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 63
... interest was botany , which he had studied in Jerusa- lem and Egypt . In the latter country he had paid particular attention to the artificial incubation of hen's eggs , then an Egyptian wonder . It is quite possible that Browne's own ...
... interest was botany , which he had studied in Jerusa- lem and Egypt . In the latter country he had paid particular attention to the artificial incubation of hen's eggs , then an Egyptian wonder . It is quite possible that Browne's own ...
Page 108
... interest in mechanical processes with a capacity for broader knowledge . He went on to study anatomy at Oxford , and was appointed physician - general to Cromwell's army in Ireland , where he successfully superintended the mapping of ...
... interest in mechanical processes with a capacity for broader knowledge . He went on to study anatomy at Oxford , and was appointed physician - general to Cromwell's army in Ireland , where he successfully superintended the mapping of ...
Page 185
... interest Edward might look into ; the ladies of the family added postscripts entreating his speedy return ; Edward replied dutifully with long letters crammed with details . In addition , he dispatched a number of reports for the Royal ...
... interest Edward might look into ; the ladies of the family added postscripts entreating his speedy return ; Edward replied dutifully with long letters crammed with details . In addition , he dispatched a number of reports for the Royal ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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