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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... became a steady s Then , by great good luck something o sold copies beyond Crooke's fondest ex Kenelm Digby , whose name turns up alm in the mid - seventeenth century , got hold o all night reading it , and promptly publish Digby was a ...
... became a steady s Then , by great good luck something o sold copies beyond Crooke's fondest ex Kenelm Digby , whose name turns up alm in the mid - seventeenth century , got hold o all night reading it , and promptly publish Digby was a ...
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... became well known in their pro Glisson were friends and advocates of published a famous treatise on ricke ( 1650 ) , a masterly descriptive account o served as Regius Professor of Physic ( where Edward Browne was his pupil much time in ...
... became well known in their pro Glisson were friends and advocates of published a famous treatise on ricke ( 1650 ) , a masterly descriptive account o served as Regius Professor of Physic ( where Edward Browne was his pupil much time in ...
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... 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 ...
Contents
From Cheapside to Winchester | 2 |
Residence in Yorkshire | 90 |
Civil StrifeBrownes Second | 125 |
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