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 69
... bodies of criminals for his work . A story is told of his once getting possession of the body of a monk's concubine and hurriedly removing the skin before the lost love could be recognized ! On another oc- casion when he wished to ...
... bodies of criminals for his work . A story is told of his once getting possession of the body of a monk's concubine and hurriedly removing the skin before the lost love could be recognized ! On another oc- casion when he wished to ...
Page 97
... body ? Did the majority of physicians secretly deny the existence of the soul ? Was there truth in the old proverb that two out of every three were atheists ? Even if one accepted the physician as a minister of God who healed for the ...
... body ? Did the majority of physicians secretly deny the existence of the soul ? Was there truth in the old proverb that two out of every three were atheists ? Even if one accepted the physician as a minister of God who healed for the ...
Page 155
... body , " exciting and impregnating Magnetical bodies within its surface or without it , and performing in a secret and invisible way what we evidently behold effected by the Loadstone . " From this he moves on to assert that what flows ...
... body , " exciting and impregnating Magnetical bodies within its surface or without it , and performing in a secret and invisible way what we evidently behold effected by the Loadstone . " From this he moves on to assert that what flows ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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