Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... older we formed other acquaintance , and I may mention speci- ally Mr. ( afterwards Dr. ) Maton , who after- wards became a physician of great eminence in the metropolis ; Mr. ( now Sir John ) Stoddart SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE , BART . 9.
... older we formed other acquaintance , and I may mention speci- ally Mr. ( afterwards Dr. ) Maton , who after- wards became a physician of great eminence in the metropolis ; Mr. ( now Sir John ) Stoddart SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE , BART . 9.
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... wards , one on the principles of science , and the mode of conducting scientific enquiries ( which gained me some credit in the society ) , and another on what were supposed to be modern discoveries , which could be found in Pliny's ...
... wards , one on the principles of science , and the mode of conducting scientific enquiries ( which gained me some credit in the society ) , and another on what were supposed to be modern discoveries , which could be found in Pliny's ...
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... ward to the time when it would occupy a high place among the learned societies of the metro- polis . But it was too near to the Inns of Court for this purpose . The young lawyers especially were wont to introduce political allusions ...
... ward to the time when it would occupy a high place among the learned societies of the metro- polis . But it was too near to the Inns of Court for this purpose . The young lawyers especially were wont to introduce political allusions ...
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... wards of a hospital are soon found to be replete with interest . At first all is confusion . The nice distinction of symptoms on which the diagnosis of disease depends , why the pulse in one case indicates immediate danger , and in ...
... wards of a hospital are soon found to be replete with interest . At first all is confusion . The nice distinction of symptoms on which the diagnosis of disease depends , why the pulse in one case indicates immediate danger , and in ...
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... in this respect were little able to understand . During the summer of 1803 I never failed to pass the early part of the day in the wards of the hospital . In the afternoon I usually dined by SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE , BART . 45.
... in this respect were little able to understand . During the summer of 1803 I never failed to pass the early part of the day in the wards of the hospital . In the afternoon I usually dined by SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE , BART . 45.
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