Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithA 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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If a student could swear that he had attended the four a lectures comprising a complete dissection , in addition to one ... For that matter , neither did the lecturer , who was actually a reader , as the word literally means , from the ...
If a student could swear that he had attended the four a lectures comprising a complete dissection , in addition to one ... For that matter , neither did the lecturer , who was actually a reader , as the word literally means , from the ...
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In 1664 such lectures as those given by Dr. Terne constituted a course in anatomy . After an introduction in Latin , the lecturer discussed the skin , and in subsequent meetings taught the stomach , the intestines , the kidneys ...
In 1664 such lectures as those given by Dr. Terne constituted a course in anatomy . After an introduction in Latin , the lecturer discussed the skin , and in subsequent meetings taught the stomach , the intestines , the kidneys ...
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He observed bloodletting ; heard 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 botany .
He observed bloodletting ; heard 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 botany .
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Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & Faith Issue 16 of Life of science library |
| Author | Jeremiah Stanton Finch |
| Publisher | Schuman, 1950 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 319 pages |
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