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 131
... became well known in their profession . Ent and Glisson were friends and advocates of Harvey . Glisson published a famous treatise on rickets , De rachitide ( 1650 ) , a masterly descriptive account of the disease . He served as Regius ...
... became well known in their profession . Ent and Glisson were friends and advocates of Harvey . Glisson published a famous treatise on rickets , De rachitide ( 1650 ) , a masterly descriptive account of the disease . He served as Regius ...
Page 132
... became Browne's friend and correspondent , had a variety of interests , among them pharmaceutics , glass manufacture , and ornithology . It was to Merrett that the brilliant young Robert Boyle ( 1627-91 ) applied for advice about his ...
... became Browne's friend and correspondent , had a variety of interests , among them pharmaceutics , glass manufacture , and ornithology . It was to Merrett that the brilliant young Robert Boyle ( 1627-91 ) applied for advice about his ...
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... became the recog- nized " cure " for malaria . Jesuit fathers in Peru were said to have sent quantities of cinchona , called also Jes- uit's powder or Peruvian bark , to Rome ; hence their name and the name of Peru became associated ...
... became the recog- nized " cure " for malaria . Jesuit fathers in Peru were said to have sent quantities of cinchona , called also Jes- uit's powder or Peruvian bark , to Rome ; hence their name and the name of Peru became associated ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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