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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... greater attention to sanitary precautions . And here I cannot forbear to mention that crowning triumph of surgery with which the names of Spencer Wells and Keith will ever be honourably associated , and which far exceeds all its ...
... greater attention to sanitary precautions . And here I cannot forbear to mention that crowning triumph of surgery with which the names of Spencer Wells and Keith will ever be honourably associated , and which far exceeds all its ...
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... greater enlightenment and cool reflection . We watch the phases of public sentiment on this question with no small anxiety , knowing full well that , while advancing civilization brings , with one hand , through the massing of people ...
... greater enlightenment and cool reflection . We watch the phases of public sentiment on this question with no small anxiety , knowing full well that , while advancing civilization brings , with one hand , through the massing of people ...
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... greater now than they were in any of the known past ages — in the days , for instance , of Homer or of Plato , of Confucius , of Buddha , or of Moses , no more powerful to mould the material at hand ; whereas the material has vastly ...
... greater now than they were in any of the known past ages — in the days , for instance , of Homer or of Plato , of Confucius , of Buddha , or of Moses , no more powerful to mould the material at hand ; whereas the material has vastly ...
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... greater impor- tance . Indeed a fact is of little value , and little likely to be retained by the brain , unless it is graven in , and rendered capable of utilization , by thought . Anatomy furnishes a good illustration of the man- ner ...
... greater impor- tance . Indeed a fact is of little value , and little likely to be retained by the brain , unless it is graven in , and rendered capable of utilization , by thought . Anatomy furnishes a good illustration of the man- ner ...
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... greater or less degree , to the other branches of medical science and to examinations generally , and that the influence operates banefully upon the whole educational system of the country , with the result that thinking is not ...
... greater or less degree , to the other branches of medical science and to examinations generally , and that the influence operates banefully upon the whole educational system of the country , with the result that thinking is not ...
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