The History and heroes of the art of medicineJ. Murray, 1861 - 491 pages |
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... fact related by the same unexception- able authority . The following occurrence took place after medicine had existed as a state - art for at least five hundred years . " It happened that King Darius , as he leaped from his horse ...
... fact related by the same unexception- able authority . The following occurrence took place after medicine had existed as a state - art for at least five hundred years . " It happened that King Darius , as he leaped from his horse ...
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... fact of the cure of Telephus by Achilles , Pliny expresses no doubt . Now who was Telephus ? He was the grandson of ... facts in a purely fictitious story , are worse than a waste of time and labour , for they give an air of reality to ...
... fact of the cure of Telephus by Achilles , Pliny expresses no doubt . Now who was Telephus ? He was the grandson of ... facts in a purely fictitious story , are worse than a waste of time and labour , for they give an air of reality to ...
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... fact in medicine , a fact which we cannot justly appreciate without tracing his genealogy into the mythical period of Greek history . Indeed , we must survey this region if we wish to arrive at a correct opinion of the estimation in ...
... fact in medicine , a fact which we cannot justly appreciate without tracing his genealogy into the mythical period of Greek history . Indeed , we must survey this region if we wish to arrive at a correct opinion of the estimation in ...
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... fact of his having two regularly - born sons at the siege of Troy , gives to him a certain air of flesh and blood reality . Not that there is any better evidence of the actual existence either of the father Esculapius , or of his sons ...
... fact of his having two regularly - born sons at the siege of Troy , gives to him a certain air of flesh and blood reality . Not that there is any better evidence of the actual existence either of the father Esculapius , or of his sons ...
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... facts to us , because they were facts to the Greeks . And when we ad- duce Homer as evidence for the status and achievements of these sons of Esculapius , we are giving the best possible proof , if not of the facts themselves , at least ...
... facts to us , because they were facts to the Greeks . And when we ad- duce Homer as evidence for the status and achievements of these sons of Esculapius , we are giving the best possible proof , if not of the facts themselves , at least ...
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Page 54 - 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.
Page 417 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Page 177 - 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...
Page 85 - When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
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Page 303 - 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 25 - 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.
Page 25 - I will follow that system of regimen which according to my ability and judgment I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel ; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.