The Selected Writings of Benjamin RushPhilosophical Library, 1947 - 433 pages |
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Benjamin Rush Dagobert David Runes. THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE A Lecture THE IMPERFECTION of medicine is a common subject of com- plaint , by the enemies of our profession . It has been admitted by physicians . The design of this lecture ...
Benjamin Rush Dagobert David Runes. THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE A Lecture THE IMPERFECTION of medicine is a common subject of com- plaint , by the enemies of our profession . It has been admitted by physicians . The design of this lecture ...
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... medicine , upon experience without reasoning , and upon reasoning without experience . 20th . The dependent state of physicians , upon public opinion for their subsistence . It is this which has checked innovation in the practice of ...
... medicine , upon experience without reasoning , and upon reasoning without experience . 20th . The dependent state of physicians , upon public opinion for their subsistence . It is this which has checked innovation in the practice of ...
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... medicine . Could we eradicate fevers only from our bills of mortality , how much more should we add to the population and happiness of our country , than by discovering remedies for swollen membrane and abnormal dila- tion of blood ...
... medicine . Could we eradicate fevers only from our bills of mortality , how much more should we add to the population and happiness of our country , than by discovering remedies for swollen membrane and abnormal dila- tion of blood ...
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ON SLAVEKEEPING 1773 | 3 |
A PLAN OF A PEACEOFFICE FOR THE UNITED STATES | 19 |
SYLVANIA 1777 | 54 |
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