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... century , being the earliest known author . hardly recognized , and equations of the second degree were The early notation was meager : the value of negatives was the limit of consideration . In 1202 Leonardo , a Pisan traveler ...
... century , being the earliest known author . hardly recognized , and equations of the second degree were The early notation was meager : the value of negatives was the limit of consideration . In 1202 Leonardo , a Pisan traveler ...
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... century and adopted through them by Europeans in the 12th century . Algum , or ALMUG - TREES . Indian trees imported by Solo- mon in the timber , and used for pillars of the Temple and instruments of music ; probably sandalwood ...
... century and adopted through them by Europeans in the 12th century . Algum , or ALMUG - TREES . Indian trees imported by Solo- mon in the timber , and used for pillars of the Temple and instruments of music ; probably sandalwood ...
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... century . Aloe . Genus of plants , natural family Liliaceae , the inspissated juice constituting the drug Aloes , used as a tonic and purgative . A. so- cotrina yields the best qual- ity , named from Socotra , an island in the Indian ...
... century . Aloe . Genus of plants , natural family Liliaceae , the inspissated juice constituting the drug Aloes , used as a tonic and purgative . A. so- cotrina yields the best qual- ity , named from Socotra , an island in the Indian ...
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... century , when Mondino dissected human bodies in Bologna and cleared up many points previously obscure . His influence rendered Italy the center of anatomical study , a position it maintained for near three centuries . Vesalius , a ...
... century , when Mondino dissected human bodies in Bologna and cleared up many points previously obscure . His influence rendered Italy the center of anatomical study , a position it maintained for near three centuries . Vesalius , a ...
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... century ; it has been of the greatest value in affording increased knowledge of disease - processes and their prevention and relief . Comparative anatomy is the study of the structure of the lower animals and their relations to man ...
... century ; it has been of the greatest value in affording increased knowledge of disease - processes and their prevention and relief . Comparative anatomy is the study of the structure of the lower animals and their relations to man ...
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