Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... private practice next to myself ; and it may be regarded as somewhat to the credit of both of us that there has never been any manifestation of jealousy between us . I have already mentioned that , when a young man , he had some ...
... private practice next to myself ; and it may be regarded as somewhat to the credit of both of us that there has never been any manifestation of jealousy between us . I have already mentioned that , when a young man , he had some ...
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... private practice . He was a man of considerable talents , and an excellent practical surgeon , but with no taste for the science of his profession . Three years afterwards he went to India in the service of the East India Company ...
... private practice . He was a man of considerable talents , and an excellent practical surgeon , but with no taste for the science of his profession . Three years afterwards he went to India in the service of the East India Company ...
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... private practice , he was led to play truant a good deal . When he did so , he was accustomed to ask me to give the demonstration in his place ; an arrangement which was attended with no difficulty , as both Mr. Wilson and the students ...
... private practice , he was led to play truant a good deal . When he did so , he was accustomed to ask me to give the demonstration in his place ; an arrangement which was attended with no difficulty , as both Mr. Wilson and the students ...
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... private practice , I had almost the exclusive superintendence of the dis- secting - room , under Mr. Wilson , who generally appeared there for a very short time in the fore- noon . Mr. Home had made an arrangement by which I was to ...
... private practice , I had almost the exclusive superintendence of the dis- secting - room , under Mr. Wilson , who generally appeared there for a very short time in the fore- noon . Mr. Home had made an arrangement by which I was to ...
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... practice in London , determined to seek his fortune else- where , and accepted an appointment in the ser- vice of ... private operations . I conclude that he thought that I should answer his purpose in this respect , but I know that he ...
... practice in London , determined to seek his fortune else- where , and accepted an appointment in the ser- vice of ... private operations . I conclude that he thought that I should answer his purpose in this respect , but I know that he ...
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