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... states affecting humanity can be rescued from the grasp of the most disgusting
and villanous quackery , and treated with benefit to the patient , is by the scientific
and conscientious practitioner openly taking them under his own charge .
... states affecting humanity can be rescued from the grasp of the most disgusting
and villanous quackery , and treated with benefit to the patient , is by the scientific
and conscientious practitioner openly taking them under his own charge .
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I have sought to investigate the subjects treated of , in the calm and philosophic
spirit in which all scientific inquiries should be approached , and have striven to
keep the text free from any sentiment or expression incompatible with the dignity
...
I have sought to investigate the subjects treated of , in the calm and philosophic
spirit in which all scientific inquiries should be approached , and have striven to
keep the text free from any sentiment or expression incompatible with the dignity
...
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... ANIMAL PASSIONS 323 . 66 224 APPENDIX A. - Suprą , p . 186 .
PRESCRIPTIONS 331 APPENDIX B. — Suprą , p . 302 . EXPOSURE OF THE
QUACK SYSTEM 333 INTRODUCTION . I HAVE in the following pages treated of
CONTENTS ...
... ANIMAL PASSIONS 323 . 66 224 APPENDIX A. - Suprą , p . 186 .
PRESCRIPTIONS 331 APPENDIX B. — Suprą , p . 302 . EXPOSURE OF THE
QUACK SYSTEM 333 INTRODUCTION . I HAVE in the following pages treated of
CONTENTS ...
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I HAVE in the following pages treated of the Functions and Disorders , as
distinguished from the Anatomy and Pathology , of the reproductive organs . On
the latter topics there are many excellent and exhaustive works , but the former
still need ...
I HAVE in the following pages treated of the Functions and Disorders , as
distinguished from the Anatomy and Pathology , of the reproductive organs . On
the latter topics there are many excellent and exhaustive works , but the former
still need ...
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Books treating of this subject are unfortunately too full of accounts of the habits of
such chil en . Parent Duchātelet mentions a child , which , from the age of four
years , had been in the habit of abusing its powers with boys of ten or twelve ...
Books treating of this subject are unfortunately too full of accounts of the habits of
such chil en . Parent Duchātelet mentions a child , which , from the age of four
years , had been in the habit of abusing its powers with boys of ten or twelve ...
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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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