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 50
... Galen or Aristotle , leaving the work of incision to a barber - sur- geon , whose profession was still separate from the physi- cians . If in that day at Oxford the opportunities for first- hand observation were very slight , the time ...
... Galen or Aristotle , leaving the work of incision to a barber - sur- geon , whose profession was still separate from the physi- cians . If in that day at Oxford the opportunities for first- hand observation were very slight , the time ...
Page 69
... Galen , he burned his manuscripts and left the University , or the saddening story of his later years ; but we can observe that with Vesalius the old didactic method of teaching anatomy was at last discredited . He had opened the way to ...
... Galen , he burned his manuscripts and left the University , or the saddening story of his later years ; but we can observe that with Vesalius the old didactic method of teaching anatomy was at last discredited . He had opened the way to ...
Page 82
... at Leyden in Browne's time were Adrian van Valkenburg , who lec- tured in anatomy and attempted to demonstrate the cor- rectness of Galen as he wielded the scalpel , Jan de Wale , TE 6 PLATE 7 Shibden Dale , Yorkshire 83 Leyden 82.
... at Leyden in Browne's time were Adrian van Valkenburg , who lec- tured in anatomy and attempted to demonstrate the cor- rectness of Galen as he wielded the scalpel , Jan de Wale , TE 6 PLATE 7 Shibden Dale , Yorkshire 83 Leyden 82.
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From Cheapside to Winchester | 2 |
Residence in Yorkshire | 90 |
Civil StrifeBrownes Second | 125 |
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