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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... Cambridge required eleven . It is hardly credible now that so much time could be given to the study of classical authorities like Galen or Aristotle with but a casual glance at the process of anatomical dissection and hardly any ...
... Cambridge required eleven . It is hardly credible now that so much time could be given to the study of classical authorities like Galen or Aristotle with but a casual glance at the process of anatomical dissection and hardly any ...
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... Cambridge , where the energetic Vice - Master , James Duport , became his tutor . Short in stature but endowed with tremendous intellectual force , Duport was just the man to give his pupil a zest for learning . An- other of his famous ...
... Cambridge , where the energetic Vice - Master , James Duport , became his tutor . Short in stature but endowed with tremendous intellectual force , Duport was just the man to give his pupil a zest for learning . An- other of his famous ...
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... Cambridge . Dr. Francis Glisson then held the regius professorship of medicine the Cambridge chair corresponding to that oc- cupied by Dr. Thomas Clayton at Oxford earlier in the century . Glisson was the most distinguished of the Cam ...
... Cambridge . Dr. Francis Glisson then held the regius professorship of medicine the Cambridge chair corresponding to that oc- cupied by Dr. Thomas Clayton at Oxford earlier in the century . Glisson was the most distinguished of the Cam ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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