Curiosities of Medical ExperienceR. Bentley, 1839 - 566 páginas |
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... observed , that “ re- verence or prejudice must not be suffered to give beauty or deformity to any of their opinions . " He will find that of which further experience will sub- sequently convince him , that medical investigation is too ...
... observed , that “ re- verence or prejudice must not be suffered to give beauty or deformity to any of their opinions . " He will find that of which further experience will sub- sequently convince him , that medical investigation is too ...
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... observed , " There are books which should only be read , but others that must be learnt . " This discrimination is ... observation of facts , the other by glossarial records . Men of erudi- tion are seldom men of genius . The exploring ...
... observed , " There are books which should only be read , but others that must be learnt . " This discrimination is ... observation of facts , the other by glossarial records . Men of erudi- tion are seldom men of genius . The exploring ...
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... observe by the way , that it may have arisen from the great disparity and inequality in the condition of society that ... observed , that the faculty of reasoning seldom or never deceives those who trust to it : its consequences , from ...
... observe by the way , that it may have arisen from the great disparity and inequality in the condition of society that ... observed , that the faculty of reasoning seldom or never deceives those who trust to it : its consequences , from ...
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... observed amongst medical pupils . Professor Mascagni attributed his cor- pulence to his constant attendance on dissections ; he also excused his amorous propensities on similar grounds . For the cure of corpulency , diminution of food ...
... observed amongst medical pupils . Professor Mascagni attributed his cor- pulence to his constant attendance on dissections ; he also excused his amorous propensities on similar grounds . For the cure of corpulency , diminution of food ...
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... observation , however , cannot be considered a rule in forming a judgment of various tempers . This is by no means an ... observed to fatten horses for sale by flogging them , an analogous method might be useful with spare persons who ...
... observation , however , cannot be considered a rule in forming a judgment of various tempers . This is by no means an ... observed to fatten horses for sale by flogging them , an analogous method might be useful with spare persons who ...
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Página 529 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 25 - The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow.
Página 403 - If the balance of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusions...
Página 146 - For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Página 445 - The brave man is not he who feels no fear, . For that were stupid and irrational, But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
Página 127 - To deny the possibility, nay, actual existence, of witchcraft and sorcery is at once flatly to contradict the revealed word of God, in various passages both of the Old and New Testament : and the thing itself is a truth to which every nation in the world hath in its turn borne testimony, either by examples seemingly well attested or by prohibitory laws; which at least suppose the possibility of commerce with evil spirits.
Página 25 - To indulge the power of fiction, and send imagination out upon the wing, is often the sport of those who delight too much in silent speculation.
Página 25 - In time some particular train of ideas fixes the attention, all other intellectual gratifications are rejected, the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth.
Página 403 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.