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 156
... patient screamed or suf- fered in silence . Amputations went grimly on while one or more persons pinioned the ... patients in his office and make daily rounds quickly by automobile , the seventeenth - century physician spent a ...
... patient screamed or suf- fered in silence . Amputations went grimly on while one or more persons pinioned the ... patients in his office and make daily rounds quickly by automobile , the seventeenth - century physician spent a ...
Page 180
... patients , the size of the stones removed , the manner of dressing the incisions , and the grim details of binding the patients ' arms and legs : " They lay on their backs and have their armes tied to the bedpost , that they may not ...
... patients , the size of the stones removed , the manner of dressing the incisions , and the grim details of binding the patients ' arms and legs : " They lay on their backs and have their armes tied to the bedpost , that they may not ...
Page 210
... patient had once suffered from rickets . He recalled the curious skin ail- ment of the children of Languedoc- " the ... patient's features . Yet Sir Thomas was not writing for the Royal Society or for publication . He gave his ...
... patient had once suffered from rickets . He recalled the curious skin ail- ment of the children of Languedoc- " the ... patient's features . Yet Sir Thomas was not writing for the Royal Society or for publication . He gave his ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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