The roll of the Royal college of physicians, Volume 2

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Page 29 - Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination; a scholar with great brilliance of wit, a wit who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.
Page 279 - He was a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of some other learned bodies.
Page 180 - If I had strength enough to hold a pen, I would write how easy and pleasant a thing it is to die.
Page 193 - It was after the annual dinner of the Society for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Medical Men, organized by the late Dr.
Page 306 - A General View of the establishment of Physic as a Science in England by the incorporation of the College of Physicians of London.
Page 354 - If one precept appeared to be more practically approved by him than another, it was that which directs us to do unto others as we would have them to do unto us...
Page 364 - Biographical Memoirs of Medicine in Great Britain, from the Revival of Literature to the Time of Harvey.
Page 354 - A Series of Engravings, Accompanied with Explanations, Which Are Intended To Illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body.
Page 335 - The Morbid Anatomy of the Brain, in Mania and Hydrophobia; with the Pathology of these two...
Page 85 - The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse, For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal skill to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs admit no force but argument.

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