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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... greatest of human achievements ; to have thought carefully and well upon every specimen in it is far more , it is one of the greatest of human glories . We prize that museum , not merely as a mine of wealth in facts , but even more as ...
... greatest of human achievements ; to have thought carefully and well upon every specimen in it is far more , it is one of the greatest of human glories . We prize that museum , not merely as a mine of wealth in facts , but even more as ...
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... greatest and most valuable that surgery has ever had . True , the railway rate of progress in other things has not been without its counterpart in Surgery , which has been almost revolutionised , and vastly improved , by subcutaneous ...
... greatest and most valuable that surgery has ever had . True , the railway rate of progress in other things has not been without its counterpart in Surgery , which has been almost revolutionised , and vastly improved , by subcutaneous ...
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... greatest potency are not unfrequently the least apparent . There can , however , be little doubt in any thoughtful mind , that the influence of physiological views , with their associated mental culture , on the progress of Surgery ...
... greatest potency are not unfrequently the least apparent . There can , however , be little doubt in any thoughtful mind , that the influence of physiological views , with their associated mental culture , on the progress of Surgery ...
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... , the fruit of the tree of knowledge has the greatest attrac- tion for us . Call it curiosity , or what you will , this love of knowledge is an inherent and active principle at all ages and in all races . It is 22 THE HUNTERIAN ORATION .
... , the fruit of the tree of knowledge has the greatest attrac- tion for us . Call it curiosity , or what you will , this love of knowledge is an inherent and active principle at all ages and in all races . It is 22 THE HUNTERIAN ORATION .
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... greatest influence , viz . , the Examinations for a pass . It is a far easier and quicker process to test the student's know- ledge of a fact than his capacity and habit of thinking upon and turning the fact to account . Yet , it need ...
... greatest influence , viz . , the Examinations for a pass . It is a far easier and quicker process to test the student's know- ledge of a fact than his capacity and habit of thinking upon and turning the fact to account . Yet , it need ...
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