Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... observation of which in one class of persons cannot fail to teach us much of what we want to know as to others . In the year 1798 , when there was an alarm on account of a supposed probability of invasion by the French , my elder ...
... observation of which in one class of persons cannot fail to teach us much of what we want to know as to others . In the year 1798 , when there was an alarm on account of a supposed probability of invasion by the French , my elder ...
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... observations are more applicable than they are to the medical . The early studies are , in some respects , disagreeable to all , and to many repul- sive . But in the practical exercise of its duties in the hospital , there is much that ...
... observations are more applicable than they are to the medical . The early studies are , in some respects , disagreeable to all , and to many repul- sive . But in the practical exercise of its duties in the hospital , there is much that ...
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... observation . That he is thoroughly acquainted with his profession cannot be doubted , for it would not have been possible for him otherwise to retain for so long a period the high place which he has occupied . If I had but few ...
... observation . That he is thoroughly acquainted with his profession cannot be doubted , for it would not have been possible for him otherwise to retain for so long a period the high place which he has occupied . If I had but few ...
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... observations , to think and reflect . Nor was this style of education peculiar to myself . I remember when Mr. Abernethy complained that Lawrence would not attend lectures . My friends and contem- poraries , Jeffreys and Lawrence , took ...
... observations , to think and reflect . Nor was this style of education peculiar to myself . I remember when Mr. Abernethy complained that Lawrence would not attend lectures . My friends and contem- poraries , Jeffreys and Lawrence , took ...
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... observation , and great memory , but he wanted that method which a better early education would have afforded him ; and his knowledge , though extensive , was of a very de- sultory kind . His devotion to the memory of Hunter , and his ...
... observation , and great memory , but he wanted that method which a better early education would have afforded him ; and his knowledge , though extensive , was of a very de- sultory kind . His devotion to the memory of Hunter , and his ...
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