British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of Practial Medicine and Surgery, 47. köide1871 |
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... examination and candid criticism . Our first impression is one of disappointment . We had hoped for a book which , while it faithfully reproduced the accepted results of previous workers , should yet bear the stamp of origi- nality ...
... examination and candid criticism . Our first impression is one of disappointment . We had hoped for a book which , while it faithfully reproduced the accepted results of previous workers , should yet bear the stamp of origi- nality ...
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... examination of it possible . Much controversy has of late been evoked by the discoveries of Beale and others of " a germinal substance " in the tissues of various animals , and to a notable and definite amount in the alvine liquid of ...
... examination of it possible . Much controversy has of late been evoked by the discoveries of Beale and others of " a germinal substance " in the tissues of various animals , and to a notable and definite amount in the alvine liquid of ...
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... examinations by these two eminent observers is laid before the scientific world in Dr. Sanderson's report . " The extreme facility with which smallpox is communicated through the air at first sight seems to imply a greater subtlety of ...
... examinations by these two eminent observers is laid before the scientific world in Dr. Sanderson's report . " The extreme facility with which smallpox is communicated through the air at first sight seems to imply a greater subtlety of ...
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... examination of those instances in which the evidence is strongest , and is supported by the greatest number of facts ; for one is more likely to form an accurate opinion of the value of the whole investiga- tion by the sceptical ...
... examination of those instances in which the evidence is strongest , and is supported by the greatest number of facts ; for one is more likely to form an accurate opinion of the value of the whole investiga- tion by the sceptical ...
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... examination is also an important factor of doubt . " Thus the fact of the existence of cysts in the dejection of cholera rests on the examination of two specimens only , both of which have been already mentioned , viz . a bottle of ...
... examination is also an important factor of doubt . " Thus the fact of the existence of cysts in the dejection of cholera rests on the examination of two specimens only , both of which have been already mentioned , viz . a bottle of ...
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