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Page 107
It must be acknowledge that Vieussens was not very happy in the terms which he
impOsed ; for scarcely any thing is to be met with more whimsical or absurd than
most of the names by which the difl'erent parts of the brain are distinguished.
It must be acknowledge that Vieussens was not very happy in the terms which he
impOsed ; for scarcely any thing is to be met with more whimsical or absurd than
most of the names by which the difl'erent parts of the brain are distinguished.
Page 154
Soon after this period the Grecian physicians separated into two sects, as we are
informed by Celsus, who regulated their practice on quite difl'erent principles.
These were the empirics and the dogmatists. Both considered Hippocrates as
their ...
Soon after this period the Grecian physicians separated into two sects, as we are
informed by Celsus, who regulated their practice on quite difl'erent principles.
These were the empirics and the dogmatists. Both considered Hippocrates as
their ...
Page 224
But if we had followed that plan, which we acknowledge to be the usual one, the
difl'erent topics would have still occupied a place by themselves, so that nothing
would have been gained for those sciences under which they would have been ...
But if we had followed that plan, which we acknowledge to be the usual one, the
difl'erent topics would have still occupied a place by themselves, so that nothing
would have been gained for those sciences under which they would have been ...
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Contents
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY | 16 |
C5413 II _ On ZOOLOGY | 71 |
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