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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... physicians attempted to protect their profession against such abuses through the prestige of their own organization ... physician who was made a scapegoat by being accused of plotting to poison Queen Elizabeth , does not prove very much ...
... physicians attempted to protect their profession against such abuses through the prestige of their own organization ... physician who was made a scapegoat by being accused of plotting to poison Queen Elizabeth , does not prove very much ...
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... physician , he was , in the eyes of his neighbors and friends , first of all a Norwich doctor , and a good one . But , one might ask , what sort of medicine was it that a physician of that era practiced ? Of what did his work and ...
... physician , he was , in the eyes of his neighbors and friends , first of all a Norwich doctor , and a good one . But , one might ask , what sort of medicine was it that a physician of that era practiced ? Of what did his work and ...
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... physician to St. Bartholo- mew's Hospital , that ancient and respected institution which so many eminent London medical men have served . One - time student at Leyden , he was a competent and distinguished physician . But Edward soon ...
... physician to St. Bartholo- mew's Hospital , that ancient and respected institution which so many eminent London medical men have served . One - time student at Leyden , he was a competent and distinguished physician . But Edward soon ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith 3 | 3 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 37 |
Copyright | |
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