds , M.B. , 1837 , p . 62 . called sacred ; it appears to me to be in B. C. 460. ] 23 LOVE - SICKNESS . - SACRED DISEASES .
... the Causes and Signs of Acute or Chronic Disease . Translated from the Greek , by T. F. Reynolds , M.B. , 1837 , p . 62 . called sacred ; it appears to me to be in B. C. 460. ] 23 LOVE - SICKNESS . - SACRED DISEASES .
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