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 31
... followed : Martial , Cicero , Ovid , Vir- gil , of course , as well as Pindar , Terence , Hesiod , and Homer , with Robinson's Rhetoric and Nowell's Greek Catechism completing the list . The scholars were drilled not only in reading and ...
... followed : Martial , Cicero , Ovid , Vir- gil , of course , as well as Pindar , Terence , Hesiod , and Homer , with Robinson's Rhetoric and Nowell's Greek Catechism completing the list . The scholars were drilled not only in reading and ...
Page 133
... followed the King's defeat at Naseby , Norwich settled down to its daily affairs , and Browne's practice flourished . Each year brought more patients to his door . But the in- creased income from his fees was offset by the demands of a ...
... followed the King's defeat at Naseby , Norwich settled down to its daily affairs , and Browne's practice flourished . Each year brought more patients to his door . But the in- creased income from his fees was offset by the demands of a ...
Page 159
... followed the rule of letting the body cure itself , interfering as little as possible by the use of drugs . In the Reverend John Ward's notes to the lectures of the Regius Professor of Medi- cine at Oxford , made during the middle years ...
... followed the rule of letting the body cure itself , interfering as little as possible by the use of drugs . In the Reverend John Ward's notes to the lectures of the Regius Professor of Medi- cine at Oxford , made during the middle years ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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