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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... lectures were given in English as well as in Latin and were not limited to " the exposition of some part of Galen or Hippocratis . " 20 The Royal College of Physi- cians , moreover , had a lecture in surgery , founded in 1582 PLATE 2 ...
... lectures were given in English as well as in Latin and were not limited to " the exposition of some part of Galen or Hippocratis . " 20 The Royal College of Physi- cians , moreover , had a lecture in surgery , founded in 1582 PLATE 2 ...
Page 228
... lectures on mathematics , hernia , and anatomy ; bought books ; made inquiries of apothecaries ; and spent much time in the " Physick Garden , " where he heard lectures on bot- any . " The weather was so bad , " he recalled on one oc ...
... lectures on mathematics , hernia , and anatomy ; bought books ; made inquiries of apothecaries ; and spent much time in the " Physick Garden , " where he heard lectures on bot- any . " The weather was so bad , " he recalled on one oc ...
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... lectures for Chirurgeon's Hall and even wrote out sections of them . One amusing example is a suggested addition to an anatomical lecture . It may be asked , Sir Thomas writes , why nature did not make the penis double , as she did so ...
... lectures for Chirurgeon's Hall and even wrote out sections of them . One amusing example is a suggested addition to an anatomical lecture . It may be asked , Sir Thomas writes , why nature did not make the penis double , as she did so ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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