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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... lead to a reflection , and rarely makes a reflection which is not founded upon an observation or which does not lead to one . His investigations evince a large amount of the methodus , the ordo et processus of Bacon and a minimum of the ...
... lead to a reflection , and rarely makes a reflection which is not founded upon an observation or which does not lead to one . His investigations evince a large amount of the methodus , the ordo et processus of Bacon and a minimum of the ...
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... lead to establish principles . " These words give the very marrow of sound teaching , and should be graven wide and deep in the walls of every school and in the heart of every teacher . They show that this master of observing and ...
... lead to establish principles . " These words give the very marrow of sound teaching , and should be graven wide and deep in the walls of every school and in the heart of every teacher . They show that this master of observing and ...
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