Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... physiology generally , without limiting my views merely to that which is re- quired for surgical practice , they led me to scien- tific enquiries , which for many years afterwards formed a most agreeable addition to the drudgery of my ...
... physiology generally , without limiting my views merely to that which is re- quired for surgical practice , they led me to scien- tific enquiries , which for many years afterwards formed a most agreeable addition to the drudgery of my ...
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... physiologist in the world , and the ho- nour of being one of the very limited number of foreign associates of the Academy of Sciences of Paris . By his will , Sir Joseph directed that Brown should receive an annuity during his life , on ...
... physiologist in the world , and the ho- nour of being one of the very limited number of foreign associates of the Academy of Sciences of Paris . By his will , Sir Joseph directed that Brown should receive an annuity during his life , on ...
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... physiological enquiries on my own account , having been led to do so chiefly by the perusal of those very remarkable books , for which we are indebted to the genius of Bichat . I had previously communicated a paper to the Royal Society ...
... physiological enquiries on my own account , having been led to do so chiefly by the perusal of those very remarkable books , for which we are indebted to the genius of Bichat . I had previously communicated a paper to the Royal Society ...
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... physiological papers in the year 1850 . During this time my private practice was slowly increasing at the rate of about 2007. or 250l . annually . I continued to pursue my phy- siological investigations , but was chiefly occupied with ...
... physiological papers in the year 1850 . During this time my private practice was slowly increasing at the rate of about 2007. or 250l . annually . I continued to pursue my phy- siological investigations , but was chiefly occupied with ...
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... physiology , much more must it be so as to so difficult a science as Pathology , in the pursuit of which we get little or no help from experiments , and have to rely almost wholly on the observa- tion of facts which present themselves ...
... physiology , much more must it be so as to so difficult a science as Pathology , in the pursuit of which we get little or no help from experiments , and have to rely almost wholly on the observa- tion of facts which present themselves ...
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