Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... course of reading . I attended lectures on Anatomy , and , during one season , Dr. Crichton's lectures on the Practice of Physic , Materia Medica , and Chemistry , the latter especially with some ad- vantage . During my first season in ...
... course of reading . I attended lectures on Anatomy , and , during one season , Dr. Crichton's lectures on the Practice of Physic , Materia Medica , and Chemistry , the latter especially with some ad- vantage . During my first season in ...
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... course of twelve surgical lectures gratuitously to the pupils of the hospital . These were excellent , and I attended them , year after year , with great advantage . Altogether , I do not suppose that I attended one - fourth of the ...
... course of twelve surgical lectures gratuitously to the pupils of the hospital . These were excellent , and I attended them , year after year , with great advantage . Altogether , I do not suppose that I attended one - fourth of the ...
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... course of the first few years which elapsed after my introduction to Sir Joseph Banks , I derived so much advantage from the society which I met in his library , and occa- sionally at his dinner - table , that I feel it in some measure ...
... course of the first few years which elapsed after my introduction to Sir Joseph Banks , I derived so much advantage from the society which I met in his library , and occa- sionally at his dinner - table , that I feel it in some measure ...
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... course of surgical lectures . Mr. Wilson delivered in each course about a dozen lectures , the remainder , and of course the much greater number , being delivered by myself . After the second year Mr. Wilson retired from the sur- gical ...
... course of surgical lectures . Mr. Wilson delivered in each course about a dozen lectures , the remainder , and of course the much greater number , being delivered by myself . After the second year Mr. Wilson retired from the sur- gical ...
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... course , and I therefore contented myself with making pretty full notes , and then abridging them to take with me into the theatre . Soon after I had begun to deliver surgical lectures , Mr. Wilson , who had now obtained a considerable ...
... course , and I therefore contented myself with making pretty full notes , and then abridging them to take with me into the theatre . Soon after I had begun to deliver surgical lectures , Mr. Wilson , who had now obtained a considerable ...
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