Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithCollier Books, 1961 - 251 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 16
... attention . A physician's religion ! What of the old proverb , " Wherever there are three physicians , there are two athists ” ( “ Ubi tres medici , duo Athei ” ) ? Such suspicion of doctors had been widespread during the previous ...
... attention . A physician's religion ! What of the old proverb , " Wherever there are three physicians , there are two athists ” ( “ Ubi tres medici , duo Athei ” ) ? Such suspicion of doctors had been widespread during the previous ...
Page 63
... attention to the artificial incubation of hen's eggs , then an Egyptian wonder . It is quite possible that Browne's own keen interest in Egypt was aroused through his association with Vesling at Padua ; in any case , several of ...
... attention to the artificial incubation of hen's eggs , then an Egyptian wonder . It is quite possible that Browne's own keen interest in Egypt was aroused through his association with Vesling at Padua ; in any case , several of ...
Page 89
... attention to the book . It was in the late afternoon or early evening shortly before Christmas , 1642 , that Digby received from the noble lord a letter enthusiastically praising the new book called Religio Medici and urging Digby to ...
... attention to the book . It was in the late afternoon or early evening shortly before Christmas , 1642 , that Digby received from the noble lord a letter enthusiastically praising the new book called Religio Medici and urging Digby to ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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