British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of Practial Medicine and Surgery, 47. köide1871 |
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... position and reputation of its author , de- mands special 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 ...
... position and reputation of its author , de- mands special 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 ...
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... positions in their classes can only be known to the more advanced student , and whose bare names , accompanied by no reference to any work containing a description of them , can only confuse the ordinary reader . A table of the orders ...
... positions in their classes can only be known to the more advanced student , and whose bare names , accompanied by no reference to any work containing a description of them , can only confuse the ordinary reader . A table of the orders ...
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... position of the bristles and strips of paper by which the organs are indicated in the preparations ; and have greatly simplified and shortened the descriptions . This part , which forms the body of the work , has , as it stands , far ...
... position of the bristles and strips of paper by which the organs are indicated in the preparations ; and have greatly simplified and shortened the descriptions . This part , which forms the body of the work , has , as it stands , far ...
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... position cannot be ascertained until we know more of their development . Analogous forms known as Cryptococcus , Hormiscium , Arthrococcus , Oïdium , are known which merely represent the transformation of any of these forms from the ...
... position cannot be ascertained until we know more of their development . Analogous forms known as Cryptococcus , Hormiscium , Arthrococcus , Oïdium , are known which merely represent the transformation of any of these forms from the ...
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... position in respect to the other functions . The uterus , then , and vital actions which are expressed by it , play an important part in the decomposition of carbon in the system . . . . The chief practical point of remark is , the ...
... position in respect to the other functions . The uterus , then , and vital actions which are expressed by it , play an important part in the decomposition of carbon in the system . . . . The chief practical point of remark is , the ...
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