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Personal recollections of Sir Almroth Wright and Sir Alexander Fleming.
THE youngest, but one, of eight children of an Ayrshire farmer, Alexander Fleming was born at Lochfield Farm, near Darvel, on 6th August, 1881. He received his first schooling at Loudoun Moor School and at the age of 10 he went to the village school at Darvel; two years later he continued his education at Kilmarnock Academy. At 14 years of age he joined an elder brother in London and attended t...
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together those sections which he assigns to author C, giving text, critical apparatus, translation, a brief commentary, and a good index of Greek words. He supplies a detailed account of the manuscript tradition, but what is lacking is any real discussion of ancient gynaecological theory. While this is a meticulous piece of work, it will do little to dispel any lingering doubts over the value, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1955
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.8.4.355