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 42
... speak amid the distinguished company assem- bled in the common hall . Besides the Fellows and scholars of Broadgates , there were representatives of the benefac- tors , and a number of members of the University , includ- ing the Vice ...
... speak amid the distinguished company assem- bled in the common hall . Besides the Fellows and scholars of Broadgates , there were representatives of the benefac- tors , and a number of members of the University , includ- ing the Vice ...
Page 202
... in his writings : Sydenham's work on smallpox is " well writ , wherin are many good things & some very paradoxicall . " He speaks several times of Dr. Walter Charleton's Harveian Oration before the Royal College of Physicians 202.
... in his writings : Sydenham's work on smallpox is " well writ , wherin are many good things & some very paradoxicall . " He speaks several times of Dr. Walter Charleton's Harveian Oration before the Royal College of Physicians 202.
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... speak of it suggestively . To behold the development of the embryo , he says , " were a spectacle almost worth one's being , a sight beyond all . " He speaks of animals which enter the womb in “ bare and simple Materials , return with ...
... speak of it suggestively . To behold the development of the embryo , he says , " were a spectacle almost worth one's being , a sight beyond all . " He speaks of animals which enter the womb in “ bare and simple Materials , return with ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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