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BY WILLIAM ACTON , M.R.C.S. , LATE SURGEON TO THE ISLINGTON
DISPENSARY , AND FORMERLY EXTERNE TO THE VENEREAL HOSPITALS ,
PARIS , FELLOW OF THE ROYAL MED . AND CHIR . SOCIETY , ETC. , ETC.
THIRD ...
BY WILLIAM ACTON , M.R.C.S. , LATE SURGEON TO THE ISLINGTON
DISPENSARY , AND FORMERLY EXTERNE TO THE VENEREAL HOSPITALS ,
PARIS , FELLOW OF THE ROYAL MED . AND CHIR . SOCIETY , ETC. , ETC.
THIRD ...
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I have laid under contribution the domains of Natural History and Comparative
Anatomy , with the illustrative treasures of the College of Surgeons ' Museum , the
Veterinary College , and the Zoological Gardens , and have , moreover , availed
...
I have laid under contribution the domains of Natural History and Comparative
Anatomy , with the illustrative treasures of the College of Surgeons ' Museum , the
Veterinary College , and the Zoological Gardens , and have , moreover , availed
...
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The cases in which an operation may be required on the prepuce are for the
surgeon's decision , and are not within the scope of our present remarks . It has
been , indeed , suggested by persons fully competent to form an opinion that the
...
The cases in which an operation may be required on the prepuce are for the
surgeon's decision , and are not within the scope of our present remarks . It has
been , indeed , suggested by persons fully competent to form an opinion that the
...
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If this feeling can be so far established as to overcome the tendency , the surgeon
can soon remedy the mischief that has been done by previous excesses . It is , I
am convinced , from a want of attention — in parents , and those who direct the ...
If this feeling can be so far established as to overcome the tendency , the surgeon
can soon remedy the mischief that has been done by previous excesses . It is , I
am convinced , from a want of attention — in parents , and those who direct the ...
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as your own to the senior boys in order that they might see that the ill effects of
the practice were not fancies of the masters , but that they were well known by
surgeons and other medical men . Hoping that these suggestions may prove
useful ...
as your own to the senior boys in order that they might see that the ill effects of
the practice were not fancies of the masters , but that they were well known by
surgeons and other medical men . Hoping that these suggestions may prove
useful ...
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| Title | The Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive Organs in Childhood, Youth, Adult Age, and Advanced Life: Considered in Their Physiological, Social, and Moral Relations |
| Author | William Acton |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | Lindsay & Blakiston, 1871 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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