The Hunterian Oration: Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, on the 14th of February, 1879On Dr. Hunter's work and methods. |
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... cause to honour him this day and to strive to follow him ; to follow , that is , his method , for follow him we cannot . He did what no one since his time could venture to attempt , what indeed his own re- searches , by widening the ...
... cause to honour him this day and to strive to follow him ; to follow , that is , his method , for follow him we cannot . He did what no one since his time could venture to attempt , what indeed his own re- searches , by widening the ...
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... causes and effects of matter seem to be entirely connected with matter itself , and to be a pro- perty in and inseparable from it , and as these are becoming better known the ' presiding spirits ' are every day vanishing and their ...
... causes and effects of matter seem to be entirely connected with matter itself , and to be a pro- perty in and inseparable from it , and as these are becoming better known the ' presiding spirits ' are every day vanishing and their ...
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... causes of natural phe- nomena , and to seek the explanation of what passes around us and in us , and to refer these , more and more , to what are called laws , there is yet an ever - receding cause of those laws , and that hence there ...
... causes of natural phe- nomena , and to seek the explanation of what passes around us and in us , and to refer these , more and more , to what are called laws , there is yet an ever - receding cause of those laws , and that hence there ...
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... causes of life , done to Surgery ? In what way , if at all , are the improvements which have taken place in the knowledge and treatment of disease attributable to the connection between Physi- ology and Surgery , which Hunter ...
... causes of life , done to Surgery ? In what way , if at all , are the improvements which have taken place in the knowledge and treatment of disease attributable to the connection between Physi- ology and Surgery , which Hunter ...
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... cause of the results which he obtained . We are all made of the same metal , though , in us , it may be less good and have a less clear ring than it had in him . The love of knowledge is deeply embedded in , and is a strong motive power ...
... cause of the results which he obtained . We are all made of the same metal , though , in us , it may be less good and have a less clear ring than it had in him . The love of knowledge is deeply embedded in , and is a strong motive power ...
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