Medical essays 1842-1882Houghton Mifflin, 1892 |
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... remarkable length , strength , and toughness for his tender years . a Severall Chirurgicall Treatises . London . 1676. p . 246 . One of the most curious examples of the fallacy of HOMEOPATHY AND ITS KINDRED DELUSIONS . 5.
... remarkable length , strength , and toughness for his tender years . a Severall Chirurgicall Treatises . London . 1676. p . 246 . One of the most curious examples of the fallacy of HOMEOPATHY AND ITS KINDRED DELUSIONS . 5.
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... remarkable in the fact of such astonishing properties being developed by this process , it must be from our short - sightedness , for common salt and char- coal develop powers quite as marvellous after a certain number of thumps , stirs ...
... remarkable in the fact of such astonishing properties being developed by this process , it must be from our short - sightedness , for common salt and char- coal develop powers quite as marvellous after a certain number of thumps , stirs ...
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... remarkable illustration of a truth which has long been known to the members of one of the learned professions , namely , that no amount of talent , or of acquirements in other departments , can rescue from lamentable folly those who ...
... remarkable illustration of a truth which has long been known to the members of one of the learned professions , namely , that no amount of talent , or of acquirements in other departments , can rescue from lamentable folly those who ...
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... remarkable , also , that Perkinism , which had so little success with the medical and scientific part of the community , found great favor in the eyes of its more lovely and less obstinate portion . " The lady of Major Oxholm , " I ...
... remarkable , also , that Perkinism , which had so little success with the medical and scientific part of the community , found great favor in the eyes of its more lovely and less obstinate portion . " The lady of Major Oxholm , " I ...
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... remarkable gen- erosity ; in short , that it is one of those things which honest men often do from the best motives , but which rogues and impostors never fail to announce as one of their special recommendations . It is astonishing to ...
... remarkable gen- erosity ; in short , that it is one of those things which honest men often do from the best motives , but which rogues and impostors never fail to announce as one of their special recommendations . It is astonishing to ...
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