Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithSchuman, 1950 - 319 pages A study of Sir Thomas Browne, a seventeenth century physician who was deeply concerned with his own faith at a time of religious strife and of new interest in science, and the remarkable age in which he lived. |
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Page 181
... ancient funeral rites , the odd accidents of burial , and the " fate of men's bones . " In his notebooks he found a few observations from learned works such as Weever's Ancient Funeral Monuments and Kirchmann's Roman Funerals , as well ...
... ancient funeral rites , the odd accidents of burial , and the " fate of men's bones . " In his notebooks he found a few observations from learned works such as Weever's Ancient Funeral Monuments and Kirchmann's Roman Funerals , as well ...
Page 187
... ancients laid out their orchards . The term was used by the Romans to denote an arrangement of five trees in the form of a rectangle , four occupying the corners , one the center , so that a massing of quincunxes produces long rows of ...
... ancients laid out their orchards . The term was used by the Romans to denote an arrangement of five trees in the form of a rectangle , four occupying the corners , one the center , so that a massing of quincunxes produces long rows of ...
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... ancient and respected institution which so many eminent London medical men have served . One - time student at Leyden , he was a competent and distinguished physician . But Edward soon found more than a professional interest in the ...
... ancient and respected institution which so many eminent London medical men have served . One - time student at Leyden , he was a competent and distinguished physician . But Edward soon found more than a professional interest in the ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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